I have done several projects back at my university course, however, like many eager animators that were excited to move one pose to another in the world of Maya, I have fallen into the trap of my ego, where I had thought that, because I had animated something and it had audio too synced, I had neglected the animation principles and therefore it wasn't up to scratch. I will admit, I was never proud with my final year project.
After university, I had hoped that with the work I had done so far, that I was able to find a job quite easily. How far wrong was I. It was a difficult time. Luckily, I was then asked from an Animator which I had networked back at university whom had offered to mentor me. With the work like Star wars, Blue Zoo animation productions and most recently, Lone Ranger under his belt, I took that chance without a moment of hesitation.
Three months went by and I had finally grasped the workflow of how to animate in Maya and apply the basic principles of animation. I can't even describe how thankful I was to my mentor and unfortuantely, I have not given thanks to him yet, or given him my gratitude, something that is unlike my nature. But, I was ready to begin to animate myself.
I sometime feel that I have lagged behind, though I have somewhat always been like this. However one thing is for sure, is that I'm more determined and passionate to reach my dream job and that I have always worked hard to get where I am at. So feel free to comment, share, blast away at my work!
