New year, New project !

Finally, 2014 is here! And I feel like it's going to be a great year! 

Well, I'll do everything for it to be a great year...

First, I want to wish you all a wonderful year filled with everything you dream of.

Like Joe Jonas said : "Stop hoping, start believing!"

Now, I think it's time for me to share my work on my diploma, which will take place next June.

I currently am working hard on it, making character designs, images and an animatic. It takes all my time but it has to be done next week. (Holidays? What is "holidays"?)

One of my resolutions for this new year is to stop complaining, because life is great no matter what. So keep smiling with me, people!

Here is my little pride : a symbolic native american totem!

The owl spirit animal is emblematic of a deep connection with wisdom and intuitive knowledge. If you have the owl as totem or power animal, you’re likely to have the ability to see what’s usually hidden to most. When the spirit of the animal guides you, you can the true reality and see beyond illusion and deceit. The owl also offers for those who have it a personal totem the inspiration and guidance necessary to deeply explore the unknown and the magic of life.

In the kingdom of spirit animals, the bear is emblematic of grounding forces and strength. This animal has been worshiped throughout time as a powerful totem, inspiring those who need it the courage to stand up against adversity. As a spirit animal in touch with the earth and the cycles of nature, it is a powerful guide to support physical and emotional healing.

When you have the deer as spirit animal, you are highly sensitive and have a strong intuition. By affinity with this animal, you have the power to deal with challenges with grace. You master the art of being both determined and gentle in your approach. The deer totem wisdom imparts those with a special connection with this animal with the ability to be vigilant, move quickly, and trust their instincts to get out the trickiest situations.

The antelope encourages reasonable behavior and advises to trust our inner abilities and strength.

School's “Bumper”

I worked one month on a 1 minute video with six of my classmates. This video's aim was to introduce our diplomas in festivals. It's a tribute to a great illustrator, and one of our teachers : Jean-Michel Nicollet.

Here's the robot...

...and the pincer I modeled.

I also worked on textures and animation.

OWLY CHRISTMAS !

I join my Christmas Owls to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Hope you're all having a great time!

3D training

I finally made videos of my 3D training. 

All I can say is I love 3D animating! This is sooo much fun! Yes, even cleaning the Graph Editor. Haha
(Concerning the lipsync, the audio comes a bit earlier than the video, I don't know why... so sorry about that.)

Music : Kamikaze (Instrumental) - Owl City

Character Design : Owl

As I said, my bird illustration inspired me a lot. So I decided the main character of my diploma would be... a owl! Why? Just because it's the most spiritual bird and animal in every culture. I truly love this bird.

Here are some drawings I made.

Owl Symbolism : The owl spirit animal is emblematic of a deep connection with wisdom and intuitive knowledge. If you have the owl as totem or power animal, you’re likely to have the ability to see what’s usually hidden to most. When the spirit of the animal guides you, you can the true reality and see beyond illusion and deceit. The owl also offers for those who have it a personal totem the inspiration and guidance necessary to deeply explore the unknown and the magic of life.

30 minutes illustrations : Part 2

Here are some other 30 minutes illustrations I've made. 

The first one inspired me for the scenario I currently am working on. 

More to come soon!

30 minutes illustrations : Part 1

I haven't posted in a while, and I'm truly sorry about this!

Actually, I went through a bad patch for a couple weeks and questioned myself a lot. Yes, because of my school. My first diploma proposition sadly got rejected, but the reasons were well justified and consequently, accepted. But tears fell and confidence went a bit away. I couldn't hold a pencil for days, telling myself that everything I'd do would suck. I guess I'm not the only one who has such moments.

BUT! Later, I found myself over thinking about my diploma, finding another idea and many ways to think it over.

So! I grabbed my computer, played the Hunger Games score (James Newton Howard is a genius!) and started making 30 minutes illustrations about the subject I want my diploma to be about : angels.

Here are some of them.

The others will come soon!

Internship report done!

9 weeks of internship

4 professionals

3 interns

1 internship report to do

As I wrote down my thoughts and feelings everyday, I didn't take long to phrase those 13 pages of text (among around 30 pages). What took longer was the page layout. Teachers wanted it to be original, but in the end, I wanted it to fit the company, Kubiweb. So I made it pretty simple and effective.

What about the printing? Gosh, it was so stressful. I didn't know what it would look like in the end. Plus, the printer didn't work well, I lost one whole day trying to make it work as I wanted. But it was done by mid-day last Thursday!

I'm not sure my teacher will like it (and which mark he'll give me), but I know it'll help future interns making their own reports.

Oh Gosh!

I haven't been posting about my work in a while. Probably because I'm in constant research. Diploma, oh Diploma, why are you so rude? What did I do to deserve that? Haha

Things are actually fine. My proposition has been rejected, but you know, it's all good. I knew this year wouldn't be easy, that it'd be about questioning and challenging myself. So I think a lot (too much?), I search a lot (enough?), I have good and bad ideas...

Processing!

I can't show too much for now, as I wait for a scenario to be accepted in the end.

But here are some stuff.

When Big Bro gets engaged...

He is happy. So am I. I wish him all the best. He will never know how much I do.

I had a great night yesterday, with great people. Had interesting conversations, rocked the "dance floor" a bit with Big Bro, made a fun photo shoot with my best friends, and also laughed with them. 

I love moments like this. It was exactly what I needed.