Im gone! check back july 2011!!!

Officially signing out until my return. I hope to see some of ya'll around when I get back, especially over at the club! If your reading this, you can safely assume my blog has survived my absence thus far! yay! Be sure to check back around July 2011! Mark you calenders! Now! Actually, you might need to go find a 2011 calender first... BUT MARK IT WHEN YOU DO!

I'm gona give a shout out to anyone who has read my blog through my progress. Also a shout out to the people who were just clicking away at links and found this place! Now get out of here and start learning yourself! Start with the links to the left! Through them I pass invaluable information from me to you, so get reading! alright too many exclamation marks.

So this next part is really for myself for when I return... If this blog doesn't die while I'm gone (cross you fingers)...

A list of things I'm gona miss! They're in rough order of importance, but don't judge based on it, there's plently of ties:

•Diablo III ~!!!!!!
•Toy Story 3
•Panda Express (specifically orange/cashew chicken...awww yum yum)
•Ponyo
•Tim Burton 9
•Where the Wild Things Are
•Avatar the last airbender (the movie) (the cartoon series is AMAZING. I just hope it'll be just as good)
•The princes and the Frog
•Ice age 3 (Miss it by one day! aww man!)
•Cars 2 (june 24th 2011... just miss this one too!)
•Avatar
*...list goes on, can't think...


Now here is a list of things I'm psyched to be back for (in order of importance based on what I know about them right now)!:

•The Hobbit (winter 2011/2012)
•Marvel: The Avengers (4th may 2012)
•The bear and the bow (december 25 2011)
•Brad Bird's 1906 (2012)

And last but not least, the one thing I'm gona be mega ultra psyched to get back to!!!!:

•11secondclub!!! (can't wait to see how much this place grows while im gone!)

Also a self note to future me... AM is looking like a major possibility. So get on that!

Too much text, not enough pictures! So I leave you with a farewell. CYA!:

Look it's in 3d!



Mother, please send me cookies! You the best :)

Last weeks splining... let's see if I can finish this thing...

WIP splining #2 troll/ninja shot from Nate Lane on Vimeo.

EDIT: I couldn't finish :'(. Here's a short exercise I did as a replacement:

rohan game style with changes from Nate Lane on Vimeo.

greatly inspired by Ina's post over at the Animation Resource Center. Be sure to check out the comments on the post as well! They're great!

Last shot before mish :)

WIP. Hopefully will finish before heading out :)

Comments welcome!

Pass complete from Nate Lane on Vimeo.

May 11sc Entry

Pass complete from Nate Lane on Vimeo.

This is what I entered for this months 11sc (May). there's things in it that I'm happy to have accomplished, and things I can't stand the sight of. I guess that's just the way it works as I grow and learn.

Oh, and this version actually has the camera backed out a bit, otherwise I haven't made any changes based off of the comments I got (which were great! thanks guys!). I just don't got the time right now with me heading out in less than a month

Also I'm trying to get a June entry in and complete by the 20th (I'm selling my computer before I leave for my 24 month adventure on the 1st of July :))

Thanks for stopping by!

EDIT: the "Vimeo" version is what I entered.

Ah, this is what crunch time feels like.

I'm Seeing what I can pull together in this last week for my May 11SC entry... hold for the mess/results of that (Barely got it roughed... in my head)

I'm also experimenting with some Photoshop techniques (specifically brushes)... the first is actually a character design for a modeling challenge I have absolutely no time for (originally I thought I would) and the second is pure... well... doodling.

Sketchin

Man, I need to start sketching like the good old days. I'm considering daily (or at least weekly) Photoshop journal entries. We'll see.

Pixar opening shorts studio in Canada

Caught me totally off guard. Check it out at Vancouver Sun:

Pixar opening shorts studio in Canada

Avatar

This new avatar was actually part of a whole picture that's still a WIP. I'm planning on finishing it, but at the rate I'm going, you might have to wait a few years . Also I just noticed that shading on the nose needs some work... you can count on that in a few years as well! This isn't procrastination. It's artistic hibernation. There's a BIG difference of which I plan on discussing some day. Just not today.

Fantastic Reference

Came across this fantastic reference in my search for a tiger hunting (possible hint of upcoming shot!?)


On the downside check out this possibly over dramatic edit of these cats. If you don't watch the whole thing, atleast check out 0:57





and for kicks.... Simba Finally gets his revenge on the Hyenas, and he's not messing around this time!

stimulating facial muscles with electrodes on your friends = good fun