Website Progress

Hrm. So right now I have this. It is not professional it's for fun updated per semester.

watch-nisha.livejournal.com

I plan to launch a website one I get it designed. I have no idea where to host. I plan on building first than uploading, because as long as all the files are in the right place it should look just like the preview.

I want to stress functionality and convenience. I have been looking at designs and i really like the look of this for the first page:



Ofcourse replacing photo of woman, with a pastel drawing that will have a limited very subtle animation (has idea in mind) it'll probably be on black.

I want the screen to stay 1/4 of the size of the user's screen except the gallery pages which can be stretched.

where i the words are i would ideally like to have a very clean drop down menu. Worst case it'll have to be a click and refresh menu or a click go to page with options and the content of the category. I would like the view to be able to make one click to get to exactly what they want. so for portfolio if they want to see sketches then they would go exactly there, instead of having to sift.

The headings will be Home, Bio- standard Bio plus a section for "what am i creating" where i can have a little fun and link a photo gallery of knitted stuff, Resume- also with link for extended list of awards (cuz i like them), Portfolio (divide: Animations, Drawings, Sketches), Contact.

for pages other than home, the navagation bar will move to and inch from the top of the page, and have the same structure as the one on the first page.

The site must have distinct pages so if soem one refreshes a page they will not go back to home. it will refresh to the page they are on.

I have to find the best way to play animations. embedding from youtube is not for my site.

Animation Magazine 2000

Here is the PDF of list of Top this and Top that from the 2000 review issue of Animation Magazine. Pre-Shrek. After a bug's life, before Monster's Inc. Post-Matrix, Post Starwars Episode I, Post X-men, Post Chicken Run. To give an idea of what animation was like.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mx2rrmey2mj

Resume Progress

My Master List is Master-full.

Here is resume as it stands (it needs better descriptions of my professional experience) i need to look at formatting (just has basic format, would like something more creative but still professional):

EDUCATION _
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
BFA Candidate in Experimental Animation; Expected Graduation: May 2010
Lakeland Community College, Kirkland, OH
40 Credits Earned, Dean’s List, 3.80 GPA (2004-2006)
Mentor High School, Mentor, OH
High School Diploma with Honors, Summa Cum Laude, 3.91 GPA (2003-2006)

PROFESSONAL EXPERIECENE _
Internship at Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH (2007)
Undergraduate Admissions, MICA, Baltimore, MD (2007 – Present)
Promoted: Student Administrative Assistant for International Undergraduate Admissions
Maintains email communication with prospective International students Completed filing and sorting duties; Performs Data Entry using Excel
Position: Work-study Team member (2006 – 2007)
Actively answered phones; Compiled mass mailings; Prepared materials for on-site MICA Admissions Presentations; Performed personal tours for prospective students and their families
Residence Life, MICA, Baltimore, MD (2006-present)
Position: Desk Assistant, Studio Manager
Maintains Security at Residence Hall, Provides Parking Passes, Trains New Hires, Distributes Packages, Distributes Studios, Enforces Studio Policy

LEADERSHIP _
Webmasters, Mentor High School, Mentor, OH
Position: Webmaster of Design
Created and delegated the creation of images; Redesigned old web pages; Planned and instructed workshops in Adobe Photoshop
Yearbook, Mentor High School, Mentor, OH
Position: Chief Editor
Was in charge of over seeing section editors; Created Thematic Graphics

AWARDS/ COLLECTIONS/ EXHIBITIONS _
Leadership Recognition Award (2008)
Awarded in Rabbit Run Community Art Show First in Drawing, First in Painting, Second in drawing
Awarded in Departmental Competitive Scholarship Competition (2008)
Dean’s List, MICA, Baltimore, Maryland (2006-2008)
Selected for the Juried Undergraduate Exhibition (2007)
MICA Scholarships (2006)
Art Department Award, Mentor High School, Mentor, Ohio (2006)
Energy at the Gov Show, The Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio (2006)
-Purchased and on permanent displayed in the Ohio State Department of Education Office
Gold Key, Scholastic Arts Region-at-Large (2006)
Talent Grant and Cash Award, Lake and Geauga County Secondary Art Show (2005)

SKILLS :
Adobe Photoshop, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Dreamweaver, HTML, Drawing, Painting

Animation Magazine August 2008

Emmy award winners:

Emmy for New Approaches- I Got a Rocket! by Kabillion.
Really annoying, simple, cookie cutter animation. most likely won because Kabillion is trying to bridge the gap between watching animations and playing online games. They have a free interactive game website that is supposed to be a "safe" community network for kids.

Quote from "Letter from Editor" about website:
Our shows are safe – nothing rated TV-14. We keep it strictly kids, nothing risqué. This is not Youtube or MTV. We work hard to give your kids a full robust “cool” destination, while still keeping it parent trusted.

It's an Australian series, here is clip:



Emmy For Outstanding Directing- Jeff Gordon, Dir. of Jakers! the Adventures of Piggley Winks made by PBS

Textures and animal animation are very nice. Achieves and imaginative hyper-real. Content of show is really for young kids, it's not something they would sit down and re-watch (like Barney as opposed to Sesame Street).

Short description: Jakers! is a celebration of the joys good friendship can bring while the excitement of adventure and imagination inspires kids to learn from their own experiences. Through Jakers! children learn about life lessons and each episode conveys a moral that kids learn through daily experiences. Each episode of Jakers! is set in two distinct places and times: 1950’s Ireland and the present day.

Clip:



Emmy for Individual Achievement in Animation- to Peter Frank for Storyboarding Growing up Creepie made by Discovery Kids

Nice colors and background plates (different perspectives), imaginative take on "being different". Character animation is terrible. It the character animation was better I, as a college student, might watch for fun. Same old same out thick black lines but, the character designs are a still nice.

Clip:




Books mentioned that sound good.

"The pixar touch: Making of a Company" by David A. Price
Interviews with Ed Catmull, early days and feuds. Interview with John Lasseter

"The Animation Bible" by Maureen Furniss
Lots of illustrations, case studies, tips, bill pymption, michael sporn, virgil widrich, michael dudokde wit.

"Art of Kungfu Panda"
Brilliant character designs by Nicholas Marlet (Prince of Egypt, Sinbad)

Animation Festivals and events:

July 27-aug 23
Sandieago International Children's film festival
sdchildrensfilm.org

aug 7-11
hiroshima's international animation fest
hiroanim.org

aug 11-15
siggraph, LA
siggraph.org

aug 25-27
Nvision visual computing mega event
San Jose, CA
nvision2008.com

Ottawa internaational animation fest
sept 17-21
animationfestival.ca
310 studios Animation post production 310studios.com-interesting look at what post-production does.

other
Batman Movie special effects.
-Double Negative in Loundon
-BUF in Paris

Mike Wassel- Matte painter supervisor on Hell Boy II and Time Machine

Student Academy Awards- look it up! we could do this.

Peque's Patchwork life 1977 at sundance, want to see.
http://www.nftsanimation.org/departments.htm

Mad House

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