Sunday, July 09, 2006

Term 4 Mentor

Edit: Some expression practice and have to rework my assignment so drew the basic poses.





Mike Gasaway

Mike is a director for DNA Productions on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius. After dropping out of college in 1992, he picked up the computer and taught himself animation. Following stops at Minnesota and Los Angeles, where he worked for Walt Disney Imagineering, he landed in Dallas, TX as a Supervising Animator on the Academy Award nominated film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. In the spring of 2001, he moved to a director on the series. In 2003, he was nominated for an Annie for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Series. He's currently in development on multiple feature and television projects.

Such an amazing skool. Very cool to be in yet another talent filled class. First pass with the new facial controls. Gonna have to redo my shot because the head swapper didnt work. Got the Brows to work but the lip and teeth control didnt. SO will be workin on reodoin it this week. Heres a looky if youre interested..link

13 comments:

milo said...

lookin good bro! Can't wait to see more! heehee Does your new mentor have a web site? Post more when u get a chance!

Patrick said...

Mel, sounds like you will be learning a lot from this guy! Cool that you have inspired your brother to do the same thing- nothing like a good sibling rivalry to heat things up!

the clownninja said...

awesome man, nice acting. I find that people over-act with cg alot, but this is right on.

Tyler Stott said...

the faces had me in awwww for a long time, they are simple but so clean!

Chrissie A said...

WOW, Mel, those faces are incredible. What great expressions!

Joe said...

The expression in the middle is my favorite. I have tried my entire life to make my face do that. My teeth just aren't square enough. Good job big guy.

S.T. Lewis said...

Great expressions... lots of life. Good stuff.

Ben Reynolds said...

woah man..your stuff is looking GOOOOD. Im loving the spidey, venom, pirate..everything!! Keep doing what you're doing cuz its workin'
Cheers

Unknown said...

THese character expression drawings are GREAT!! V fun and animated!!

Urban Barbarian said...

Good luck! Looks really great! REALLY great!

milo said...

Awesome expressions! Thanks for postin again...heeheee Great job bro!!

Brian "My Fault" Nicolucci said...

Oh man those are some great faces there Mel. Frikkin fantastico!

Lion king said...

realy grate work