tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005242.post110982664860506647..comments2024-02-27T02:14:14.789-06:00Comments on Keith Lango Animation: Ahhh, wisdom!Keith Langohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12496328772372705317noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005242.post-1112037863383206912005-03-28T13:24:00.000-06:002005-03-28T13:24:00.000-06:00Pencils, paper, bleach...got it. I know that when ...Pencils, paper, bleach...got it. I know that when I use a pencil to animate a character reaching, bending, twisting, etc, I can feel the action in my body through the pencil. When you have tha kind of connection to your character, the computer is exposed for it's shortcomings. What were Rutger Hauers final words in Blade Runner? "Give me more life...!!" ;)gibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936355561963853465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005242.post-1110698563818963062005-03-13T01:22:00.000-06:002005-03-13T01:22:00.000-06:00Hey, great to have you stroll by for a visit, Char...Hey, great to have you stroll by for a visit, Charlie! I'm honored to have a battle tested vet of the animation biz stop by for a coffee and a read. If you haven't animated with a mouse yet, I'd encourage you to avoid it as long as possible. Heh. Actually it's not that bad. You just have to take a slightly different tack to the task- it's more of a highly polished stop-mo approach than a hand drawn one. We still need to plan and think and draw, but the puppets are still so very limited in what they can do from a line quality standpoint. It's getting better, but it's still a tedious game compared to just drawing things. I see the interface for CG animation actually shifting away from mice and more to Wacom pens in the coming years. Even so, there'll always be a measure of the clunky technical side that will be there, taunting us. Anyhow, thanks for the comment and thanks for dropping by. I hope to see you around these parts again. :o)<BR/>-kKeith Langohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496328772372705317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005242.post-1110678373397779972005-03-12T19:46:00.000-06:002005-03-12T19:46:00.000-06:00Keith,It's nice to hear support for mining the gre...Keith,<BR/>It's nice to hear support for mining the grey matter with a pencil. With the whole industry following the money into digital, it is a difficult task to convince animators and students across the spectrum that the intuition and analysis tool that drawing brings alive cannot be replaced by technology. For me it is nice to hear that from people who have lived in the digital world say it from their perspective. I haven't animated with a mouse yet, but I can hear the wheels turning in your description of the skewed routine.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Keith,<BR/>It means a lot, and thanks to James Robertson who linked me to your site,<BR/>Charlie BonifacioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005242.post-1110308800634169342005-03-08T13:06:00.000-06:002005-03-08T13:06:00.000-06:00http://www.discountofficesupplies.com/ce/shop/ui
...http://www.discountofficesupplies.com/ce/shop/ui<br /><br />Please don't go drinking bleach or anything like that Keith, please. Just stop reading animation threads and you'll be fine... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005242.post-1109991627716899982005-03-04T21:00:00.000-06:002005-03-04T21:00:00.000-06:00Cool! Thanks for the link, Nye. Just discovered yo...Cool! Thanks for the link, Nye. Just discovered you can buy canned peaches on Amazon right from the comfort of your own home. I see my weight ballooning to over 600lbs by Christmas. But even in my advanced state of Jabba-the-Huttness I'll still think Cg animators should learn to get comfortable with a pencil.<br /><br /><A>target="_blank"href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002QEK6W/qid=1109991215/sr=8-6/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i6_xgl251/103-5322412-4244623?v=glance&s=gourmet-food&n=507846"></A>Keith Langohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496328772372705317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005242.post-1109834755796952892005-03-03T01:25:00.000-06:002005-03-03T01:25:00.000-06:00Absolutely true - when I started animating after c...Absolutely true - when I started animating after college, I jumped straight in and moved things without planning. It took me a while to realise what I was doing wrong and then start planning, but ever since then I have not looked back. My shots are so much better for it.Darrin Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080748265339523993noreply@blogger.com