I looovvvee animation, since forever and as much as I love it, there is a few shots through big blockbuster movies that are simply driving me nuts ! I never saw an article or blog talking about that exact subject, so I’ll give it a shot, it’s all very very subjective and of course, feel free to share yours !

- Alladdin, 10:47 after he saves the orphans from the first prince (camera angle is weird, perspective feels off)

- Shrek 3/4, mostly the horses animation on all carriage shots
- Titanic, the Sailors walking on the Deck from some kind of helicopter shot (I don’t know if the shadows are missing) or if the animation is simply weightless but something feels wrong
- Harry Potter 1, when Neville falls from the broom, there is something wrong in the texture and the animation feel a little too light
- the dog in the recent Alice in Wonderland

Ok, let me give you a little background here… I never owned one of those fancy phone I was just clearly against that $100 bill all the fancy phones get every months (taking in consideration my phone use is like about a 100 min a month) as much as I’m against paying $20 for snacks at a movie theater. Not that I’m particularly cheap but theses exceed my common sense.

Anyway, to go back to the phone subject, I always resisted the IPhone, first of all because AT&T bad network, I played with one at some point and it was incredibly slow but also because I wanted to be able to sync stuff with my PC… Still it looked overall like a nice little gadget.
Last June, I got corrupted by one of my Co-worker (Thank you Mr. Scott) for the Android EVO and woooww I really love that thing.

First it’s 4g (which was cool since I was travelling to Hawaii (all 4g) a few days after I got it), That I could share Internet through the phone on my laptop for an extra $15 for a whole month (when internet access through the hotel was like $15 a day), it also became super convenient with the GPS thingie, the same day I got it my car’s speedometer died (but the how was able to tell exactly our speed, I was checking it out as a passenger) also while traveling you have all the navigation thing (turn right at kapuhala avenue (or all superlong Hawaiian street names, was funny), also a must have the app yelp to avoid crappy touristy activities, fring, where you can use skype, msn, yahoo (and a bunch of others) and use the little frontal camera for video conferences (the phone have 2 cams), cardio trainer to followup on our training (and upload the results direct on facebook) if you feel like it, foursquare, google sky map, oh and the calendar who sync automatically with google calendar (a big +). The only down side is the battery life (it definitely need to be recharged at least once a day) but I can deal with that.

Also, I feel like it will become incredibly helpful at  the next Siggraph or CTN Expo ! Demo reel always accessible and playable as needed !

As about the IPhone, well most folks in my industry have an IPhone but really…as long as it was uber cool when it started, I don’t see the point getting a new one nowadays.
Feel free to agree or disagree ! But if you disagree, you’ll need to bring some real uber awesome points.

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my new blog, I will be writing about new discoveries, Animation Mentor, Animation in general, Industry related subjects, US Adaptation, opinion on movies, my lack of gardening skills etc…. to make it short, a big melting pot of all kind of stuff.

I currently have a very limited time between Animation Mentor and Work so new posts will have a little rough start but should go better along the way.

Talk to all of you soon !