'Jonh and his Dog' begins production

[erilaz]

I showed this to my workmates and they think it's a hoax for some reason.:surprised

[FloydBishop]

Originally posted by erilaz
I showed this to my workmates and they think it's a hoax for some reason.:surprised

Hoax or not, these characters will have one hell of a rig inside them, you can be sure of that!

[jschleifer]

lol!

A hoax? nah.. it's true.. believe me, it's true!

you can tell from the bags under my eyes. :)

[MosaFacku]

jason, good luck with that. sounds interesting. hope it works out for ya! :)

[jason-slab]

yeah good luck js

soo when can we see some anim tests? hmm maybe i should check u'r site

|jason

[erilaz]

Originally posted by jschleifer
lol!

A hoax? nah.. it's true.. believe me, it's true!

you can tell from the bags under my eyes. :)

Yeah, I'm not sure why they are so skeptical. I'll point them to this thread!!! :D

[jschleifer]

anim tests probably won't be available until after LOTR is finished & I get a chance to sleep.. right now I'm focusing on getting the general pipeline built & moving, and then I'll take one of the models I've got & get the pipeline for characters workin.. so there will probably be a few render & anim tests durring that phase.

wheehaw, should be fun! :)

-jason

[t-toe]

by the by, I think is amazing that the ANIMATION LEAD of Weta Digital frequents this website...

I'm all starstruck now... hehe.

[MDuffy]

Actually, I think Jason is more famous around here for the excellent Maya training DVDs he's done than for being Anim lead at WETA. :p Maybe that's just in my mind. Anyways, Jason is a very talented individual and an overall cool guy from what I've seen, so check his site out.

Cheers,
Michael Duffy
mduffy@ionet.net

[msp]

Originally posted by t-toe
by the by, I think is amazing that the ANIMATION LEAD of Weta Digital frequents this website...

I'm all starstruck now... hehe.

I think we're all pretty honoured to have Jason among us. Some days it makes me feel quite emotional.

Martin Preston

[taffy77]

quote:Originally posted by t-toe
by the by, I think is amazing that the ANIMATION LEAD of Weta Digital frequents this website...

I think we're all pretty honoured to have Jason among us. Some days it makes me feel quite emotional.

Martin Preston

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Yes Martin I agree, honoured is the word and yes you do get quite emotional when he is around. Now jason finish your animation cause I need to comp the shot :-)

Welfy

Weta Comp Dungeon

[jschleifer]

aw, farkoff martin. :)

I kinda feel the whole thing is silly, really.. we're all just a buncha geeks.

Just trying to spread as much information as I can & help others 'cuz so many people helped me out.

[Gilgamesh]

Can't wait to see some animation, Jason. I love the style.

[jschleifer]

Yes Martin I agree, honoured is the word and yes you do get quite emotional when he is around. Now jason finish your animation cause I need to comp the shot :-)

Welfy

Weta Comp Dungeon [/B]

not quote as emotional as when ya start singin tho.. :buttrock:

I still remembery that monthlies... :love:

[taffy77]

Its alright my singin may return for the last monthlies :-) And I expect you to cry aswell
Jason.

But anyway all the help you give people is a good thing. How do you find the bloody time, with work and your side project. Madman

Welfy

Weta Comp Dungeon

[jschleifer]

yeah? you will? kick-ass!!

for those of you who don't work at weta.. we have this thing called "monthlies" where we look at all the finaled shots over the past month (or two).. and last year, Mr. W here gave us a beautiful karaoke tribute song.. everyone cried.. it was beautiful.

can't wait! :)

[timovihola]

Brilliant sketches mate! really looking forward to this one. I loved the balloon dog animation of yours (as did my parents & friends when I showed it)! Consider this as a small gift, hope you like it:


http://www.mbnet.fi/~badgers/for_jason.jpg


Cheers,

[jschleifer]

beautiful!

wow.. wish I could paint like that.. excellent excellent!

[AJ]

Sweet Lord!

Forget what Jason has given this community - he has just made me aware of wilwheaton.net... It's so wrong, and yet so right.

:surprised

Jason - you could kill puppies. In a bag. With a hammer - but this link forgives you all sin/evil/puppicide.


From the bottom of my heart,
Thankyou!

:D

[AJ]

(and I'm looking forward to seeing the progress of Jonh and his Dog)

:blush:

[timovihola]

I'm very glad you liked it! I have always been wondering how Tim Burtonish drawing style would work alongside David Fincher/Ridley Scott like lighting with camera angles from Terry Gilliam.. Monsters Inc. came fairly close in achieving that (the scaring exercise scene at the beginning of the film). I needed only one peek at your drawings and the image struck me that very instant! I think it's quite interesting "clash" of styles :)

Just noticed that I forgot to put the dog in...

[jschleifer]

AJ: puppies? in a sack? with a hammer? never.. too barbaric. I'd sit them down and force them to watch felicity. that'll learn 'em!

Timo: it's great! I'd love to see it with the dog :)

[timovihola]

Here you go ;)

[Zappa]

Heya!Jason,
Great to hear you have started work on your short :thumbsup:.Wish you all the best and am surely lookin forward to see the animation.
Meanwhile, i hope you are recording the proceedings to for the DVD, hope you didnt forget! :D

Cheers
Zappa

[bentllama]

This will be fun to follow. Good luck Jason.

:beer:

[Scandell]

I know how hard it can be to get work done at home. GOOD LUCK MATE!

[jschleifer]

honestly, I can't wait to be able to do some work at home.. it'll be so nice to be able to enjoy the house for a change! :)

and, it'll be great to be able to talk about something other than the pipeline aspect of the short, as that's all I really have time for now.

speaking of which.. I just uploaded a couple of perl scripts to help out with directory structure creation.. check it out if you haven't already!
http://jonhandhisdog.com

cheers!
-jason

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