One Year Ago

One year ago I packed a duffel bag along with a couple of sketchbooks and flew out to the Bay area. First I crashed on a couch in Berkeley, then making my way into the city and finally finding a place back in the East Bay just north of Berkeley.

Less than 6 miles from my class. I became very familiar with the streets of East Bay, running, walking, biking everywhere. In February I was fortunate to find a gig in Burlingame. Only 28.6 miles away, doesn't sound far. But with no car, no bike and only using the Bus and trains to commute, it devoured almost 4 hours of my day. That's 20 hours a week!

I was working a part time job by just commuting, I used those hours as best as I could. When I bought a bike that helped save me 15 mins and turned my legs into tree trunks :P

I put up with that for 7 months and it broke me. My health quickly went out the window and now I'm in recovery mode. I wised up a bit and moved a mile away from work. MY. GOD. I can't believe I can get more than 4-5 hours of sleep now. I can't believe I put up with that commute for so long. I kept tricking myself but couldn't take it any longer.

Now I'll use that time to continue working on my growth again (surprised?) And I'll use that time to meet new faces and build stronger friendships. SO much has happened in the last year, so many stories.

I've written almost all my stories down and have now decided to create a 30-50 pg little comic book about my experience. I'm in no rush to do so, as I have one particular objective; which is to become better artist. I've already started drawing some of the ideas out, but I'll start fleshing it all out around Nov-Dec this year.

It's hard to believe that it's already been a year. ONE YEAR. I came out here not knowing anyone, I was uninspired, my whole "plate" was wiped clean when I lost all my work when my computer crashed. It was a very symbolic, I had a fresh start. I did come hungry however.

Now, I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I'm surrounded by some of the greatest artists and people I've ever met. And this city never ceases to amaze me with what is happening or what I might stumble upon. Kind of silly I didn't come out here sooner. But it's been exactly what I needed.

I'm going to hit the last four months hard and crank up my work. I have a lot of new things in the works and I can't wait to share them.

Stay tuned.

Muscle Music

PLAY! 

I wanted to share this video because it's awesome. And I'm a fan of Terry Chews, the dude is hilarious. Watch all the way until the end, then play around with the music makers. 

It's a bit creepy but super cool what they came up allowing the user to create. Some really cool programming mixing in with video. I like the creative interactivity of this video. 

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July Doodlegrams

Finally got around to posting my July Doodlegrams! You can follow my tumblr to see my drawings posted on a regular basis. But if you like waiting until the end of the month (or in this case 2, stick around this place) :) enjoy. 

June Doodlegrams

Well it's official, half of the year is wrapped up! I can't believe how quickly time is going by this year! I have two more weeks of classes at AnimC then it's break time for a bit. And the game I have been working on will get released on the 17th of July. (fingers crossed that date doesn't change again ha.)

After that, who knows what will happen. I do know I'll be revamping this site, slowly showing my work as I have yet to show any of it. 

I've been a story supervisor for a friends short film for over a year now, we just realized the other night how long we've been working on the project. And as of last night I've been asked to storyboard for a friends film out here in SF. Can't. Freakin. Wait. 

Advance story class has been intense, we have been working on a 30 minute short film idea, and just last week we finally hit a stride in figuring out Act II which allowed some things to click into place. Not sure if we will ever finish it but either way it's been a great experience. 

I was able to put together a little gathering for Brave, we dressed up, ate dinner, watched BRAVE and went out afterwards to enjoy the night. Such a great night! 

Here's to the next 6 months!