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Updated Demo Reel

Upon completing my recent two person dialogue, I've updated my demo reel!  Woot woot!  So below is my most current reel as of August 2013!  It can also be viewed under the Demo Reel tab here on my blog.  Thanks for all the support I've been receiving from those who are encouraging me to chase after my dreams =) Character Animation Demo Reel from Katie Canadas on Vimeo .

Finally!

Well, I finally completed the two person dialogue I've been working on for a few months now.  I'm pretty proud of it and was urged by a mentor of mine to light and render it out, so that's what I did!  I've learned so much from this animation and have realized the main areas that need improvement the next time around.  I hope you enjoy it!  And as always, any feedback is welcome! Two Person Dialogue Final from Katie Canadas on Vimeo .

Rebel Beat

I recently saw the Goo Goo Dolls in concert so I've been listening to all their albums nonstop since then.  Today's blog title is one of my favorite songs off their new album "Magnetic". In other news, I recently finished the first pass of facial animation on my two person dialogue.  I always tend to dislike my facial animation while I'm doing it, but once I let it sit for a night and come back to it the next day I realize it's actually not that terrible at all!  I also tend to over complicate facial animation, so I've been working on getting the biggest bang for my buck. Incorporating facial animation has been a challenge for me, especially when there's no dialogue involved and I'm strictly conveying emotion, so this has been a great exercise for me and I'm pretty pleased with it thus far!  In addition, I keep forgetting to add costumes to my dang characters!  It might be too late for this animation, but I'm definitely going to figure it...

Delayed Reaction

Well in going to post an update today, I realize I never posted this update!  Life has been so crazy recently I apparently can't keep my head on straight!  So here is the fifth works in progress of my two person dialogue... I'll keep this short since I'll be posting my sixth one immediately after this!  Haha, oh I can't help but laugh at myself sometimes! Two Person Dialogue WIP#5 from Katie Canadas on Vimeo .