Chavant Structures and Cute Bear Friends!

Alright, so!

It's been a while.
How've you been doing?


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This time around in BOCES Animation, we did some more probability math (easy fractions, whatnot) and I completely forgot to hand it in (whoops!) but what truly frustrated me is my progress over the weekend. Due to the obvious GoT hype my parents generated in me, we spent all Saturday and 4 hours today trying to catch up just for me (currently on the tail-end of season 6) and, therefore, what time I could utilize was spent with me shielding my eardrums from spoilers being yelled over in the next room as they watched the final kicker. Let it be known that if anyone attempts to spoil it, I will formally never talk to you again. ;]

Tuca and Bertie Screenshot

Rilakkuma and Kaoru Screenshot

Ironically enough, what made me feel great about this time was what I did get done over the weekend! Although it wasn't my final I was working on, I got another chance to crack at the Chavant sculpture of Blitz I was workin on all year! Here's a link to the post of it on my insta! While I worked on him, I got around to watching Tornante, the studio behind Bojack Horseman, release their new show Tuca and Bertie, and let me say; it's amazing. Comedic bird friends with relationship issues! Relatable content! There are some more serious tones through the tail end of the season though, so if you can't handle implications of such, I cannot recommend. The Office got a little revisiting, along with a cute stop-motion series called Rilakkuma and Kaoru, a show that gives off the softest vibe and will have you saying "Oh my god, that's so adorable!! So soft!! Baby!!!!" at least once every episode. Give it a shot, especially if you're interested in seeing more laid-back stop motion compared to action-composed works that Laika Studios produces. R & K has a lot to offer in terms of animation knowledge, character design, and storytelling, in my opinion ^^
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I learned a bit more on the technical side of Harmony, utilizing nodes for the first time here. The Quake node is used once (?) in my final, and it opened up a world of possibilities for my future projects. I've got a lot of ideas I want to try executing after this, so hopefully, it'll come in handy along with anything else I can find.
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I want to learn how to use the Adobe software to create the content my heart desires, but there are so many apps that it seems nearly like an epic quest in which the protagonist dies and gets revived a kajillion times only to find that they can't fulfill their destiny because someone can't bear the metaphorical weight of the predicaments of each and every combined program. I'll give Character Animator a shot though, see if I can make tangible character puppets for once. Among other things, I want to continue my extracurricular Spanish and Art studies, hopefully utilizing an extraneous AP Studio Arts-Drawing course and challenging the AP Portfolio. SVA accepts a 5 as a replacement for entry-level art classes, so here's to helping wishes I make a perfect score!
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Thanks for reading!
-Ari