Master Mentor Jeremy Cantor

Wahoo!! My mentor is Jeremy Cantor – Animation Supervisor – Sony Pictures Imageworks- Author of Inspired 3D Short Film Production. This guy is a wellspring of information and is a "Mentor" in every sense of the word. He teaches EVERYWHERE: Cal-Art, MIT, AFI, GNOMON, etc. A real juggernaught. Tomorrow the adventure begins.

2 da zoo

Animation Mentor has me STOKED! I'm exited, nervous, ambitious and scared. Biggest commitment I've ever made without giving a ring. Yesterday (Saturday), I loaded the family up and renewed my membership to the LA Zoo. It was incredibly crowded and many of the exhibits were closed for renovation. I wasn't the only one there with a sketchpad. My favorite animals were the giraffes. They were active and seemed friendly to the crowd. The rest of the animals in the zoo seemed freaked out by them. But the giraffes and I kinda dug it.

The world is changing

So I'm engaging in a great animation learning exeriment to propel my self back to the forefront of an industry. After years of making games I've found myself drowning in a stagnant tide pool of homoginization. I'm am the jack of all trade and master of none. But I'm a clever little monkey and confidence is high. I heard about Animation Mentor while working at a game company in Irvine and my gut tells me to run to it. I've bet the farm but I still need to go out and milk the cows, which means that the job in Irvine has ended and I need to go get another one. "If you build it they will come." right? It's all faith baby.