Keith Commutes, and Smiley Guy Video!

So I've been working on backgrounds of the actual show and things are getting a lot more intense. Lots more to do, but I've started to see improvements in my work and am getting faster. I believe I'm nearly ready to work from home some of the time. Love working in the studio, but the commute is still exhausting. I also like that every morning at the subway there's a street musician doing his thing, really brightens up the day.

Loved the little "featurette" CBC did on the studio: 

Lucas is Wrapping it Up

Hello people of the world! This week has been on the less-eventful side but nonetheless, everything is still in motion!

The game is almost done, just minor changes are being made now and I'm prepping for the final version! It's really cool to see all the work finally come together. I'm looking foreword to it.

Unfortunately, the short film that I was talking about last week will have to be postponed. My film-making friend and two of the actors are unable to put in the time due to exams so we'll be doing it during the summer. I am slightly disappointed because I'm a teenager and I crave immediate gratification but it's probably for the best. We'll end up not having to be so rushed and not confined to a small amount of time.

On a side note, I read "Of Mice and Men" and "the Catcher in the Rye" this week.

Still sleep deprived.

A Fairwell from Adam Roberts

Hello fellow future interns and the staff of Smiley Guy Studios,

I would like to let everyone know that my time at the studio was a memorable experience that not only developed my skills in animation and design, but it helped me meet awesome and talented people that were able to share a bit of their knowledge with me over the past year. The team also took me out for breakfast at the local restaurant named KOS (I believe). We sat, ate food and had a good time. Unfortunately, my contacts were irritated during the subway ride, so I had to consequently take them out. I was almost blind for the entire meal, but I still managed to interact and have fun at the table. 

Kurt Scott was an unbelievable mentor for myself as he guided me through every important stage of creating a short animation and our friendship also became quite strong near the end of the year. I'm happy that my Co-op teacher found such a talented studio to help me understand so many things.

I had a wonderful year, and I'd love to keep in touch with the people from the studio.

STAY AWESOME AND I HOPE THE STUDIO'S FUTURE ENDEAVORS ARE BRIGHT! 

Sincerely, 

Adam Roberts

An Important PSA Video from Lalo

Well, I'm sad to say this but my time here at Smiley Guy Studios is up. When I first started out here, I was just some guy who was going to learn how to do sound design. Then as the weeks went by, I started to learn how to do dialogue editing and recording.

It seems it was just yesterday where on my first day I was being introduced and would do some work on "Teleporting Fat Guy", and then I would do some work on other shows such as "Hair and Mole", "Beethoven's Wig", "Warren" and more. I even got a chance to make some videos of my own.

One of my favourite things I did at work was record guitar parts for "Warren". Now that my time is up, I can say that not only did I learn about Sound-Design editing, I learned how to get along and interact with other people in the studio. And I like to thank everyone for being cool and fun to talk to. I had a great time here and I was happy to be apart of Smiley Guy. I'm hoping to learn more about audio recording in the future.

My final video: here is a PSA I made, Enjoy!

Lalo's Audio Mix Project

All Co-op students at Northern had to do a presentation to explain what we have learned at our placements. I decided to do a clip from The Empire Strikes Back with new sound to show what I've learned working with sound designer, Paul O'Brien. I had fun designing, recording and editing my soundtrack. The best part of the process was experimenting with different sound effects. Thanks to Paul for mentoring me, and to Jeremy Diamond for being Darth Father.

A Lalo Production - Part 4 of 4

The fourth and final installment of Lalo's Blog video.  *tear!

A Lalo Production - Part 3 of 4

Another highly anticipated installment of Lalo's blog video:

A Lalo Production - Part 2 of 4

Here's the second installment of Lalo's popular video:

A Lalo Production - Part 1 of 4

Here is the first part of an awesome video presentation Lalo made for his school project.  Enjoy!