Erica - "Board" to Tears

Back to Work I Go!

This past month has been pretty long for me because I have been doing nothing but storyboarding
(o.o”).   I’ve finally finished, and all it needs is some review.  Even though the process is pretty tiring, it’s good to see, and do, and experience the full process of animation. I can’t wait to start coloring and animating my, well, animation!!!(^_^)

But for now, enjoy my storyboard awesomeness! :P :

Lalo's Audio Blog Post

It only makes sense that our audio intern would do an audio blog!  Check it out:

Adam Roberts, ready to cut his teeth in animation!

It's been a few months since my last post and a lot has changed during my project. First thing aside, I have grown so much as a designer and story teller while I've been at Smiley Guy! My supervisor, Kurtis, has been a joy to work with (as usual) and he's been constantly showing me tricks and tips for Flash design and animation. In the past few weeks, I've been finalizing my backgrounds for my classroom scene and I finally recorded the audio for the short. Presently, I am touching up my scenes as we approach the actual animation portion of the project. The next few weeks will be tough as I dive into animation, but I am ready!

Here is a screen grab from my upcoming animation!

Lalo Nixon-Pasten is in tune!

Hi, my name is Lalo Nixon-Pasten and I'm here as a sound production intern at Smiley Guy Studios(I'm in Gr.12). The two shows that I am working on are Teleporting Fat Guy and Uberdude. For Teleporting Fat Guy I was arranging different sounds by using a fork, dropping a bag to make it sound like a glove, smacking myself and doing some voices. For Uberdude I was the voice for a few characters and did dialogue editing. So far I'm having a great time and Paul is cool (he has a gun to my head as I tell you this, haha). What I really want to do is expand my knowledge of audio recording and this co-op placement will help me do so. I'll be updating this whenever I get a chance. 

Erica Cato: Can do attitude!

Always Something New and Different at Smiley Guys

My first few weeks at The Smiley Guy Studios were AMAZING!! I mean even though I got lost going there on the first day, I know my way by heart now ;), and I’m always excited to get there. Why? Because every time I go there I am always learning something new and doing something different. For example this week I learned about thumbnailing, which I never knew existed, and did my very first.

Check it out!

Adam Roberts - the co-op kid!

I didn't know what to expect while applying for my co-op job. I really was sure I was going to get some below average tech job that really wouldn't teach me or inform me of anything in particular that I would find interesting. That is definitely not the case. My time at Smiley Guy Studios has been one to remember. The people are great and my supervisor Kurtis has been doing on awesome job of watching over me and guiding me through the stages of making an awesome yet cheesy animation. Its been a thrill to understand how each phase of the production really works. And the fact that I have been able to work on every single part of the full job has been worth while. I'm glad I'm a part of this great studio for an entire year and I really hope I'll learn a thing or thirty by the end. :D  

-Adam Roberts

fairwell Jackson He. He was one of the best (single tear)

Last one!(intern blog entry he means...):

Last day at Smiley Guys. I've had a good run, now I must descend back to the sea. The turtles are waiting. I've learned a lot about Flash animation, skills I will apply to all aspects of my life. Sometimes you just can't motion tween out yo problems. It's so obvious. Joel taught me that. He's cool. He doesn't hit me when I make mistakes. We had to take a Flash course back at Sheridan, but I think you learn a lot more with real experience working on real projects. Also being here for 7-8 hours a day probably helps. Sometimes I feel like our entire curriculum should just be one internship after another.

I also got to do some storyboarding and character design. Character design's fun. Didn't really like storyboarding, I'm not sure why. Kurtis got over 300,000 views on his Youtube channel this past week. That was exciting for me as I lived vicariously through him. Rich is still tall.

Here is smiley guy, Kurtis Scott's super viral, hilarity video of viral subway thoughts awesomeness!

Be sure to subscribe to Kurttoons! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0MEFy9kOSY&feature=plcp