Mentorship

·         Art Center College of Design, Pasadena ·         CTN Animation Expo, Burbank

11/17/2012

3 hours 3 hours

Ron Llanos ·         Illustrator/artist ·         B.F.A. with honors from  Art Center College of Design

Class started with the completion of  last week’s homework; required to finish the sketches, inking them and coming up with quotes and names for the characters. Was then required to present my idea for the Wizard of Oz character remake, of which I remade 5 of the characters. Homework for next session requires me to draw a full-body turnaround of two of my characters (front, side, back, 3/4). Went to the CTN Animation Expo in Burbank. Saw and spoke with several professionals from well-known animation companies such as Disney ,  Sony Animation, Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, and even Duncan Studio, where I spent my summer mentorship!  Witnessed their displayed work and some of their most recent projects (i.e Wreck-It-Ralph, Hotel Transylvania, Rise of the Guardians, etc.) also learned that Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians was the winner of the Hollywood Animation Award at Hollywood film festival. Other booths I approached were various media art schools such as CalArts, Animation Mentor, Ai of Ca, LCAD, and iAnimate.net. Many of the schools displayed the work of their students. There were many vendors selling their products such as animation software, computer drawing tablets, pens and markers, and books depicting the artist’s work. Met a concept illustrator by the name of Sean “Cheeks” Galloway – he also signed his book that I purchased.

34 hours 15 minutes

Mentorship

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena

11/10/2012

3 hours

Ron Llanos ·         Illustrator/artist B.F.A. with honors from  Art Center College of Design

I turned in homework from last week and received help for a character design that was not working out. Was taken on a tour of the art college to see student artwork and character designs. Returned back to the class and received a new assignment, this part of a bigger project in which I have to replace at least two characters from the Wizard of Oz franchise with my own character designs and find a way to integrate them into the story. The instructor then announced a field trip to an animation expo next week. Can’t wait!

28 hours 15 minutes

Blog 5b: Science Fair Proposal

1. My topic is digital animation.

2. The problem behind my experiment is:

    “Has there been an increase in the amount of animators being hired into studios in the past 5 years?”      

   

    My quote to support it is:

“Time spent on hiring is time well spent.”      Robert Half quote

3. Hypothesis:
   If an animator has a quality background in working with 3D animation, they are more likely to be hired into a renowned studio compared to five years ago.

4. I plan on researching and locating at least 25 animation studios within LA county. I then plan to make contact and learn the current wages of the working animators. I am searching for wages per a 40 hour work week. I also need to find the average wages for most animators back in 2007 to compare to the current wages. Next, I have to find the backgrounds of the animators from the studios (backgrounds: education, skills, prior occupaations, etc.) to determine if it affects their current job status and wages they earn.
 
5. Behavioral/Social Science

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

1) The working EQ I used for my presentation was: “How has digital technology become an integral part  

     of an Animator’s professional training?”

2) I am not going to revise my EQ at this time, but I am thinking about it.

3) One possible answer I have so far is:

    “Computer proficiency has became a primary method of animation production by using CGI software   

     such as Maya to speed up the process of texturing, lighting, and rendering of character designs by the

     artist. They can create quicker and smoother movement with the use of digital technology.”

Mentorship

Location	Date	Hours	Instructor	What I did	Total Hours
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena	11/3/2012	3 hours	Ron Llanos ·         Illustrator/artist B.F.A. with honors from  Art Center College of Design	When class started, I was allowed to finish my homework from last week for the first ten minutes. After time was up, I received new handouts about body shape for characters. Learned how many characters’ body structures are made of basic shapes such as triangles, circles, and squares. Also learned about body types such as the endomorph (fat), the ectomorph (skinny), the mesomorph (average), endo-meso, and ecto-meso. For class, I was required to draw one character for each body type. My homework for this week was simply to finish what I started in class.	25 hours 15 minutes