Mentorship Hours

Location	Date	Hours	Instructor	What I did	Total Hours
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena	12/8/2012	3 hours	Ron Llanos ·         Illustrator/artist ·         B.F.A. with honors from  Art Center College of Design	Brought in bound portfolio, complete with all sketches and Wizard of Oz related work. Presented the story idea for my version of the Wizard of Oz and showed my concept illustrations to go along with it. Required to illustrate a designated scene from our version stories with own stylized characters allowing only a 30 minute time frame to test our ability for quick work assignments. Near the end of class was permitted to go to other classes to see what kinds of art they had been working on for the semester.	40 hours 15 minutes

Mentorship Hours

Location	Date	Hours	Instructor	What I did	Total Hours
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena	12/1/2012	3 hours	Ron Llanos ·         Illustrator/artist ·         B.F.A. with honors from  Art Center College of Design	Finished up homework and presented it. Then did 2 of my characters in 6 different action poses complete with facial expressions. Was required to present this as well. The instructor showed some work  of students from previous years and stated what he liked about them and what could have been improved. New homework was assigned. Required to take Wizard of Oz characters developed from last week and put them into  four different scenarios, complete with a background for each. Class ended with him announcing that we have to complete the portfolio with all the work from all the previous class. All sketches and drawings need to be inked. Color optional. All pictures must be photocopied and bound for the last day of class.	37 hours 15 minutes

Senior Project Update

1) For my independent component, I am currently working on a portfolio to show all the work I have accomplished. It will include the handouts I received from my instructor about different drawing techniques and perspectives, as well as several original pieces I have worked on myself.

2) I think one of the most interesting pieces of research I read was a book on Hybrid Animation. It was about combining aspects of both 2D and 3D animation. Some of the book was technical, and contained parts I did not understand much, particularly because these parts were about using animation software such as Maya. I have no experience with Maya, and the book was more for people who have used the program before to animate. It was still interesting nevertheless. I learned a few basics about both 2D animation and 3D animation and about conveying emotion to the audience. Of course, also it talked about the process of combining 2D animation and 3D animation into one feature (this part was a little confusing as this is where it mentions the use of Maya). It even gave examples of films in which this feat was accomplished, like Iron Giant and Treasure Planet. This information is important to me because part of my senior project goes into talking about Hybrid Animation.

3) Character Design: Rico – Turnaround (front, side, back, 3/4)

Bibliography of past week

11/18/2012	ARTL          (Article)	"California Work Permit." BizParentz Foundation. The BizParentz Foundation, Web. 18 Nov. 2012. <http://www.bizparentz.org/gettingstarted/caworkpermit.html>	An article stating how it is required for children working in the industry to have a permit to work. Mostly talks about the application process in order to receive said permit, and the requirements to keep it valid. Comes with an example sheet of minors' work hours, education, supervisors, etc.
11/19/2012	ARTL          (Article)	Gerber, Andrew J... "A Minor Dilemma: Sports And Entertainment Contracts Involving Minors." Welcome to the Sports & Entertainment Law Section. NC Bar Association, 8 June 2012. Web. 19 Nov. 2012. <http://sportsandentertainmentlaw.ncbar.org/newsletters/sportsentertainmentjune2012/dilemma.aspx>	Talks about the "Coogan Act." A law that protects minors wages from squandering by their parents/guardian/manager and makes it so that a portion of it must go into a savings plan and belong to the minor only, which they can access at 18 years of age. It might be a good add-on or amendment for the bill.
11/23/2012	BK          (Book)	O'Hailey, Tina. "Chapter 1: The Main Problems." Hybrid Animation: Integrating 2D & 3D Assets. Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2010. 3-24. Print.	Book about combining 2D and 3D animation. Mentions movies in which this process occurred in and talks about techniques used to make these effects, not just for the movies they provided as examples, but for a student project as well (if you're in college).