So out of practice...

The last time I touched my color pencils was back in...highschool? That's about 8 years ago. But since Aunt Maria and Uncle Ian have been so good to us for the past 3 years, I wanted to draw them something as a appreciation.

From Artworks

And this is it~ Their family picture. The lotus are the parents and the hummingbirds are their daughters. One of them is flying because she just graduated while the other one is still in their care.

I'm surprised that my skill isn't as bad as I anticipated, so that was good. Hopefully they'll like it too.

2009 AAU Graduation Commencement

The commencement was basically 2 hours of standing hell and another 2 hours of sitting hell. It was extremely entertaining for graduates who did not show up and extremely leg-busting-fun for the rest of us who did attend.

This event marks the end of the 19 years of education for me (excluding kindergarten). I got my MFA and I deserve the right to say I'M DONE. NO MORE SCHOOL. It's time to start working finally.

Anyway, here are the pics:

From 2009 Academy of Art University Graduation Commencement

From 2009 Academy of Art University Graduation Commencement

From 2009 Academy of Art University Graduation Commencement

The rest you can find on the links under the pictures. Enjoy~

Thesis Final Review - PASSED

I would like to thank all my friends and family for the support. It has been a tough 3 years and I finally finally passed my thesis final review. Now I just need to wait for my diploma to be mailed in and I'll be officially graduated!

Anyhow, here is the final version of my thesis that I presented this morning:

http://www.willhuanganimator.com/videos/thesisfinal.mov (quicktime file, 54.3mb)

Right click on the link and click on "save target as.." to download the file.

Be sure to have Quick Time installed to watch.

Basically, after the presentation, the commitee told me that they loved the idea and story and it will definitely win in festivals. BUT! I will have to redesign the characters to make them more appealing and the sequences need to be tighter and faster pace.... so that means pretty much do everything ALL OVER.

Yeah...we'll see about that....sounds like another year of work for me ugh... but i'll worry about that later. Now, I'm just going to kick back and relax for couple days before I focus on producing my animation for my demo reel.


....I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL!!! HELL YAHHHHH!!!