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!!!

Thesis Work in Progress

I'm finally done rendering and started on the sound effects. Here is a sample with one background music loop and other sounds that aren't quite finalized yet. However, the animation and lighting are final.

DOWNLOAD LINK (29 mb)

require Quicktime to play
to download - right click and then choose "save target as.."

The final version will be done in a week. Just wanted to update my current progress.

Our new home in Foster City, CA

Yeah we moved...AGAIN. Walter finally bought a town house in Foster City and we spent the last four days moving. JOY...

Same nightmare happened again as if it's a curse on me whenever I move. I caught a mysterious cold and some sorta crazy allergy just when we were about to move. In the past four days, I slept about 2 hours every night while spending the rest of the night coughing and wiping my tears and nasal discharge that was coming out like waterfall. (disgusting...I know, sorry.) Now that I'm finally done moving, my condition is getting a lot better.

Anyway, about the new house: I initially disliked my room because it is way smaller, but after putting everything in, I actually like it a lot better than what I had back in the old apartment. Everything magically fits! I especially like my ceiling fan :)

From New home in Foster City (after)

From New home in Foster City (after)

From New home in Foster City (after)

As for the rest of the house, they're just huge -_- it seems like beside my room and the guest room, all the other rooms are about 3-5 times bigger. It's so spacious that after we moved everything in, it still look so empty.

Here are rest of the photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/huangrkul/NewHomeInFosterCityBefore# (before we moved in. Photos by Leo Lee)

http://picasaweb.google.com/huangrkul/NewHomeInFosterCityAfter# (after we moved in)

Demo Reel Website!

The website is finally up! (thanks to Irvin for all the codings.)

http://www.willhuanganimator.com/

Now...it's job hunting time!

New Year, Birthday, and Chinese New year photos

So I know it's not my bday yet, but since my parents always celebrate my bday in lunar year, that's why I celebrated my 26th bday on the 18th. (different every year....but I never bother to keep track of it since my parents will hehe. ) It's suppose to be 12/25/82 in Lunar Year.

Here is me murdering the cake:

From New Year, Birthday, and Chinese New Year

Follow the link to the rest of the photos.
Enjoy!