John W. Vanderbeck

Oh my! It has been something like three weeks since my last post. I apologize to everyone for the unbearable suspense :) Truth of the matter is that i’ve been working hard these last three weeks on the Space Shuttle project and that is where all my mental energy has been focused.

In the end this project was a killer for me. I worked several all-nighters without any sleep whatsoever and in when all was said and done I was not happy at all with what I turned in. We’ll see how the grades go. However, with that said, I will be posting that animatino either tonight or tomorrow. I PROMISE :) I just need to get it compiled into an actuall video since right now its a series of 90 still image frames.

I’ve also been hard at work on an improved version of this animatino which I will post by the end of the week. Speaking of which; this is the final week of block 1: hardware modeling. All the “projects” are done, and this week we work on our first demo reels. Each block we do a demo reel of the major work we’ve done at school. This first one is more for us to learn about making them, and while it will be graded, it certainly isn’t a reel i’d be sending out to look for a job. Despite that however, I will be posting it here for everyone’s viewing pleasure :) The reel will contain animations for the coffee cart, building, and space shuttle projects, and they will all contain footage you have never seen before because i’m going back through all these projects and polishing things.