Internet Censorship

This is a very important issue guys.  There's a bill thats on its way to passing that will take the free Internet from Americans and flush it down the toilet.  It will ban certain websites w/ copyright content and throw certain people in prison for use of copyrighted materials (including people who make amvs, mmvs, and any other fan based video that holds copyrighted content.).  Here's why you should be concerned:

If this bill passes, here are some of the things you may want to expect:

- If you're an amv, mmv artist, expect to have your video channel banned at the very least, and prison time at the very worst. Up to 5 years of prison per video.

- If you read copyrighted materials online (manga for instance), expect those to get banned

- If you watch anime/tv shows online that were not posted by the network, expect that to go away too (sidereel.com, crunchyroll.com, etc.)

- You'll have to watch what you post: No longer will you be able to freely post copyrighted images or videos as examples if you're an artist (this will be a big issue even for professional artists who keep a blog).

- fan sites featuring materials based on copyrighted materials may be banned or censored.  This includes but is not limited to: deviantart.com and fanfiction.net (both with members ranging in the thousands)

- some remixes of copyrighted music (such as those found on newgrounds) may be thrown into question

- Anything: video, web page, etc. with a copyrighted music track could be at risk for being banned.

- For teachers & professors who use youtube as a teaching resource, some of the content used for lectures, examples, etc. may be banned based on copyright policies.


And yet though the worries that have caused for this bill to be proposed are not unfounded, there are even bigger reasons to oppose it.  Namely because everything in our society is a remix of something else.


Everything Is A Remix: THE MATRIX from robgwilson.com on Vimeo.

 Also, under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.  This new law would conflict with the Copyright Act of 1976, in the way that ALL use of copyrighted content by another party would be prohibited.

Furthermore, it would give the government the confidence to start proposing other bills to take even more freedoms from us.  And if you think it isn't possible, look at our current government policies regarding airport search and seizure, detaining of possible terrorist members, and phone and e-mail tap procedures.  If the government isn't stopped here, with this bill, there is no telling what they may take next.

Don't let it happen without a fight: StopCensorship.org

Calendar update 11-22-11

22nd - have street views completed, have thief completed (done)

24th - Thanksgiving (work on stuff for other classes)

29th - Have thug 1 completed, and alleyways completed, start loop animations

Dec 1st - Have news stand completed, begin smaller item assets

6th - Have shop by shop view completed, Thug 2 & 3 completed, and all items completed.

8th - Have first 5-10 seconds of animation completed, have presentation ready.

Let's just hope this actually works out...

BFA work

So.... somehow everything got done by Thursday that I planned for this week.  I changed Lee/Gusty up a bit.  I like him a little better w/ black hair.  Also, this is the assets for the clerk.  Two more background images done.  I had originally planned to do the news stand instead, but I ended up painting the wrong one by accident, and doing an extra.  So at this point, I'm actually one background ahead.  Hopefully things will continue to get done...

Career Objective Notes

1. To obtain a full-time position in the field of cinema production with an emphasis on video-editing; special interests include filming, 2D and 3D animation, and a thirst for knowledge about new developments in the industry.

2. I am interested in obtaining a video-editing position, in a challenging environment that focuses on the art of detail, an ever changing environment, a chance to learn and put forth new ideas, and a vision of shaping today’s culture.

3. To obtain a movie production position specifically dealing with video-editing, sound-production and editing, or 3D animation.

    So, I'm not exactly sure how some of these work w/ the job stuff.  If I had to pick one though, I'd pick the 2nd one.  It makes the most sense.

Calendar Update 11-17-11

Nov 15th - Have Lisa, Gusty, & shop keeper completed (done)

17th - Have dry cleaner's completed (done)

22nd - Do loop animations, have street views completed, have thief completed

24th - Thanksgiving (work on stuff for other classes)

29th - Have thug 1 completed, and alleyways completed

Dec 1st - Have news stand completed, begin smaller item assets

6th - Have shop by shop view completed, Thug 2 & 3 completed, and all items completed.

8th - Have first 5-10 seconds of animation completed, have DVD portfolio ready.

Let's just hope this actually works out...

Calendar update 11-15-11

Nov 15th - Have Lisa, Gusty, & shop keeper completed

17th - Begin loop animations, Have news stand painted

22nd - continue loop animations, have street views completed, have thief completed

24th - Thanksgiving (work on stuff for other classes)

29th - Have thug 1 completed, and alleyways completed

Dec 1st - Have dry cleaner's completed

6th - Have shop by shop view completed, Thug 2 & 3 completed, and all items completed.

8th - Have first 5-10 seconds of animation completed, have DVD portfolio ready.

Let's just hope this actually works out...

Inventory for Animation

[Asset Inventory:

Characters (multiple views) - Lisa, Gusty, Thief, Thug1, Thug 2, Thug 3, shop keeper (torso up)

Backgrounds (some may be merge-able) - news stand, street view of news stand, bust stop, side-street view, extended shop by shop view, alleyway - front, alleyway - back, dry cleaner front, dry cleaner back

Items - hand, hand w/ coins, newspaper open, newspaper folded, watch w/ arm,  purse, piano w/ stationary characters (2 views), construction sign, knife, bat, air clouds, door, dry cleaning ticket, superhero suit.]

So, what's really going to kill me here are the characters... That's a lot of people that  have to draw and articulate.  So while I have a lot of small assets too, my main concerns at the moment are the backgrounds and the characters.

Behanced Stills

So there are are crazy amount of these--just warning you now... So I'm going to do them by project:


Bad Day:

Butterflies & Rainbows

Elimination State

Kitty Blues

Love Sock

The Mouse Awards

The Race

Teddy Bear Wars

If you made it all the way to the bottom of this post, congrats. :)