Meower Wu

Finally!!

2009-08-10T17:00:00.000-07:00

Aug 5th, I passed my final review.
Yeah!!! Finally I graduated!!!
No more thesis, no more school, and no more lab.
No more lab kinda makes me sad though.

Three years, I learned a lot but it just a little part of whole.
I am lucky to meet many good instructors and friends.
Thank you all very very much. ^___^

Well, here's my final short film: Valentines
( Also available on Youtube & Vimeo)

Thesis Update

2009-05-26T01:49:00.000-07:00

Spring semester is over, and summer supose to be my last!?
Anyway, here's what I have now.

= Meower =

www.MeowerWu.com

2009-04-22T01:25:00.000-07:00

For demoreel stuff, a normal web page may be more suitable.
As a result, I created a very very simple website for demoreel.
Just a more polished version of those old shots there.

www.MeowerWu.com

I am currently working on my first lipsync shots.
Well, not really the first, but the first one after I know a bit more.
Hopefully will have it uploaded soon.
And I hope I will have my website more designed in the future.

I got stuck at the planning stage for days.
It's not easy to create character for a character.
Background story, personality, emotion, thinking process...etc.
A lot of planning should be done before getting into Maya.

"Being an animator!……is being a decision maker!"
--- from Spline Doctor ---

Yeah, it's all about making decisions.
I should be more determined.

= Meower =

Thesis Update!!

2009-04-22T01:13:00.000-07:00

Another new semester, and it's the 12th week.
It means it will end in 3 weeks!!! Time flies!!!

This semester I am doing half thesis and half demoreel.
Only the opening shots and last few shots are different.
The stop motion animations for the girls are in the opening shots.
Overall is still layout/rough blocking stage.
I will get to it soon.

Cheers,
= Meower =

One more semester passed

2008-12-18T14:39:00.000-08:00

As I said, I am working on my thesis this semester.
Now is the end of this semester. (OMG!!)

I haven't finished all the layouts.
The progression is a bit messy. (>_<)
Some shots are getting into blocking,
while some are still very roughly layouts.

Though there are still a lot to fix.
Such as poses, timing, and even camera angle.
This the first breakdown of my thesis short.

Hope to present more progression soon.

= Meower =

Thesis Animatics

2008-09-25T10:04:00.000-07:00

As I said, I am doing my thesis recently.
This is the animatics I mad for midpoint review last fall.

Just to show the story, enjoy~ (no sound)

P.S. The girls in the pics will be animated as stop motion animation.

Thank you modelers and riggers!!!

2008-09-25T09:50:00.000-07:00

As an graduate student at academy of art,
I have the responsibility to complete my thesis.
I have to model and rig my characters, then go into animation.
Modeling and rigging are sooooooooooo hard for me,
I am still struggling on rigging, though I am dying to animate.

I think a good animation is based on good modeling and rigging.
I must say to all modelers and riggers:
Thank you for making brilliant animatable models for animators. m(_ _)m

= Meower =

2008 Demoreel New Updated!!

2008-08-09T07:48:00.000-07:00

Most shots are from my works in Pixar 1 Class.
I also add an non-human character shot.

I learned a little bit render at the end of this semester.
This is the render version of my demoreel.

2008 Demoreel Updated!!

2008-08-05T18:20:00.000-07:00

All shots are from my works in Pixar 1 Class.
I polished some shots from the previous version.

2008 June Demoreel

2008-07-18T10:54:00.000-07:00

All shots are from my Pixar 1 Class. The most valuable class I have taken till now.
I fixed them only a little. Most shots are till half blocking/in progress.
This is the first version for applying Pixar 2 Class.
Hopefully I will have a updated version soon.

= Meower =

2007 Demoreel

2008-04-25T14:53:00.000-07:00

This is the demoreel I made for applying Pixar 1 class in spring 2008.
Most animation shots are from my character animation class in fall semester.

Still a lot to learn.

= Meower =

2006 Demoreel

2008-03-30T17:21:00.000-07:00

I stared to learn animation as I entered Academy of Art University. 2006 Fall was my first semester, and this was my first demoreel.

It's pretty awful to me now. How embarrassed!!! >////<
However, there was once an instructor said:
"Bed drawings are just the records of an artist's struggle."
This was my first step.

Good luck to all.

= Meower =