[ p l a c i d c h a o s / A M ]

So here I am, currently in week 8 of the FIRST EVER quarter of Animation Mentor, the online animation course taught by not one, but three Great White Animation Ninjas. In a perfect world I would have had this "blog" (which, by the way, is a lame word) up eight weeks ago, so that anyone interested could have followed along from the beginning, however I am off the hook because in case you haven't stepped outside in a day or so, the world is far from perfect. AM could easily be a full-time endeavor (think EA hours, not banker's...), plus I still have to work, and have time to tickle my wife and practice my nunchuck and computer hacking skills, so I've sworn off sleeping. Fortunately it hasn't been too difficult to do, thanks to copious amounts of caffeine and crack cocaine, (that was a joke mom, I cut back my caffeine intake drastically) and like most ninjas I am more effective at night anyway. In these dark hours, while others are sleeping or leaping from rooftop to rooftop, I can be found making balls bounce and tails wag...

It's my hope that through AM I will finally receive the quality education in animation that I have been yearning for. My plan with this site is to show my progression through the six quarter course, (I'm in it for the long haul baby, or at least until Initech notices those penny fractions missing), to lose the ego and invite crits, and also help anyone interested in animation further their education into the art. In the future I will try to show more images and write less, not because "pictures are worth a blah blah..." but because they are cooler than listening to me talk. See, I'm looking out for your best interest.

This is the first true post of placidchaos.com/AM but I will back-date work from the previous seven weeks, so be sure to go back and check that stuff out as well. That being said, since I am posting them all tonight, those posts will obviously be lean in comparison to future posts.

As always, feel free to leave comments, questions, and critiques when you see fit or merely feel the urge. Also, please bear with me as I unroll this portion of my site, as I am sure there will be bugs that'll need to be squashed.

Peace!