Goodbye Sober Day...

Last night there was a huge party at the office after a long day of work. There was booze, little cheeseburgers, cucumbers, cheese, crackers, music, new faces, rendering and compositing going on at the same time. I don't think there were enough of those little cheeseburgers because they were delicious little suckers. Graham made it over to the party too, but I forgot to tell him there was a party there. So when he arrived he wasn't sure if he was at the right place until he saw me standing there with a scotch on the rocks talking to Chris West.

Throughout the course of the evening we were mingling and rendering. Met some really nice people, held some of the best conversations I've had in a while with strangers and new friends. We got to know some of the other freelance digital artists that were working there too. Watched each others reels and admired each other’s art works. What an industry!

As another added bonus to our journey to the East, we met a practical effects wizard. We talked to this Jeff the sorcerer for quite a while and I am pretty sure that Graham and I are going to apprentice for this amazing sorcerer. We should get Leo to come down here from Boston and start making squibs again. After the party Graham, Dimitri, our new friend Kyle and I went to some “hole in the wall” for a slice and Mexican food. It was the biggest hole I’ve ever seen in a wall. It had ovens, sodas and a cash register, but not enough napkins or seasoning.

…Hello Milky Way

Paid to do art

Today was my first day on the job, it sure was a long exciting and extremely exhausting day. I was very nervous and the whole day I felt my feet sweating in a nice air conditioned environment. I get to hang out and work with some really talented and funny artists. They provide us with coffee, water, snacks and we get to smoke cigarettes by the window in the office.

I will be there for the next 13 days crunching on a new and awesome Kanye West music video. I can't say much about it other than it looks freaking amazing. They provided us with lots concept art for inspiration, so we get a good amount of creative freedom with some of the details while we are building the assets for the video. It should be a good experience.

One of the other great things about this place is that they have Flame, another node based compositing package. I hope there is an opportunity where I will get to learn this powerful application. Thank you Mister Meat Tree(Dimitri)

Goodbyes are awkward

After an intense week of packing and cleaning of our apartment at The Continental(West) we finally made it to New York. I would like to thank everyone who made it to the New York Bound BBQ and I would like to thank a Mr. Wallthing for facilitating this going away get together.

Graham just landed his first gig doing character modeling and animating for MTV. YAY! Mother Payne was extremely excited, she screamed on speaker-phone.

On our first official day in New York, we went to Square of Times for Graham's interview at the Viacom building. Afterwards we met up with a couple of friends for breakfast and then had a great brainstorming session for an art installation. We cannot divulge anything at this time, for the idea of the project is still in its infancy stage. During this brainstorming session I kept thinking about Austin and how he would've made a great addition to the session as always. He will surely be there for some of the East coast sessions in the near future.

So far it has been a great start for the both of us.