Going Back to the East Coast...

DAMN!~

...I apologize for not posting up in a long time but I have been packing to move home. Yup, many things have crossed my mind and I decided that I will move back to the East coast for the time being until I can find some open positions in animation.

It was a good run while it lasted here in SF; I made good friends and got to see many cool sights and sounds not only in the No-Cal but in So-Cal as well. It has gotten way too expensive for me to stay out here in California. The job market now is pretty tapped out from what I have been seeing. So, I decided that I will keep applying out from the East coast with hopes of trying to get a job sometime in the near future but as they say, ‘tomorrow is promise to no one.’

I am not giving up on my dream to be an animator but it is certainly on hold at the moment until I can find work and settle down financially to something more stable. Talk about a bad time to finish school; most studios are in full production and have no open positions, so I guess this is the best time to visit back home for awhile until things open up. So, this post might be one of my last for a while; at least until I can get back East, unpack and connect myself back to the net.

Ok, switching gears here, I noticed a lot of talk about this Wilhelm scream a couple of weeks ago, maybe it was the anniversary of this famous scream sound byte. So, one night I was bored and decided to look into this more and I was finally able to hear this unique scream and let me tell yah; its a funny scream. This scream is like a cult phenomenon in films or something. So I drew a dude screaming :P

I really want to thank everyone who has come to my little blog spot here . I can’t stress how much it has been a huge support for me to hear back from other like minded and passionate artist out there I just wanted to say THANK YOU !~

Until next time, see you on the East Coast!~





~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

~Yawn~

I want to first say a huge "THANK YOU!" to all of you guys and gals that wished me a Happy Birthday last week, that put a huge smile on my face :D

Well, nothing much going on this week, so here is some sketches, enjoy!










~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

...~!What a week!~...

~!WOW!~

What a crazy week and it’s not even over yet! :P
Well, I finally finished my time at the coolest school ever, Animation Mentor! I want to express my absolute deepest respect to the school’s Co-Founders (Bobby, Sean and Carlos), Mentors, and of course my fellow Peers that I call friends/animation ninjas on Animation Mentor!

It was a journey filled with ups and downs, but I made it out alive and with a new understanding on the art of animation. I wanted to wish all my fellow AM’ers a HUGE CONGRATS on finishing the program! You guys and gals are AWESOME!!!

So, what now? Hmm, I really don’t know I guess check out the alumni site and try to find a job :P

But before I do that, I am gonna take a day off to at least celebrate my Burfday…err…I mean Birthday :P

Yup, I am getting older, so here is to my Birthday…WOOT!

Well, it wouldn't be a proper post without a sketch. I apologize that I have not been keeping my blog up to date but I hope that changes now with some free time away from my pc for a bit.

This below is a cartooney caricature of a roommate of mine we call the general, I sketched it out for fun. He always has headphones around his neck and he actually has a beret on his head that he wears. Yeah, he is crazy but a cool guy so here is to you general, ATTEND HUT!!! :P

I will finally be able to post more now that I am done with AM at least for the moment. Next stop for me is the Alumni site, I can't wait to see it!




~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

~!The Super Donut!~

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. My short film has been taking up my time as well as accommodating space for our new roommates in this small apt. So I have been busy with all that jazz that life entails. Not much to say this week so I will keep it short. Have a great weekend and I will have another post up soon. As always, thank you for stopping by my little area. :)

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This is the Simpsons Donut. I had one last night and let me tell yah its should be called the SUPER DONUT!!! Why? You will know when you bite into this thing, its pure sugar!!! All I am saying is that my teeth are still tingling from bitting into this SUPER DONUT! :P




~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

~!Siggraph was Awesome!~

AHH!~

What a great end to my final trip. San Diego was a blast! It was an absolute pleasure to run into fellow Mentors, AMers and professionals! The exhibition area was awesome this year and so was the job fair. I was able to get a lot of great information about what will be happening in the near future for jobs on companies I was curious about and others that I did not know of; so it was all good! I am sorry I haven't posted much lately. I have been recovering from a cold I got on the way back from San Diego. Also not to mention that my time on AM is coming to end in about 6 weeks. I am busy now working on my short and trying to do other things on the side.

So I hope to post more this week once I get some time. I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has been dropping by their comments on my blog! Thank you so much for all the love and support. I will passing around blogs this week and I can't wait to be inspired by all your amazing work! I hope everyone is having a great week!~ :)
















~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

.::Mo' Sketches::.

Hey dudes and dudettes!

I am off to Siggraph!~ I can't wait to meet all of the fellow AM students and staff! I hope to find out a lot of information on companies to apply for in the future while I am there; and just enjoy the booths, sites and sounds on what the companies will be working on in the years to come. I will try to post some pics of Siggraph if I have some time. Have a great weekend!

~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

.::San Diego Zoo::.

I am still coming off my high from Comic Con. San Diego was such an amazing city! While I was there I had the opportunity to go to the San Diego Zoo and let me tell yah its was super cool! There were plenty of animals and people to sketch from. Well, this motivated me to draw out some animal sketches while adding some personality to them. I hope all of you bloggers are doing well! Have a great week everyone!

~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

.::!!!!COMIC CON WAS AWESOME!!!!:::.

WOW! What a wonderful event of art, comics and professionals under one roof! The atmosphere was so overwhelming and energetic. I had the pleasure to meet some the best artists in the biz. It was an event I will not forget and that I hope to visit many times in the future. Iron man was on everyones minds this year and I must say he looks absolutely amazing!!! Enjoy the pics and video below! Keep in mind this is only a portion of all the videos and pics that were taken during Comic Con. My roommates and I had a totally of 22.2 gigs worth of pics and videos combined!San Diego was a beautiful city!!! Enjoy!

~!WoOtWoOt!~

RoB

.::~!Comic Con!~::.

Hey dudes and dudettes! I am off to San Diego tomorrow to enjoy the sites and the sounds that the city of San Diego can offer me. Oh, yeah and I will be at this littel thing called Comic Con for the first time to see all the amazing work of all you wonderful artist out there in blog world! :)

I can't wait. I till be my first time at Comic Con and San Diego. I will try to post pics of Comic Con onces it starts for others who can not make it.


In honor of comic con I wanted to draw Wonder woman if she decided to let herself go after retiring form crime fighting.



These are just some more sketches for the week.

Miss Universe years later :P




Have a great week everyone!!!


~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

~The Little Elephant~

Hey you crazy talented bloggers out there!

How are you doing?

Well, here is another sketch for the AM forums. This weeks topic was an elephant. For this one, I wanted to go back to using the red pencil because I missed it so; and let me tell yah, I was happy I did. I really need to just go out and buy more red and blue pencils. I don't know what it is about them but I just enjoy drawing with them. Well I hope you like the little elephant. Have a great week peeps!




~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB

.::Back in the Bay Area::.

Hey everyone!

Sorry for being absent from my blog; it was hard to get around to it when I was in LA. Now I am back in the Bay area to finish up my final class at Animation Mentor! I wanted to thank all the people at Rhythm and Hues for a great learning experience! It was a blast to be next to amazing animators at Rhythm and Hues. I wanted to wish the best to all the other apprentices who will be working at Rhythm and Hues, CONGRATS!!! All the apprentices whom I had the honors of working alongside them are so extremely talented and head strong that I have no doubt that they will have a wonderful future in this industry! I will definitely look for you names on the credits guys! :)

I will miss the wonderful people and beaches down there in So-Cal but all good things come to an end. I also wanted to thanks Rhythm and Hues for the wonderful opportunity/job offer to join their team but unfortunately at this time I will want to finish my studies. This leads me to my next point, Class 6!!~ Whoa, I finally made it and now I need to finish this class to graduate! I am so excited!

Below are a couple of pics of my time there in LA and some sketches along the way. People love wearing shades in LA and I don’t blame them with that sun in your face, but I saw this lady that just had the biggest shades ever and I had to caricature her. As for the rest it was just random sketches as I usually do. I will be on top of this blog more now that I am in the Bay area again and have a scanner :P

Have a wonderful 4th of July everyone!

~!WoOtWoOt!~
RoB