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Reuel's Essential Mac Applications

Submitted by reuel on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:56pm

When friends I know switch to a Mac, they often ask me two questions:

  1. What software would you recommend?
  2. What are some tips you can give me to use it better?

Since I find myself answering these questions over and over again, I figure it would be better to just write a blog post about them for people to reference. Let's start with question number 1... Read more »

My Animation Mentor Journey Begins

Submitted by reuel on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 9:48pm

I decided a few months ago to shift my career fully into 3D character animation. I had dabbled in 3D animation while working on commercials with my previous company and really enjoyed it. But character animation is pretty darn hard and if I'm going to do it, I want to be awesome at it.

That's why I enrolled in Animation Mentor. It's an exclusively online program and the instructors are all professional working animators. The demo reels produced by students of the program are excellent and the demo reels are what matter in this industry. I went to a USC Cinema job fair a few months ago and I was encouraged to learn that the Pixar and Dreamworks Animation reps both spoke very highly of the program... Read more »

Hello world!

Submitted by reuel on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 12:09pm

I'm finally relaunching my blog! After several attempts to get the right CMS software on my server, I've settled on Drupal and will be using this site to write about different topics that interest me.

I've debated whether I should keep a tight focus on a particular subject or write about whatever interests me. I've decided to do neither and both at the same time. (Can I be any more indecisive?) I'll be focusing on a small number of topics that interest me. These are: (1) film and animation, (2) technology, and (3) food. Those are pretty broad topics but there are only a few things that I like to talk about within each category.

So let's begin!

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