Leave Behind Ideas

So I've been pondering this concept of a leave behind for the past quarter. I have researched many of my ideas such as custom printed memo pads, laser cut keychains, and pens. Problem is everywhere I find that offers custom printing of these things has a minimum supply of 250 and a set up charge. So I'm paying about 300 bucks for a prototype leave behind for my class. Yes...very frustrating. I now understand why students prior to me chose the leave behinds they did. Looks like I have much more looking around to do.

Reel Features

So for today I am to have 4 things that I am going to integrate into my reel.

Mech Test from Tori Carroll on Vimeo.

PosiTori.com from Tori Carroll on Vimeo.

And the video I posted a few posts ago. Blogger takes forever to upload videos and Vimeo has a ridiculous waiting time. I'll re-edit this once my wait time is up. Ridiculous thing. Always wanting the payment upgrades. Along with these I have here I also plan to use other things from previous reels. and i'll probably include some mech tests I've done at work.

Just because this is Awesome!

The Monster Mash featuring Tori, Grant, Colin, Cass, and George!

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Happy Halloween!

Reviewing Reels

So since I have now transitioned to the demo reel class I thought it would be beneficial to show past reels. I have made reels starting in 2007. I think its nice to be able to see the progress through the years. And after these 11 weeks I will have a new for 2009 reel. I'm actually happy to finally get an updated version and take out some of that filler stuff.

2007:

Animation Show Reel from Tori Carroll on Vimeo.

2008:

Show Reel from Tori Carroll on Vimeo.

For this class we can't have any lyrics in the song we choose for our demo. This makes me sad because I absolutely love the song I chose for my last reel. I feel it fits my pacing and complements my pieces perfectly. But I'm not going to argue. Just because I like the song doesn't mean someone else will.

Thats all for this week!

Demo Reel Production!

For my demo reel production class I decided to base it on my illustrations. Which I did 3 of them this quarter, then add some motion graphic-ness to them and a logo (teacher insisted on the logo)
Here is a preview:




Once I started making these shorts to put in my demo reel...I realized exactly what my teacher was talking about. The logo kind of gives the piece purpose. This one took the least amount of time and I think it just might be my favorite of the bunch. I'm pretty happy with the simplicity of it.

New site is a go!

Website is one serious upgrade from before. I'm actually very please with the outcome. My newest piece actually looks very nice on my site. Check it out here: www.positori.com

Sent off business cards...a friend is printing them, so they should be done in a few days. And Staples looks like my best bet for portfolio prints. Pics soon!

Back from Dragoncon!

Dragon*Con 2009 was epically awesome this year! I had such a blast. So I decided to start sewing my costume 3 days before departure. I know! What was I thinking! procrastinator. anyway. I finished it a few hours before we left. My first time putting it all on together was at the con! Didn't matter, Jedi Barbie was fantastic! It really did have a good response, most likely due to my fantastic Pink Lightsaber! I even ended up on MAXIM.com! How Awesome! I've already started planning for next year. But the first 3 months after DCon I always feel so inspired. Anyway! pictures!




Here you can see my Jedi Barbie Pinkness of my lightsaber! Thank you grant for your excellent modding skills





This was screen capped from Maxim.com. You can visit the actual page here: http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/84060/girls-dragon-con-part-1.html?p=4

Anyway! Back to Portfolio work! I did manage to squeeze in another flatbook page! This is a pic I'm working on for my Demo Class. I plan on animating some elements of it and adding some motion graphics to it.

I'm actually quite proud of this one. I think its my first time actually coloring and constructing a frontal face in flash! I think it came out great! These years at Artix are really refining my skills.