Year of the Dragon

So a couple of interesting developments in the last few weeks. The HD on my primary laptop died and essentially made me have to re-do a large majority of my portfolio including most of my 3D pieces. Fortunately I can get most of it back and re-organized. The video is my most recent addition. It's a simulation of a waterfall. It was tough getting the waterfall to look natural.  Think all in all it works pretty well.  A lot of people probably don't know this about me, but I'm a big anime fan, and it might be seen in my style of drawing since it incorporate elements of anime. I'll admit that anime is an acquired taste, but it really is an entirely different animation concept since it frequently deals with serious situations rather than quirky humorous situations. My current favorite is Naruto, even though it's formula has been used before. It never fails to amaze me how good it looks and to know how much work went into producing it. Especially the crowds.  It's widely used technique used to fill in space, but it boggles my mind to think that animating a single character is tough enough, but to do several dozen characters is just amazing to me. On the flip-side, I had the opportunity to also watch American Dad season one, and compared to Family Guy, it really isn't as humorous or as well drawn. Anyway, been looking into some local studios for possible employment but so far accumulating the info has been really trying.  I'll keep yall posted.