Well, save 1 day. Tommorrow would be officially the 2 year anniversary of me posting anything on my blog. It's 2009 now, and what can be said about this Title? The Victory Lap... Not so sure if it should be called that... its original meaning was to imply:
A victory lap (also lap of honor) is a term used in motorsports to describe an extra lap of the race track after the conclusion of a race.
(thanks wiki!)
When I first used the title, it was mainly cos of my extra years it took for me to finish university (from switching to Comp Sci to Fine Arts). Then yet another year, I took at Sheridan for Computer Animation.
Well how does it apply to this year?
To explain the missing year between blogs, I'd have to say it was mainly because I was officially working in Animation for the first time. I had broken in! Or had I? It was a crazy year, working on Super Why! The kid's animated series as well as side projects (collaborative and independent). I learned a heck of a lot in '08. But it's already '09. And I'm again looking to see what next lies for me.
Well get this: I decided to go back to school! This time it's more so for film studies, which I realize now I have an immense passion for. I've taken quite a few film theory and practical courses in uni, but never had the inclination to pursue it further. I think it has to do w/ growing more balls. It's a strange path way in my school and art experience:
from CS to Fine Art to Computer Animation - Film Studies???
So to wrap up this topic, (which is a new thing i'mina try this year... to have a structure to my thoughts! WE'LL SEE!) the title of this blog, applies in a sense, I've got my first gig in the animation industry... but the work, learning and evolving doesn't end there. So to that life's about small Victories, a few laps at a time. And for that I'm doing one again.
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A victory lap (also lap of honor) is a term used in motorsports to describe an extra lap of the race track after the conclusion of a race.
(thanks wiki!)
When I first used the title, it was mainly cos of my extra years it took for me to finish university (from switching to Comp Sci to Fine Arts). Then yet another year, I took at Sheridan for Computer Animation.
Well how does it apply to this year?
To explain the missing year between blogs, I'd have to say it was mainly because I was officially working in Animation for the first time. I had broken in! Or had I? It was a crazy year, working on Super Why! The kid's animated series as well as side projects (collaborative and independent). I learned a heck of a lot in '08. But it's already '09. And I'm again looking to see what next lies for me.
Well get this: I decided to go back to school! This time it's more so for film studies, which I realize now I have an immense passion for. I've taken quite a few film theory and practical courses in uni, but never had the inclination to pursue it further. I think it has to do w/ growing more balls. It's a strange path way in my school and art experience:
from CS to Fine Art to Computer Animation - Film Studies???
So to wrap up this topic, (which is a new thing i'mina try this year... to have a structure to my thoughts! WE'LL SEE!) the title of this blog, applies in a sense, I've got my first gig in the animation industry... but the work, learning and evolving doesn't end there. So to that life's about small Victories, a few laps at a time. And for that I'm doing one again.
