To Do 2-9 October, 2017

This break isn't long enough because I still want a full night's sleep. ha ha.

Monday
9.30-4 recording studio with Anna and Geoff.  3 songs fleshed out and recorded
4.30  release a trapped Morgan Magnam McNamara from flat after nicking her keys that morning
5-10 SIT: presents for guest artists x3, 3D print 2 - 95.50mm Jellybeans, email Darren, APRA, Kevin re: peer tutoring, make to-do list, put together 1x doodlebug promos for instagram and figure out how to upload it

Tuesday
9-4 recording studio with Anna, Geoff, Liv, and Libby.  Finish songs in progress and do Flash and Goldie songs
4-7 hang out with Anna, Mathilda, and Oscar
7-10  SIT:   start giant Jellybean 3D print x1,  IW aisle decoration

Wednesday
10:30-11:20 interview with Darren Ludlow at Radio Southland
11:30-4 babysit Anna's kids while she finishes up with Geoff.  Geoff and Anna will work on finishing songs and maybe recording Jellybean's song
5pm-1am  SIT: 3D print giant Jellybean x1, IW aisle decoration
2x doodlebug promos for instagram

Thursday
1 pm-1am SIT: IW aisle decoration, 3D print giant Jellybean x1

Friday
1pm - 3.30am SIT: IW aisle decoration, 3D print large Jellybean x1 2D puppets as per animatic

Saturday
10pm-1.30am SIT: IW aisle decoration, 3D print large Jellybean x1

Sunday
12am to 3am SIT: IW aisle decoration
at home:  talking to family, sleeping, cooking, NOT working.  Had to be done. 

To do for exhibition 12- 15 September

BSA306
design and print prototype labels for toys due by 5pm ?Thursday for installation

BSA324
QUICKLY rework opening to animatic to accomodate "Imagination Warehouse" song by Anna
The song is 1:14sec 16 frames long due 4pm Friday for playing at opening and exhibition

scratch track: add Imagination Warehouse song and record voices of Girl and Prickles plus whistling for Jellybean
edit audio for scratch track

put in some subtle camera moves to animatic to make it look more interesting.  I mean, come on.  Try here.

Fix that teensy tear in the corner of the pitch bible.  due by 4pm? Thursday

When were we supposed to install again?  Crap. Thursday by 5 for physical objects, Friday by 5 to turn on the videos.  I'll have to be finished by 1 so I can go shopping for party food with Danielle.

To do list, 1-4 September, 2017

BSA306
finish modelling Girl
3D print girl
3D model Prickles
3D print Prickles
Put all characters into episode pose

BSA303
3.5 hours of internship TaleEnders
freeflow write about IW and episode ideas
look through notes and write up what Ruth suggested for Monday

BSA324
decorate shelves of IW

BSA326
look over proposal and write counter proposal


Personal
laundry
pack for Auckland
call people/work out visit schedule

BSA324, to do list, 8-14 August, 2017

BSA324
finish animatic!  Need 3-4 minutes and currently at 2.26
3D modeling- sets

BSA306
3D model- 3 more characters

BSA303
read more research papers
write outline of dissertation

BSA326
?? there must be something advanced that I need to be doing.  Yikes.

To do 29 July - 4 August, 2017

BSA303
apply for TaleEnders and Sit Pro internships (talk to Reuben about SitPro)
bullet points of proposal for dissertation for 10.45 with Ruth Monday
Read and take notes on:  Social tv:  how to reach through social media, imagination and play in electronic age, children and formal features of TV, G is for Growing: Sesame St, children and the Media (no, change tack to new research avenues suggested by 3rd critique)

BSA306
rough 3D model 3 characters in Maya and refine in Zbrush

BSA324
clean up warehouse scene- save objects into their own files
finish first pass of revising pitch bible 002
mock up children's book of the first episode
add new Jellybean looking for sock scene to animatic
seminar powerpoint due Friday 4/8.  To be delivered next Tuesday at 12.30.

BSA326
experiment with fur in Houdini, Zbrush, Maya, Mari (no, concentrate on getting 3D environment modelled)

To do list 1-7 May, 2017

BSA306
design toys and packing x10

BSA326
research proposal, start figuring that out
finish 3D Jellybean

BSA324
turn arounds for Flash, Goldie, Teppy, Jellybean, Girl, Dr. Picklesniffer and Prickles
3D Imagination Warehouse?
Keep storyboarding

BSA325
pull apart storyboard with Reuben and assign workers in Shotgun

BSA303
start contacting internship people
fix up website

curate upcoming Exhibition:
I have
collages for all 7 characters and a group shot
concept art x2 for the Imagination Warehouse
girl gif
script

what else can I make?
finish storyboard
motion studies of all characters
Turn-arounds for all characters
Record scratch track and add temporary music to storyboard
test Jellyean moves in 3D and 2D puppet animation
toy ideas

"Holiday" working priorities, 15-30 April, 2017

Due dates

BSA303
BSA303/324 Critique 2 ppt due 1 May
BSA303 proposal due 1 May

BSA326 proposal due 12 May

to do
finish reading and note taking on 5 books/articles
write 1200 word proposal and make sure APA referencing is in order.
put together Critique #2

BSA306
sketch toy and package designs x10
sculpt designs in clay, blue foam x2
pattern and sew soft toy options x2
finish 3D armadillo and pose for printing

Peer tutoring
set appointments with Darryl, Arpita, and Quan


Because you need to
fix closet
put stuff back on wall
clear out at least 1 bag's worth of stuff you don't need or use anymore
taxes
get mouse-proof food storage for kitchen

for fun
see Guardians of the Galaxy vol.2 at the theatre!
read a book!

BSA326
texture armadillo in Maya and Zbrush and compare
investigate N brush and Marvelous Designer and pepakura designer programs

BSA324
write script for 11-minute animation show AND as a children's book for comparison
start storyboarding script
keep reading, finish collages (redesign possum and do Klohwii)
sketches of set
finish Dr. Picklesniffer collage'

To do list, 8 -14 April, 2017

IMPORTANT
mail key to Auckland/energy online
mail 5 and record to Tristi


BSA303 research
send email request to SIT library for interlibrary loan titles
finish mini pecha kucha for Monday

BSA325
character turnarounds


BSA326
figure out what I want to make and what the pipeline is going to be

BSA324
collage Klohwii
Mad Bad writing stuff- get it done!
critique #2

BSA306
Plan some toys!

BSA303 internship
start applying and sending out emails and stuff

To do list, 1 -7 April

IMPORTANT
mail key to Auckland/energy online
mail 5 and record to Tristi
send $ home for ticket

BSA303 research
send email request to SIT library for interlibrary loan titles
finish mini pecha kucha
read 3-5 books or journals and take notes for proposal

BSA303 internship
research 7 places to intern
Auckland
Auckland Museum  x
MoTAT
Maritime museum
Pop-up Workshop   x
Mukpuddy   x
Westpac corporate animation --  Assembly Ltd.  x
Spoon
Yukfoo Animation

local
SIT productions  x
Otago Museum, Dunedin
Southland Museum  x
Bill Richardson Transport World  x
Motorcycle Mecca  x


write internship proposal first draft
finish website
showreel
images- square off those photos so the cropping looks good
Add the rest of the first year comic's pages

BSA306 special topic paper
write rough and final drafts of research paper (due 4th April!!)

BSA324, personal project
new concept art with collage animals
New possum collage'

BSA326, advanced animation
fix armadillo up in Zbrush and take to Maya for 3D printing

Tutoring
meet with Darryl re: computer
meet with Arpita re: BSA303 and group project

To do list , 24-31 March, 2017

IMPORTANT
SIT craft tutor paperwork finished and turned in
log 20 minutes with Zoe 23/3 
mail key to Auckland/energy online
mail 5 and record to Tristi
get flu vaccine M-F 9-3, $10
apply for $ to cover airfare for internship

BSA303 research
find out where books are- look at SIT, invercargill, and national library database
send email request to SIT library for interlibrary loan titles
mock up mini pecha kucha slide show
email Little Airplane productions to see if they have information booklet for sale
start reading!!

BSA303 internship
Tweak resume
identify 30 photos for website and make web ready
load photos to website
research 7 places to intern and write cover letters for four national companies and three local companies
write internship proposal first draft

BSA306 special topic paper
research 3D printing
write rough draft of research paper (due 4th April!!)

BSA324, personal project
collage' Dr. Picklesniffer and Khlowii
fix up sketches on cintiq
sculpt Jellybean in 3D packages
sculpt Jellybean in paper or clay
new concept art with collage animals

BSA326, advanced animation
Sculpt armadillo in Zbrush and take back to Maya, vice versa

BSA325
add 45 minute art team meeting to timesheet folder
concept art of older Maori men and chiefs Due Thursday!

Blog

Tutoring
make materials list and talk it through with Rosalie for fiber unit
read Zoe's essay and watch videos
work out plan of attack for her essay
meet with Darryl re: computer
meet with Arpita re: BSA303 and group project

BSA324, Master To Do List before animation, 20 March, 2017

Pre-animation To  Do List

Design
6 characters
Girl   x
Armadillo     x
Binge Eating Hamster     x ----Possum
Manipulative Crocodile--- Tuatara      x
Super-connected Rabbit (can I get away with making this a Bilby?)
Prickles Puffer Fish (consider making him out of a ball of string with loads of knitting needles stabbing through.
Dr. Picklesniffer (make him out of old first aid stuff? or the contents of a purse?)

Other options:
Pekapeka bat-- made out of what?  umbrellas seem too predictable.  The males sing to the females: is there anything to be mined out of that?
Ostrich
Legal Beagle
QC Kitty
Hector's/Maui Dolphin
Kea parrot

Create "pile of stuff" looks for Fish, Tuatara, Parrot, Dr. Picklesniffer, and Bat

Sculpt
quickies of basic silhouettes from Femo so I can see them in 3D

Photo-collage concept art
new binge-eating possum
Tuatara  x
Puffer Fish

Animation Tests
photo-puppet in 2D
Maya sculpt

Set
Choose between 3D-built environment and photo backgrounds

Build
stand-in puppets for filming against green screen


Armadillo
1/4 scale paper sculpture
sculpt in Maya or Marvelous Designer to get look at pattern making possibilitites
make MD pattern up in 1/4 scale and make adjustments before moving on to 1/2 or full-size costume
polka dot the purple fur
make the beanbag
source the yellow fabric, foam, etc


Finalize WHAT is going to be made and with what combination of techniques
Story
write log line, treatment, script for show segment to be produced

Social Media
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram

Kickstarter
thank you gifts
posters, kid's books, art and design books, greeting cards, anything that can be printed with art on it for not much money, credits mention.  What do other successful fundraisers do?
promo videos
script, storyboard, crew (ask Dan or somebody still at school?)






    

Deadlines, 19 October, 2016

BSA215
soft turn in for critique         26 October           10AM (need to put in minimum 20 hours between now and Wednesday)
Comic                                   31 October         Noon

BSA227
Short film and blog                2 November     5pm (need to put in minimum 10 hours between now and next Wednesday)

BSA228
video game  build                 10 November     5pm (can only put in 5 hours outside of class between now and next Monday  :(  )
Game design document        11 November     5pm

Southsure paperwork/binder is due when????

Southsure entry Ashes to Gold final version due 6th November.

To Do, 24-27 June, 2016

3D-  Speed Dates
render shots as I go
fix Peddler control rig
work out animation order, easiest to hardest
animate!!!!

Stop Motion- Ashes to Gold animation
set up room with lights, doll and book
storyboard/dope sheet what I want to happen
30 seconds stop motion total?

Drawing- next semester comic class
work on story ideas for comic for next semester

Audio
finish Matrix project with Glenn
bounce it out and put all parts in folder by 5pm

Personal projects

Do Taxes

Shih Tzu puppet for Mary Poppins
source hair, order it
source foam and fabric for inside, buy it
get silky fabric to separate body from hair
pattern head and body

To Do list 17-20 June, 2016

Drawing
finalize drawing based on list
write 300-400 word defense of portfolio

BSAproject
Critique 5 work up
bundle critiques on blog and email to Juliet

BSA226
Peddler needs work!!!!!
Finish Pet

BSA225
keep animating
start rendering

To do 10-13 June

film history
write 1000 word essay on german expressionism and tim Burton.   include quote that Burton was influenced by posters  and horror films that were influenced by german expressionism

BSA226
weight Peddler's body so weird crimping stops.  Blend shape on face, mouth and eyes, still possible?

BSA225
blink on Pet
dope sheet to plan shots and movements
start animating!

audio
finish Matrix ADR

Professional practices
critique 4 power point

Drawing
read  handout carefully regarding final assignment
go through drawings for class and choose best 8+

To Do list, 4-7 June, 2016

Drawing
3 drawings of architectural spaces and people on A2 for Tuesday
print photos of stairs and take paper home

Audio
finish listening to ADR recordings and clean out junk

film history
read all research and take notes for Tim Burton and German Expressionism 1000 word paper

Project
export version to vimeo
confer with Deb Wattes on next steps
take pictures of works in gallery
update blog with evaluation questions and answers

BSA225 and 226
make blend shapes and re-rig character
weight character
up ambient lighting in cantina for safety
finish Pet
begin animating scenes

To do weekend 27 may, 2016

Bsa
Photograph poison pen, press conference, frogs
Digitally finish planting, shadow and 50s woman
Finish animatic and add music
Proofread artist statements
Put up fliers
write artist statement!
print pages, small and large, and make into books
print small pioneer, super dating, 50s woman, and double face, flaming tree, rose tinted
print large double face, 50s woman
email proofread stuff to Johana and Chanel and Lenar

Audio
Record ADR at sit sound with group

Bsa225 and 226
Walk jump cycles
Finish lighting
Pet
Blend shapes- cape, expressions, crowd?
Texture scene with Klimt

Drawing- 3 drawings from girls on stairs.
due 7th June

Film history
Essay due Monday 13th of June

To do list 13-16 May, 2016

BS
Audrey Niffenegger artist model annotation and interlibrary loan order
continue to animate storyboard
meet Deb Wattes 10 am Saturday 14th
set up corrected entries for printing on test and nice paper

BSA202
dialogue and timings of Matrix clip

BSA225 3D animation
3? new alien patrons and bartender
finish populating cantina
add more Klimt texturing

BSA226 3D character
finish blend shapes: side hair, blinking, bangles, cape, alien patrons
connect/skin? skeleton to body

BSA20 film history
pick a film/research thread for German Expressionist paper

Drawing
3 A2 architectural/people drawings

To Do List, two week term break, 15 April to 2 May

BSA  make sure all blog entries are up to date and fully annotated.  If necessary, transfer notes from class journal onto blog.
Correct all photos for graphic novel.
Write story for graphic novel
Write story for animatic.
Load fixed pieces into computer program.  Maya?  Toonboom?  Storyboard Pro?
Talk to Deb Wattes about music piece for animation on Thursday 20/4.

BSA225 BSA226
finish base mesh
clothe figure
finish dressing the bar
install lights into scene
Fix polygons on character and props/set
make Pet figure
make 2D bar patrons in photoshop

3rd Year film
keep Friday, Saturday, Sunday plan-free for filming (no problem.  Except for skype call home.  Rearrange that.)

Watch Vikings, Madmen and ???? on Netflix.  Enjoy some free time!  Go see Zootopia at the movie theatre.  Buy Inside Out.  S2 UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT!!  Excitement.  Where is season 6 Walking Dead, season 1 Fear the Walking Dead?

Clean closet.  Fish or cut bait with that quilt.  repack dishes box.  FIND MY FAVOURITE WINTER HAT.  crochet baby blankets for Aatika, Leigh Anne, Lisa, Johana, Nikola?  It's like I'm surrounded by kangaroos. No baby blankets.

Shop for LCHF for two weeks.  Steaks, butter, bacon, eggs.

To Do List Easter weekend 24-30 March

BSA202 Audio
Hot Fuzz presentation due Wednesday 30 March
7 minutes long including film clips
worth 30% of the grade

BSA225 3D Animatic
due Wednesday 30 March
timing, basic environment, camera work

BSA226 3D Character
finish rounding off character basemesh and connecting fingers to the hand

BSA Professional Practices, Project
work out graphic novel story and identify key pieces to connect it all together
write first draft of animation
finish Boxed Up

BSA? drawing
3 drawings on A2 paper that use mirrors, 3 objects, tonal shifts, composition