Archive for June 2009
Greetings from The Netherlands
Post written by Renato Vargas. Follow me on Twitter.
Well. In the end I had too little time left for The Deadly Truth before my day job took me to Holland, so I had to leave things as they were, but to tell you the not so deadly truth, I can´t complain. This is a gorgeous country, no matter where you look. I thought I’d show you what I’ve been up to and get back to animation once I’m back home (June 29).
We are staying in Tilburg, which is a city close to Belgium, but before we got here we spent one night in Wageningen, which is sort of a University town. It looks like one of those christmas decorative miniature towns. Just lovely. Here’s a view from my hotel room and one of the streets in the center city.
Our hosts at Tilburg University have been great to us and we’ve been integrated into an excellent work team. Of course not everything in this life is work… Here’s a shot of the guys. (From the far left: the all knowleadgeable Jan van Tongeren, Juan Pablo Castaneda, Ruud Picavet, Yours Truly [standing], and Pedro Pineda.)
I leave you with a shot of the view from my room at the Mercure Hotel in Tilburg’s center square. I might be getting together with two Dutch fellow Toon Boom Animate enthusiasts the following week, so I’ll let you know how that goes. I bought a sketch pad to capture some of Holland’s and London’s (over the weekend) gorgeous views, so I’ll be sharing those with you later. Til then, Doei!
The Deadly Truth: Almost done
Post written by Renato Vargas. Follow me on Twitter.
I had intended The Deadly Truth to be released yesterday, but I’m going to wait a couple of days. Although the animation is done, there are a couple of aspects that need a little attention before its release. First of all, I’m wrestling with a couple of effects. I thought that was going to be easy, but since I’m still learning the software I cannot get them to look exactly how I wanted them to. I’m gonna do some experimenting tonight. Then, there’s the sound issue. It’s a very short clip (around one min in length), but I want it to sound good. Last night, I dusted off my microphone and did a few tests with the new comp, and it’s all set. I just need to start recording. Last but not least, I want to share more with you, so I’m going to be writing a series of how-to posts that will describe every part of the process and how to get each of them accomplished with Toon Boom Animate. They are going to be really cool. I want to have the first one ready when the clip airs. So now I’m not going to give you a release date, but instead I’m going to say that you can expect it soon. Have a great day!
Things are back in track
Post written by Renato Vargas. Follow me on Twitter.
Now that things are back to normal, here’s a quick update of The Deadly Truth. This link takes you to a facebook version of the video that looks better than Youtube’s. While you are there, you can always befriend me. 
Here’s the Youtube one, which for some reason is one second shorter than it should be. Just a taste:
Note: I’m thinking of releasing the Toon Boom Animate source files for this animation once it’s published so that everyone can learn from my mistakes, so stay tuned!
