Fixing Ned
Behold the majesty of an imperfect Ned. Like I said before, I have a beautifully rendered Ned sitting on my computer, but I’m not going to show it to you yet…it will only inflate the ego of my animation team and they need to be kept down. You see, I have to maintain my reputation as “The Man” and if I selflessly encourage them, empower them, give them a hint that they could make it without me, all hell will break loose.
So the above image is a concoction of the original model they sent to me for notes, and then there are the notes I drew on the picture in Photoshop. These modelers at RedEye are so good that they turned around my notes in less than 24 hours. You’re probably not a big shot like me so you don’t know that that’s really fast for “the biz”.
Speaking of The Biz, I saw Jeff DeGrandis come out of the men’s room stall while eating the top of a muffin he tore off earlier. Now I’m a pretty casual guy, but eating while on the pot crosses a line I probably shouldn’t elaborate upon here. The offense was compounded by the fact that the muffin top was one of those dense-chocolate ones. Jeff didn’t wash his hands either, he smeared his DNA all over the door on the way out before going back to the kitchen and gouging a poppy-seed bagel. This is the kind of environment I have work in over here…at least over at Disney they have cameras in the bathroom stalls so people don’t do gross stuff behind closed doors.
Yes, I know the muffin man, and now I can’t eat the free food in the Frederator break-room.
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On March 21st, 2006 at 12:00 am
Doug i cant wait to see how Ned turns out!! ;).. Jeff, you dirty dirty man! Talk soon! -Steve
On March 21st, 2006 at 12:00 am
Well, well, well Douglas, Hollywood big shot cartoon maker. So, I’m happy to say it’s time for “BLOG WARS!” All is fair and good in the art of Blogging so don’t try to “Earthworm” youself out of this one, young man. Yeah; that was me with the muffin in the stall. As a matter of fact, i keep a secret stash in there. DNA and grease is the way to go. And I do mean, “go.” By the way, the boys in the door supply room, replaced the door when I left. That blaze you saw out in the street was the door. Try to nail me now, Steve McGarrett. Heh! Heh! Heh! I’ll see you out at the playground after school Dougy Boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
On March 21st, 2006 at 12:00 am
What day did you see Jeff Eating the muffin and Bagel?!!! The reason I ask is he has
(or suppose to) given those things up for lent!!!!! Naughty boy, he has been caught red handed!!
On March 22nd, 2006 at 12:00 am
Doug, you sound like you get advice on how to interact with your animators from Despair.com, i’d suggest carrying around a bottle of hand sanitizer and when ever you greet them in person with a handshake, take the hand sanitizer out afterwards and use it to disinfect your hands after touching theirs. Despair.com is full of great insight for the art of demotivation.
anyway, looking forward to seeing how all this comes together.