But the classes are great fun. The assignments are relatively easy so far, since it's only the beginning of the year... and I'm having a lot of fun with them.
Here's the one I did for Color and Design this week. The theme was "cafeteria meal", and we had to do a 8.5 x 11 colored piece on illustration board. And then spend $1.22 to send it via mail. To his office in school. I still don't get the point. Leo is strange that way.
The rest of my classes are going pretty good too. Here's a brief run-down:
Perspective - Dan is a great guy, awesome teacher to have. We're still learning the basics, but sadly these "basics" include a lot of stuff I never was taught formally、so it's helping me out tons. The homework for his class so far is easy too, so I like this class :D
Color and Design - Leo makes this the work-load-from-hell class. The class itself is not bad, but because of the illustration board shortage, doing the assignments for this class has been a damn pain in the neck. This is probably the most expensive of my classes as well... the gouache costs an arm and a leg.
Digital Production - Ethan, awesome Calartian who sort of reminds me of Jamie from MythBusters, is our teacher for this class. We haven't done much yet, but apparently we're kicking it into gear from next class, so we shall see.
CGI Animation - John is so buff!!! ...On a more relevant note, we just got the basics of Maya crammed into our heads last class and I thought my head was going to start dribbling out of my ears. It wasn't hard, and I think I have a good feel for the program now, but it just was so much information. Looking forward to making models though :D
History of Char Anim - this is for my Metier credits. It's a great class, since we get to see clips, and analyze them which works out great since the clips are so interesting. The exams, papers and flip book that's coming up worries me though.
Story Development - my favorite class by far. Chong is everything everyone said he'd be (funny, awesome, etc) and the assignments for this class are great fun. I've found I LOVE pitching, and we get to do it every class :D Chong is teaching us a bit of character design to start us off (for which I am grateful for) and I can't wait to see what he has in store for our next class.
Life Drawing - Steve is a really nice guy, with a unique taste for music. The Okinawan Folk Rock he put on for our first class made me want to disown my nationality. Not that Okinawan Folk is bad, I love songs like Nada Sou Sou, but his collection was just festival music like Souran Bushi... the class starts at 9, we have lunch break at noon, and ends at 4. It's long, even with the abundant breaks. My brain feels like a dry sponge after this class. Toughest class so far.
Traditional Animation - Mike is one of the most philosophical teachers I've come across, but I love to hear him talk about how there should be life in our drawings, and we should never forget that. He animated a short scene with a boy kicking a ball last class, and it was rough, with poses I couldn't fathom how they'd fit in to the movements, but when he played them on the lunch box, OH MY GOD. OH. MY. FRICKIN' GOD. It was amazing.
That's my CalArts experience so far. Oh, I got a camera today! So when I go to school I'll take pictures of my cube and post it up. :D
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