Thank you Andrew Kuehne...... for sending this BRS figure. I've had my eye on her for some time. Don't think for a scond we wouldn't accept an amazing work of art like this.
I read ALL of your letter. Your mom sounds like an amazing person and I hope everything works out for you and your family. Someday I hope to see you at RTX.
So funny I just got back from a company birthday party and realized I needed to write to you. The RT family has gotten so big, but we are still that, a family. And that extends to you as well. Wherever we go our work is for people like you and if it's as useful as making your day better then we've done it right.
You were right! I was feelin kinda lonely! So BRS now sits by my desk as a reminder of why we do this. I'll take good care of her and make sure to keep Gavin away as requested! :D
She definitely has a good home alongside Shunya Yamashita Rei Ayanami, Gwendolyn, Unit 02, a Tachikoma, Detroit Metal City, Dangaio, Cute Yukata Rei and Asuka, The Shiva sisters, Squall & Rinao <3, Cloud & Tifa on Fenrir, Classic Cloud and his bike, Gilgamesh, Yuffie, Vincent, and Kaneda
Imagine the Toy Story esque escapades when I'm not around!
FUN!Man it's been over a month since I did any real moving.
This is the newest version of Pump it Up (Korean version of DDR) at the local Austin Dave n Busters. I try to go there ever week/2weeks and get like 4-6 hours of just straight up hardcore dancing in. It's a pretty good workout, it also keeps me creative as for most of these vids I'm only playing the song for like the 2nd or 3rd time. People often ask, "do you memorize it?" which in a way is trying to belittle this as a case of simple memorization rather than skill. If I did memorize it I'd be able to play without looking so no. My version of freestyle is kinda improve within the bounds of the steps given me.I recognize strings and react to them while trying to tie body shapes to it. Again I always emphasize the lack of freedom for character. My repertoire of moves itself is pretty limited. And I think I should go take an actual choreo class if I want to get any better... Or watch more music videos.
Dancing is pretty underrated if you ask me. Especially in the west where there's more separation of mind and body. Much of my timing, and beats come from keeping my reactions sharp. Although I pretty dull here. But there is a pretty neat phenomenon I notice on these nights when I go to play.
On the 20-30 minute drive to the arcade. I'll be listening to music on the way. After about 4-6 hours of playing of reacting to the notes I'll get back into my car and the song that I was just listening to on the way here will suddenly feel like it's play at like 60% speed. It's pretty neat to be able to activate my own sort of spartan time for a brief moment lolol
FUN!Man it's been over a month since I did any real moving.
This is the newest version of Pump it Up (Korean version of DDR) at the local Austin Dave n Busters. I try to go there ever week/2weeks and get like 4-6 hours of just straight up hardcore dancing in. It's a pretty good workout, it also keeps me creative as for most of these vids I'm only playing the song for like the 2nd or 3rd time. People often ask, "do you memorize it?" which in a way is trying to belittle this as a case of simple memorization rather than skill. If I did memorize it I'd be able to play without looking so no. My version of freestyle is kinda improve within the bounds of the steps given me.I recognize strings and react to them while trying to tie body shapes to it. Again I always emphasize the lack of freedom for character. My repertoire of moves itself is pretty limited. And I think I should go take an actual choreo class if I want to get any better... Or watch more music videos.
Dancing is pretty underrated if you ask me. Especially in the west where there's more separation of mind and body. Much of my timing, and beats come from keeping my reactions sharp. Although I pretty dull here. But there is a pretty neat phenomenon I notice on these nights when I go to play.
On the 20-30 minute drive to the arcade. I'll be listening to music on the way. After about 4-6 hours of playing of reacting to the notes I'll get back into my car and the song that I was just listening to on the way here will suddenly feel like it's play at like 60% speed. It's pretty neat to be able to activate my own sort of spartan time for a brief moment lolol
And happy holidays everyone! I'd like to take this moment to introduce an artist whose work I've admired for many years. Einlee roosterteeth.com/einlee who created this and the Ruby Artwork you've seen thus far.
When I knew that RWBY was going to become a reality, I went over my the literally thousands upon thousands of images I've stored over the years by artists the world over. And one who stuck out to me most of so many artists I admire was her whom I discovered on Deviantart.
The style and design of her characters as well as the emotion of her pieces is what drew me the most. Which is why I contacted her early on and discussed some of the aspects of RWBY with her.
She's helped me in designing the characters and has been pivotal in delivering the character art you've seen so far. And suffice it to say I'm more than happy with the results. Just wait til you see the (many) other characters!
Introducing Shane NewvilleY'all might have heard us mention Shane few here or there. Shane Newville happens to be another animator at RT who also has a plethora of skills, one of which you can check out below:
When Shane contacted me about 6 years ago, on myspace. He'd seen my work and like many inquired about how he could start doing the same. He seemed like a cool cat, so I dropped a few pointers. And every few years we would meet up and he'd have some progress To show me. With the just a little advice I gave him. He'd never stopped working, and that's why when the need for more animators arose for RvB 10 he was the perfect choice. And now he's my number 2 on all things Monty.
Shane will be (and is) animating scenes for Ruby with me as we speak.
Introducing Shane NewvilleY'all might have heard us mention Shane few here or there. Shane Newville happens to be another animator at RT who also has a plethora of skills, one of which you can check out below:
When Shane contacted me about 6 years ago, on myspace. He'd seen my work and like many inquired about how he could start doing the same. He seemed like a cool cat, so I dropped a few pointers. And every few years we would meet up and he'd have some progress To show me. With the just a little advice I gave him. He'd never stopped working, and that's why when the need for more animators arose for RvB 10 he was the perfect choice. And now he's my number 2 on all things Monty.
Shane will be (and is) animating scenes for Ruby with me as we speak.
RWBY Questions? RWBY Answers!Will there be more trailers? Yes, but I also need to also get started on the show itself.
Who are the rest of the characters? What are their weapons? Wouldn't you rather see it?
How many people animated that trailer? Considering everyone else had passed out from exhaustion from RvB 10. It was just me. I designed and modeled Ruby and her weapons then animated it as soon as we wrapped RvB10, Shane helped me with some of the wolf mocap.
What programs were used to make it? The same programs that were used to make RvB. It's not about technology, it's about technique
What is Ruby's weapon? Her weapons is a high caliber sniper rifle scythe names Crescent Rose.
Who is writing it? I am, but I don't have time to write everything. And Miles and I had a good thing going with RvB 10. Plus he's way better than me. So while we were finishing RvB 10. I would give Miles and Kerry the lowdown on who my characters were, what my world was, the story I wanted to tell. And they are eble to expand on that as well as add to it. Much similar to Burnie, i come up with the large stroke minus specific scenes. Then they do all the heavy lifting.
What anime do I watch? A lot
Will there be voices? Will I voice someone? Yes
What is the girl in the trailer's name? Ruby. There's an... interesting rule about names in this world.
When will the rest/show itself come out? I'm workin on it
RWBY's beginningI can't describe how an awesome 3 years it's been working on Red Vs Blue. It just goes to show how much we've grown as a company and as people. Because never in my life I'd imagine I'd get to make my own anime.
I'd had concepts in my mind for a while on this show, but one of the first real steps I took in getting this started happened during the immense crunch that was RvB season 10.
One night Shane and I were at IHOP and I decided we were going to start our world right then and there.
In making this show, I knew first and foremost I wanted to create a world. It's actually something I'd wanted to do back at the start of season 9. I'd described it as, if you figure out the world, geography determines your culture and culture determines your people. And people is what this is all about. Because ultimately if a story doesn't work on a human level then it doesn't work at all.
So I started with ketchup.
Because my process is so riddled with artifice and deliberation, these ones and zeroes I mold. I try to retain as often as I can, the anarchic spontaneous energy of what it means to be human.
From there it was one nights work to get it textured
Another fun note about this. In order to texture it, I used pictures of food to give it an organic feeling. So there may or may not be overlays of mashed potatoes, steaks, ice cream, bread, corn, cereal, ramen, shrimp, tacos, pizza, lettuce. And I'm not going to say where it is, but there are a set of cliffs Known as Beacon cliffs that may or may not be made of Bacon.
Chaos, a good thing.
RWBY's beginningI can't describe how an awesome 3 years it's been working on Red Vs Blue. It just goes to show how much we've grown as a company and as people. Because never in my life I'd imagine I'd get to make my own anime.
I'd had concepts in my mind for a while on this show, but one of the first real steps I took in getting this started happened during the immense crunch that was RvB season 10.
One night Shane and I were at IHOP and I decided we were going to start our world right then and there.
In making this show, I knew first and foremost I wanted to create a world. It's actually something I'd wanted to do back at the start of season 9. I'd described it as, if you figure out the world, geography determines your culture and culture determines your people. And people is what this is all about. Because ultimately if a story doesn't work on a human level then it doesn't work at all.
So I started with ketchup.
Because my process is so riddled with artifice and deliberation, these ones and zeroes I mold. I try to retain as often as I can, the anarchic spontaneous energy of what it means to be human.
From there it was one nights work to get it textured
Another fun note about this. In order to texture it, I used pictures of food to give it an organic feeling. So there may or may not be overlays of mashed potatoes, steaks, ice cream, bread, corn, cereal, ramen, shrimp, tacos, pizza, lettuce. And I'm not going to say where it is, but there are a set of cliffs Known as Beacon cliffs that may or may not be made of Bacon.
Rhythm and RhymeToday's RvB episode 10 season 10 features lyrics & Rhyme by my newest and blazingly talented colleague Zaid Tabani a.k.a. Red Rapper. He'd made his mark in the fighting game community with his amazing Street FIghter IV EVO 2010 intro which caught my eye. I'd contacted him if he was interested in working with me and he was totally down.
Some of you know that I'm very rhythmic in my work and often will animate to a beat. In many a conversation with Jeff Williams and Nico, over the past few years I've spoken my dreams of utilizing music in my sequences. Today's episode only used a fraction of Zaid's, Lamar's and Jeff's collaborated talent.
I've always got my eyes open and my ear to the ground for talent. There's an army of artists out there I'm waiting to work with. I hope to work with all of you someday as there are even grander thing right around the corner.
Can you believe we're only half way through the season?
Rhythm and RhymeToday's RvB episode 10 season 10 features lyrics & Rhyme by my newest and blazingly talented colleague Zaid Tabani a.k.a. Red Rapper. He'd made his mark in the fighting game community with his amazing Street FIghter IV EVO 2010 intro which caught my eye. I'd contacted him if he was interested in working with me and he was totally down.
Some of you know that I'm very rhythmic in my work and often will animate to a beat. In many a conversation with Jeff Williams and Nico, over the past few years I've spoken my dreams of utilizing music in my sequences. Today's episode only used a fraction of Zaid's, Lamar's and Jeff's collaborated talent.
I've always got my eyes open and my ear to the ground for talent. There's an army of artists out there I'm waiting to work with. I hope to work with all of you someday as there are even grander thing right around the corner.
Can you believe we're only half way through the season?
What to expectSo you're looking at the RTX schedule and thinking to yourself. What a conundrum, Monty Oum Panel, or 343's Halo 4 panel?
Personally I recommend the Halo 4 panel, I could hardly compare. Hell I'd go to the Halo 4 panel if I could. Buut, if you're interested in a behind the scenes look at the evolution of the animation process of RvB then by all means come see me on Saturday at 1:00.
It's a big deal for me to be able to help and inform other aspiring animators. Which it is not something I get to do often. Like most artists I'm too busy doing what I'm doing to be talking about what I'm doing, or even think about whatever it is that I do. Since I only know how to do what I know how to do, I can't say what it is because I don't know what it isn't. But as I grow as an artist an learn how to do things right, I can better describe how I do all those right things wrong. And these right wrong ways I hope to teach will hopefully guide you wrong well.
What to expectSo you're looking at the RTX schedule and thinking to yourself. What a conundrum, Monty Oum Panel, or 343's Halo 4 panel?
Personally I recommend the Halo 4 panel, I could hardly compare. Hell I'd go to the Halo 4 panel if I could. Buut, if you're interested in a behind the scenes look at the evolution of the animation process of RvB then by all means come see me on Saturday at 1:00.
It's a big deal for me to be able to help and inform other aspiring animators. Which it is not something I get to do often. Like most artists I'm too busy doing what I'm doing to be talking about what I'm doing, or even think about whatever it is that I do. Since I only know how to do what I know how to do, I can't say what it is because I don't know what it isn't. But as I grow as an artist an learn how to do things right, I can better describe how I do all those right things wrong. And these right wrong ways I hope to teach will hopefully guide you wrong well.
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