Yo-ho Yo-ho...

This evening, I had my first character design class with David Colman. And into the second hour, out of nowhere pops John the Pirate. I painted him two weeks ago at the American Animation Institute. If there's a pirate related anything that calls for a model, John Tucker is your Buccaneer! If you have seen the book, Force: Character Design from Life Drawing, there he is on the cover! :D

A very professional model... in fact, because he knew we were going to do short poses, he brought with him his entire regalia in his treasure chest which includes a barrel of rum, pirate swords and replica guns, a spyglass, and oooh, did I mention a bag filled with pirate themes soundtracks??

And so that's why the Pirates of the Caribbean Ride at Disneyland has been down for weeks! Arrrrggggh...

Land scouting

I went to Jewel Box at Mount Faber one morning to do some land scouting for the theme park design. And most likely, it's going to be on that strip right on the horizon. Area blocking for the various lands have been nailed down. All it needs now is to be populated with attractions. So far, the four lands I have allocated to this island park are Adventure Land, Mermaid Lagoon, Old Town and Port Discovery.

Three more weeks to the end of the semester and you can just imagine the load. It is confirmed. School begins at Fushionopolis, Bouna Vista on 31 Jan.

Cheerios!