Leo over at CG Bootcamp was kind enough to do a very comprehensive tutorial on lighting and rendering with motion blur for me. Definitely check it out.
Aaaand, that’s basically all I did this summer. I return from my leave of absence to begin Class 4 at AM next week.
I had so much planned with the large chunk of time freed from school, but I ended up not accomplishing much on the personal project side.
What I did accomplish:
- Spent more time at the office to (hopefully) improve the quality of my work
- Caught up on sleep (to make up for the all-nighters I’ve pulled during the past 9 months)
- Spent time with friends and family
- Consistently exercised (mountain biking)
- Played videogames, read books, learned a piano piece or two without feeling the pressure that I need to be working on homework
- And the biggest “accomplishment”, though it’s not mine to take credit: I am now engaged to the most patient and most loving guy in the world.
Ever since I relocated to my new workplace a year ago, it’s been nonstop animation work for me. While I was beating myself up a little over the summer for not accomplishing any personal projects, it was nice to take a breather and catch up on life. As the adage goes: “How can you animate life if you’re not living it?”
Back to work!