Hello bloggers! In an attempt to balance work and life (a very important cause to me), I am starting a business that will free me up to paint full-time, raise my future family, and fuel my love o...
The good, the bad, and the ugly from my Pixar Animation internship. Hopefully you can see some progress between the newer and older pieces. Also, note that a couple of the pieces are IP (in-progr...
some oldies and some newbies.
Busy, busy, busy. That is how I would describe my days lately. If it's not the film, it's the demo reel. If it's not the demo reel, it's the portfolio. The end of school is just a few weeks away,...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2011/03/busy-busy-busy.html
While working on the film I've also been juggling CG animation. Realistically, how many hand-drawn films are being made today? Yeah, so I've recently taken an interest in Maya, and guess what? I ...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2011/01/quadrupeds-101.html
The film, but not the film.
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2010/12/la-pelicula-pero-no-la-pelicula.html
Part of my apprenticeship with Charlie this past summer was animating a two-person scene. I'd roughed in the keys, he'd given amazing feedback, and then the monster that is fourth year took over ...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2010/12/animation-that-almost-was-but-may-be.html
After a long haul, our 3rd year group film was finished last April 2010. It feels far, far in the past by now (after two internships and a semester of fourth year having come and gone), plus I th...
I'm alive. Barely, but I am alive. Thanks to those who continue to visit the blog despite my absence. School has gotten incredibly busy, but we're in the home stretch now, so I'm just trying to p...
The Wine Lover from Jamie Metzger on Vimeo .Coming up for air. It has been a crazy two months here in the Philippines, and things are just winding down. I'm off to India in a few days, and will...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2010/07/charlie-b-02-wine-lover.html
More sketches for my film. For those who asked...
The Sultan from Jamie Metzger on Vimeo . Here are the keys for my first assignment with my animation mentor, Charlie Bonifacio . Working on this piece was like an animation boot camp. Think a...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2010/06/charlie-b-01-sultan.html
Now that my final year at Sheridan is creeping up, I can finally talk about my thesis film! Paso Doble is a Spanish dance between a matador and his cape. I am using this inspiration to metaphor...
Hans showing us a sliver of his personal animation archives. The summer of the internships are upon us, and everyone says it's the best summer of your Sheridan career. I believe that's true, bu...
Third year has ended, and I have to admit I am glad to see it go. Although I learned a lot, it was quite a headache and much too stressful. I am grateful that I had hard-working groupmates on...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2010/04/knight-in-shining-armour.html
Sooooo, it's been a while. Thanks for checking back. The group film at Sheridan has taken over my life, and doing extra art on the side has been postponed for a while. I have, however, ...
It's aaaaalmost done. I have to fix some of the painting and the rim lighting, but essentially this is what my completed Action Analysis assignment looks like. Short, but hopefully sweet. :) Huge...
Well, hopefully this is a step up from box in a room. This is my background for the Action Analysis assignment this semester. We are finally making a completed scene with fully coloured backgro...
So, San's been teaching me some fancy-schmancy digital painting techniques, and what you see here is the result of one lesson. This is my first real digital painting. A simple cardboard box in ...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2009/12/paintin-cardboard-box.html
It's that time of year again... You gotta love the Royal Winter Fair. There's tons to draw, and there are characters everywhere in both the animals and the people. You don't even have to TRY! ...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2009/11/royal-winter-fair-09.html
Our group film is underway, and although things are really busy I thought I should throw up a concept piece. I am really stoked about this project, and I will be sure to update now and then as ...
Just for good measure, thought I should throw up some life drawings from the summer. We are so spoiled with free life drawing at Sheridan. When away, I appreciate it so much more. I vow to hit t...
http://jamiemetzger.blogspot.com/2009/08/life-in-whistler.html
Two birds, one stone: This week my favourite Whistler artist, Chili Thom , agreed to give me a tutoring lesson on colour. I was stoked because I think he has such exciting colours in his pieces...
I know I just said I was going to take a break, but then I discovered something exciting. Ain't it always the way? I've been studying more Rembrandt, and I decided to try an experiment with mix...
As the summer's coming to a close it would seem, from looking at my infrequent blog posts, that I haven't been doing much with art. In fact, I have been doing too much with art. In April I decide...