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Hello,
My name is Nathan Bryan. My website needs a revamp but here it is; nathanbryan.net. I came to this school six years ago for my bachelors in animation and visual effects and came back due to a lack of job opportunities at my skill level. My goal for my grad degree is to better understand the details of animation that I have a hard time with and line up a job before I graduate as an animator. The things I have been told I have a hard time with is composition and timing but I feel that I have not fully grasped all principles of animation. For this class, I would like to get closer to fully understand and be able to utilize all of the principles of animation. I am confident in my understanding of posing and silhouettes and the tools of Maya 2010 and below but I would like to better my skills in being able to show weight, acting, and micro stories as well as better come to know the new tools of Maya 2011.
More about me;
I like rigging and watching my characters come to life. I enjoy working in groups and am the founder and current president of a club for animation collaboration; TACT The Animation Collaboration Treaty. I work as a tutor for animation here at the academy as well as work studies for Campus Life and a part time illustrator for a children’s novel. I try and jog every morning but sometimes lack the energy to do so. I can be rather sarcastic and can act a little over-confident at times but try and let people know that it is a joke and that I don’t really think that bee’s get weak knees for me. I enjoy comedy but prefer it as a garnish to a full story with archetypes. My favorite archetype is the trickster because, although most people think of the trickster as being evil or mischievous, I believe he is just a character that sees things differently and possibly sees more of the of what is happening around him. My favorite trickster is either Odin from Norse Mythology because he tricks to learn or the Kitsune from Japanese mythology because the trick to survive. My favorite moment in the hero’s journey is when he realizes he must become a mentor and can no longer be a hero. As you can probably tell, I like Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey. I grew up in a small nameless town spending most of my time writing. My father worked for the government and my mother is an alien from Australia and, if all my plans go flawlessly, I will be better then awesome in a year and a half (So sad how some plans never happen in the time-span you want them too).
Thank you,
Nathan Bryan
Nathanbryan.net
natbryan@gmail.com