Siggaraph 2007

I just back from San Diego at Siggraph and I must say going on this trip was one of the most productive expeirences I have ever had. I went down to Siggraph with the intension of getting a job and nothing more. Boy did that change really fast as soon as I got into San Diego I realized how much I need to soak up this expierience and make the most of it. I made every day count by showing up at the exhibitions and job fairs as soon as they opened. This gave me the opportunity to get personal meet and greet seessions with Blue Sky,Lucas Arts,Walt Disney Animations, & 2 Alumni grads that used to go to my school.

I had a personal meet and greet critique session with Chad Sellers he has worked on many films such as Ice Age2 & Ant Bully one of my favorite animated movies this year. He was awesome and I really felt like we had known each other for years. Very easy to get along with and he gave me some awesome pointers on my reel and some really good critique. Out of all the professional animators and people I had meet and greets with over my trip Chad was the only one to critique my reel :-) But his critique was very good and I look forward to trying out some of his suggestions for my next reel cut. I got this really weird vibe that I might work with him very soon.

As far as parties go I missed the biggest one they had :-( The party on the battleship this year was amazing and I didnt get my wrist band because I didn't know we had to show up at the Marriot hotel first. That was a HUGE letdown but I made the best of it and me and few buddies from school the next night ending up going to a private Autodesk party on the 3rd level of "W" building in downtown San Diego, I was able to meet a Lead Animator and many other great artists from all over the world they had free drinks till 10pm and we were sifting our feet in Sand having the time of our lives at that point I idnt miss the battleship party at all. I met soo many new people on this trip I almost can't even count them. I was able to see my aunt and uncle and my cousin we went to the beach twice and I was able to do some body boarding right before I left to catch my plane. I couldn't leave Ca without going to the beach @ least one more time.

Overall my week in Siggraph was a very large eye opening expierience and I learned soo much from going I would never take that back. It was a very productive week for me and I got to meet a lot of very profound artists in the industry on a more personal level and I couldn't have asked for more. I really look forward to going back next year in La, California. I intend on moving back to California after I graduate its such a awesome state in soo many ways.