We had a full house at the meeting tonight. Patrick gave a great presentation about Flash animation- it's history and the basics. Here are some recommended books and links Patrick suggested in his handout-
How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS3
Hollywood 2D Digital Animation: The New Flash Production Revolution
ColdHardFlash.com
Keyframer.com
Newgrounds.com
Frederator.com
Flashkit.com
We are currently planning next month's meeting. Check back in a week or so for the date.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Saturday, November 17, 2007
November meeting notes:
Medical Animation:
This past WIA meeting we had Katy and Katy talk about the work that they did before hand and show some of their fascinating work that they have done for Medical Animation using both 2D and 3D animation.
The following are the notes that they shared with us:
December Event:
Priscialla Olson, a local animator, will be sharing her animation with us on Friday, December 7th @ 6pm in the screening room 402 on the 4th floor of the 1104 S Wabash building.
January Meeting:
Our next meeting is in January and we will have Patrick Cheng give a presentation on Flash. The date isn't set yet. Check the blog for updates.
Other Events:
Possible field trip to the Virtual Reality Lab and maybe a trip to Calabash.
Goofy Questions:
Kristine has e-mailed the questions to the producer, Tamara Boutcher, of the Goofy short of "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater" We will post the Q&A here.
Flip Books:
I am just going to shoot and post what has been done and if you guys still want to include yours let me know when it will be done and I will do another composite.
This past WIA meeting we had Katy and Katy talk about the work that they did before hand and show some of their fascinating work that they have done for Medical Animation using both 2D and 3D animation.
The following are the notes that they shared with us:
December Event:
Priscialla Olson, a local animator, will be sharing her animation with us on Friday, December 7th @ 6pm in the screening room 402 on the 4th floor of the 1104 S Wabash building.
January Meeting:
Our next meeting is in January and we will have Patrick Cheng give a presentation on Flash. The date isn't set yet. Check the blog for updates.
Other Events:
Possible field trip to the Virtual Reality Lab and maybe a trip to Calabash.
Goofy Questions:
Kristine has e-mailed the questions to the producer, Tamara Boutcher, of the Goofy short of "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater" We will post the Q&A here.
Flip Books:
I am just going to shoot and post what has been done and if you guys still want to include yours let me know when it will be done and I will do another composite.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Oct. Meeting Notes
Thanks to everyone who came to the WIA meeting today. Here are some dates to mark on your calendars:
Sat. October 13th- A group of us are going to see Animation Nations, animation shorts playing with the Chicago International Film Festival. (5:30 show) http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CIFFSite.woa/3/wa/pages/Shorts
Sat. Oct. 20th- We’re going to the Children’s International Film Festival to see the 10:30 show of The Three Robbers with a new Goofy short, How to Hook up Your Home Theater, playing before it. (Check back here for exciting news regarding that!)
November 7th- Bill Plympton is having a preview of his nearly complete film, Idiots and Angels, at the Music Box. Chicago will be the first audience to see this film before it’s sent off to Sundance. It is a bit late though, but should be well worth it! 10pm
We decided not to have a sketchcrawl for October because the month is already full, so let’s have one in November. Please think of indoor locations for the next sketchcrawl.
One idea we had is to have a bit of “show and tell” time at the end of each meeting. Anyone who has anything they’d like to show the group is welcome to at the end of each meeting. It’d be great to see what everyone else is working on. Also, if anyone would like to give tutorials/demonstrations, please let us know. We might have a Flash demonstration at the next meeting by Patrick Cheng.
We’re also in the process of scheduling a guest speaker, Priscilla Olson, to come back and show us more of her animation. It should be in November or December.
The next meeting will be at the same time and same place on November 14th.
Sat. October 13th- A group of us are going to see Animation Nations, animation shorts playing with the Chicago International Film Festival. (5:30 show) http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CIFFSite.woa/3/wa/pages/Shorts
Sat. Oct. 20th- We’re going to the Children’s International Film Festival to see the 10:30 show of The Three Robbers with a new Goofy short, How to Hook up Your Home Theater, playing before it. (Check back here for exciting news regarding that!)
November 7th- Bill Plympton is having a preview of his nearly complete film, Idiots and Angels, at the Music Box. Chicago will be the first audience to see this film before it’s sent off to Sundance. It is a bit late though, but should be well worth it! 10pm
We decided not to have a sketchcrawl for October because the month is already full, so let’s have one in November. Please think of indoor locations for the next sketchcrawl.
One idea we had is to have a bit of “show and tell” time at the end of each meeting. Anyone who has anything they’d like to show the group is welcome to at the end of each meeting. It’d be great to see what everyone else is working on. Also, if anyone would like to give tutorials/demonstrations, please let us know. We might have a Flash demonstration at the next meeting by Patrick Cheng.
We’re also in the process of scheduling a guest speaker, Priscilla Olson, to come back and show us more of her animation. It should be in November or December.
The next meeting will be at the same time and same place on November 14th.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Sept. meeting notes
Hi Everyone!
We had a great Sept. meeting yesterday. We are looking for ideas to raise money for our group. If anyone has any ideas, please post your thoughts here, or bring them to the next meeting.
At the meeting we mentioned two places online to take classes. Here are the links if anyone wants to check them out: Schoolism and Animation Mentor
The next SketchCrawl will be on Sat. Sept. 22nd at 1pm in Millennium Park. We’ll meet by the Crown Fountains (the two large fountains with the spitting faces).
We’re also planning to have another night to continue the second part of Pricilla Olson’s animation. Once we have the time and location, we'll be posting the information here.
At the end of the meeting we watched The Artsiders, a short documentary about Chicago artists. It was interesing to see the variety of artists in Chicago.
The next meeting will be on Wed. Oct. 10th at 6pm at Columbia College in room 401H at the 1104 S. Wabash building.
We had a great Sept. meeting yesterday. We are looking for ideas to raise money for our group. If anyone has any ideas, please post your thoughts here, or bring them to the next meeting.
At the meeting we mentioned two places online to take classes. Here are the links if anyone wants to check them out: Schoolism and Animation Mentor
The next SketchCrawl will be on Sat. Sept. 22nd at 1pm in Millennium Park. We’ll meet by the Crown Fountains (the two large fountains with the spitting faces).
We’re also planning to have another night to continue the second part of Pricilla Olson’s animation. Once we have the time and location, we'll be posting the information here.
At the end of the meeting we watched The Artsiders, a short documentary about Chicago artists. It was interesing to see the variety of artists in Chicago.
The next meeting will be on Wed. Oct. 10th at 6pm at Columbia College in room 401H at the 1104 S. Wabash building.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Wed Meeting Notes
We had a good meeting Wednesday at Columbia College. We planned our next sketchcrawl for Sat. July 21st at noon at the north entrance of the Field Museum. We’re also making it our next meeting as well. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/plan_visit/default.htm If it’s raining, we’ll go draw in the museum. Otherwise, we will draw outside.
Amada started collecting flipbooks that have been done so far. She shot 2 of them back to back on the lunchbox, and they looked great together! If any of you did flipbooks, or still want to do one, or do another one, you still have time. When they’re done, they can be dropped off at the animation floor at Columbia College- 4th floor - 1104 S. Wabash. You can drop them off with Kevin, the secretary in the animation office, or at the cage with a TA. Just tell them it is for Amada. Otherwise, you can bring it to the sketchcrawl.
Oh, someone said that the Art Institute has free evenings on Thursdays and Fridays from 5-9. (until August 31) http://www.artic.edu/aic/visitor_info/
At the meeting, we also talked about the screening Friday night, Animation at the Portage. There seemed to be lots of interest. We didn’t meet as a WIA group last night, but we did run into each other. It was a great turnout! It seemed like everyone in the Chicago animation community turned out to support it last night. Among the films shown was WIA member, Lisa Barcy’s film, Mermaid.
Amada started collecting flipbooks that have been done so far. She shot 2 of them back to back on the lunchbox, and they looked great together! If any of you did flipbooks, or still want to do one, or do another one, you still have time. When they’re done, they can be dropped off at the animation floor at Columbia College- 4th floor - 1104 S. Wabash. You can drop them off with Kevin, the secretary in the animation office, or at the cage with a TA. Just tell them it is for Amada. Otherwise, you can bring it to the sketchcrawl.
Oh, someone said that the Art Institute has free evenings on Thursdays and Fridays from 5-9. (until August 31) http://www.artic.edu/aic/visitor_info/
At the meeting, we also talked about the screening Friday night, Animation at the Portage. There seemed to be lots of interest. We didn’t meet as a WIA group last night, but we did run into each other. It was a great turnout! It seemed like everyone in the Chicago animation community turned out to support it last night. Among the films shown was WIA member, Lisa Barcy’s film, Mermaid.
Hope to see you tonight at the sneak peak of Ratatouille! Otherwise, we’ll see you at the sketchcrawl!
Saturday, April 7, 2007
April Meeting notes
Thanks to all those who came to the meeting Wed evening!
WIA has set up an official blog at animationblogspot- http://wia.animationblogspot.com/ They have basically moved all the information from their website to this bog. Please check it out!
The Women in Animation Symposium is coming up on April 13-16 at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. For more information check their blogspot- http://women-in-animation-symposium.blogspot.com/
We have a lot of events we’re planning for the next few months, and we are taking any suggestions on a new meeting location. It would be great to have a regular meeting location where we can screen our work. We are hoping to find a classroom.
Those of you who are participating in the flipbook project, please bring them to the next meeting. We will be taking all the flipbooks and shooting it all together. Several people brought their flipbooks on Wed. They are looking great. There is a nice range from abstract to a walk, a run, and a jump. Can’t wait to see what else people have! Just remember to animate something coming in from the left and exit on the right.
The next meeting will be at 6pm on June 13th at 6pm. Check back in June for the meeting location.
On Sat. May 26th, we’re having an unofficial get together. We’ll be doing a sketch crawl and then going to the John and Bill Show in the evening. http://www.thejohnandbillshow.com/ More details will be posted soon.
WIA has set up an official blog at animationblogspot- http://wia.animationblogspot.com/ They have basically moved all the information from their website to this bog. Please check it out!
The Women in Animation Symposium is coming up on April 13-16 at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. For more information check their blogspot- http://women-in-animation-symposium.blogspot.com/
We have a lot of events we’re planning for the next few months, and we are taking any suggestions on a new meeting location. It would be great to have a regular meeting location where we can screen our work. We are hoping to find a classroom.
Those of you who are participating in the flipbook project, please bring them to the next meeting. We will be taking all the flipbooks and shooting it all together. Several people brought their flipbooks on Wed. They are looking great. There is a nice range from abstract to a walk, a run, and a jump. Can’t wait to see what else people have! Just remember to animate something coming in from the left and exit on the right.
The next meeting will be at 6pm on June 13th at 6pm. Check back in June for the meeting location.
On Sat. May 26th, we’re having an unofficial get together. We’ll be doing a sketch crawl and then going to the John and Bill Show in the evening. http://www.thejohnandbillshow.com/ More details will be posted soon.
Friday, March 9, 2007
March Meeting Notes
Hi everyone! We had a good meeting on March 7th.
We discussed the positions we needed to fill. Sarah agreed to be the Events Committee Chair, and I agreed to be the Secretary. After each meeting, I will try to get a meeting summery posted on this blog as soon as I can. We are still looking for people to fill these positions-
-STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR:- serve as first point of contact for WIA Chicago Chapter- organize time and place of meetings- prepare agenda, facilitate the meeting- responsible for main wiachicago@yahoo.com email, answering inquiries, forwarding relevant information, keep distribution list up-to-date, other duties as they arise
-TREASURER:- maintain chapter financial records- submit income /expense to WIA International- collect money at fundraising events
The annual WIA meeting will be on April 19th in CA.
WIA is thinking of using http://animationblogspot.com/ to set up their site. It is another blogspot where animators can set up their own blogs. It looks like a really good site with lots of great animation blogs. Check it out. There’s some great information!
The Women in Animation Symposium will be held at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio on April 13-16. It looks like they have a good line up of great speakers, portfolio reviews, and they are still looking for short films to be submitted. For more information check their blogspot- http://women-in-animation-symposium.blogspot.com/ If anyone is interested in going to represent the WIA Chicago chapter, please contact Katy- chicagowia@yahoo.com
The next meeting will be on Wed, April 4th at 6pm. We’re going to try to change the location to the library, otherwise it will be held at Chicago Place in the food court. Check back in April for the meeting location. Also, if you are participating in the flipbook project, please bring your finished flipbooks to the meeting.
We discussed the positions we needed to fill. Sarah agreed to be the Events Committee Chair, and I agreed to be the Secretary. After each meeting, I will try to get a meeting summery posted on this blog as soon as I can. We are still looking for people to fill these positions-
-STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR:- serve as first point of contact for WIA Chicago Chapter- organize time and place of meetings- prepare agenda, facilitate the meeting- responsible for main wiachicago@yahoo.com email, answering inquiries, forwarding relevant information, keep distribution list up-to-date, other duties as they arise
-TREASURER:- maintain chapter financial records- submit income /expense to WIA International- collect money at fundraising events
The annual WIA meeting will be on April 19th in CA.
WIA is thinking of using http://animationblogspot.com/ to set up their site. It is another blogspot where animators can set up their own blogs. It looks like a really good site with lots of great animation blogs. Check it out. There’s some great information!
The Women in Animation Symposium will be held at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio on April 13-16. It looks like they have a good line up of great speakers, portfolio reviews, and they are still looking for short films to be submitted. For more information check their blogspot- http://women-in-animation-symposium.blogspot.com/ If anyone is interested in going to represent the WIA Chicago chapter, please contact Katy- chicagowia@yahoo.com
The next meeting will be on Wed, April 4th at 6pm. We’re going to try to change the location to the library, otherwise it will be held at Chicago Place in the food court. Check back in April for the meeting location. Also, if you are participating in the flipbook project, please bring your finished flipbooks to the meeting.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
February 1, 2007 Meeting Recap
Hi everyone,
Great meeting on Thursday, glad everyone could make it and was nice to meet Mary Beth and Jessica! Thanks to Suzanne for making the flipbooks - which we will all try and bring in for the April meeting.
We will continue looking into permanent meeting space, but until that happens, the Chicago Place 8th Floor seemed to work out - we definitely had the place to ourselves. Since we were kicked out at 7:30, we should try and make it a little before 6 next meeting so everyone can get some food and we can start right at 6:00 PM.
For those of you who could not make the meeting, the next one has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 7. Please send me your ideas or topics for discussion and I will have a more formalized agenda to hand out at the beginning of the meeting.
Also as mentioned, I've listed some general position descriptions. As members, we are all involved in the running, maintaining and life of the chapter! For those of you who would like to make an extra commitment, please consider running for one of the below positions. Any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
Elections will be held at the next meeting.
Thanks,
Katy
Position Descriptions:
STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR:
- serve as first point of contact for WIA Chicago Chapter
- organize time and place of meetings
- prepare agenda, facilitate the meeting
- responsible for main wiachicago@yahoo.com email, answering inquiries, forwarding relevant information, keep distribution list up-to-date, other duties as they arise
TREASURER:
- maintain chapter financial records
- submit income /expense to WIA International
- collect money at fundraising events
SECRETARY
- take minutes and attendance at meeting for chapter records
EVENTS COMMITTEE CHAIR
- serve as first point of contact for WIA events
- work with members in brainstorming and organizing events
Great meeting on Thursday, glad everyone could make it and was nice to meet Mary Beth and Jessica! Thanks to Suzanne for making the flipbooks - which we will all try and bring in for the April meeting.
We will continue looking into permanent meeting space, but until that happens, the Chicago Place 8th Floor seemed to work out - we definitely had the place to ourselves. Since we were kicked out at 7:30, we should try and make it a little before 6 next meeting so everyone can get some food and we can start right at 6:00 PM.
For those of you who could not make the meeting, the next one has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 7. Please send me your ideas or topics for discussion and I will have a more formalized agenda to hand out at the beginning of the meeting.
Also as mentioned, I've listed some general position descriptions. As members, we are all involved in the running, maintaining and life of the chapter! For those of you who would like to make an extra commitment, please consider running for one of the below positions. Any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
Elections will be held at the next meeting.
Thanks,
Katy
Position Descriptions:
STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR:
- serve as first point of contact for WIA Chicago Chapter
- organize time and place of meetings
- prepare agenda, facilitate the meeting
- responsible for main wiachicago@yahoo.com email, answering inquiries, forwarding relevant information, keep distribution list up-to-date, other duties as they arise
TREASURER:
- maintain chapter financial records
- submit income /expense to WIA International
- collect money at fundraising events
SECRETARY
- take minutes and attendance at meeting for chapter records
EVENTS COMMITTEE CHAIR
- serve as first point of contact for WIA events
- work with members in brainstorming and organizing events
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