The Little Bummer Droid

Just getting a quick sketch down.

The Holiday rush has begun, at least for me.

My concern is "Digital Dickensian-ism":

We are at a point where not having the latest phone or gadget not only means a loss of status, but a threat to health and safety as well. If a cell tower goes down, can the public still get vital information on wildfires or hurricanes threatening their town? There's still battery powered radios, but who really keeps one? My upbringing has helped me try to tread as lightly on the Earth as I can. (And I still hang to a lot of old tech to pinch a penny.) But it is tech that media manufacturers and telecom companies don't want to deal with anymore. My point is that we should be able live with whatever level of technology we want, and actually need. I'm still impressed by the Amish back East!

I hope the world can heal, and get past its rage and madness in 2019.

Best,

Ken R.

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Bob Hope Burbank Airport project 2014

My Woobury University team and I have finished the special animation project for the Bob Hope Burbank airport. We learned a hell of a lot in using displacement maps in After Effects, and the SOuP plugin for Maya. http://www.soup-dev.com/ Non disclosure forms prevent me from going into details. Iwish Icould show it to the public. The Bob Hope Burbank airport staff seemed very pleased. I want to thank my students for their hard work, and pushing their talents to new levels. 

The Bob Hope Burbank Airport project is a very serious industrial type film. It helps the airport staff and rescue crews prepare for any emergency situation. Still, after the pressure of doing this project, I couldn't resist putting in one fun photo.

(Photo copyright LA Times/UCLA Archive, used for editorial purposes only)

http://framework.latimes.com/2011/12/23/bob-hope-entertains-the-troops/#/0