Not just my own, but my very own.  Yesterday I put together a demo reel of 3D animation and special effects that I had produced over the past few years.  Although most of my college career (should it really be called a career?) has been spent working on graphic design (including web design), the thing that got me started in all of this was computer animation.  I have been enthralled with CGI since I was about 12 years old, and when I got Blender  at 15, I’ve been hooked ever since.  It was through 3D graphics that I started doing graphic design (it was because of web design, but my knowledge of 3D graphics enabled me to do it).  Unfortunately I was unable to find a school with a 3D animation program in Louisiana, so I settled for graphic design, which I see now is fundamental to other areas of design, including web design and motion design.

Although I am immensely more skilled now than I was when I entered college, I still have a long way to go.  That is thrilling to me because I love to learn things like that.  Each new trick I learn, every new skill I master, just excites me more and more.  I have ceased getting that excitement from school; I must go beyond classroom work now if I am to get any better at what I do and love.  Fortunately, I am about to graduate (May 10) so the timing is right.

There are many things I want to learn, and many things at which I want to improve.  I am sure I will learn much more, but there are also many things I am sure I will never know.  Life is so tantalizing and at the same time so difficult.  Of course, if it weren’t difficult I’m sure it would be boring.  But I digress.  I’m sure everyone knows the meaning of life, so I won’t bother explaining it here.  At least not right now.

What does this logical progression of thought teach us?  3D animation is the meaning of life.  Or something like that.

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