This is the final collection of anecdotes about my trying times between graduating from a completely useless accelerated animation program at a community college, and trying to find work with a crummy demo reel. Reeling From It – Part 1 In which Ryan gets booted from school for cutting his demo reel Reeling From It [...] Keep Reading

Remember, kids: before you sass-talk someone, update your Flash player plugin. And make sure that person hasn’t taught at your school and isn’t on a first-name basis with your faculty. Keep Reading

Want the whole story? Reeling From It – Part 1 In which Ryan gets booted from school for cutting his demo reel Reeling From It – Part 3 In which Ryan meets three life-changing characters: The Doubter, The Cheapskate, and The Liar In the last article, i posted my student demo reel from 1998. The [...] Keep Reading

Recently, i grabbed a Groupon for VHS to DVD transfer, and i decided to convert my student demo reel and share it with you all, along with the sordid tale that goes with it. Here’s the reel: And now, the tale. The Tale i graduated from a condensed 3D graphics and animation program at Seneca [...] Keep Reading

i began a brief Twitter conversation with Theodore Waern of SkyGoblin, whose graphic adventure game The Journey Down debuts on iOS this week at an introductory price of 99 cents, which at least one reviewer has called criminally low. i haven’t played the game myself (it’s been sitting in my Steam queue along with the [...] Keep Reading