October 2014 – Mike Taylor

Bathroom Meet Cute

October 12, 2014July 17, 2015 mike Leave a comment

This is part of a scene I wrote and animated as part of an assignment for AnimSquad. Inspired by the rigs, which come from AnimSquad, I decided on a ‘meet cute’ scenario but wanted to set it in an unusual place. This shot needs a little more polish, but I think is almost there. I have another 15-20 seconds of the scene to finish animating. Look for it in the next month or two!

The voices are those of my talented co-workers Kate LaVallee and Tim Miner, who both brought added dimensions to the characters that I hadn’t thought of. Egan Budd recorded the sessions.

Crates

October 12, 2014October 13, 2014 mike Leave a comment

I’ve been waiting for the skies to cloud up to take a photo of this wall of cranberry crates. We’ve had such a long stretch of dry weather and/or torrential rains that I wondered if it was ever going to happen.

Finally, on Saturday, it clouded up with only a little drizzle to contend with.

Dog Gone

October 4, 2014October 13, 2014 mike Leave a comment

We said goodbye to Elsa and Josie today. Otherwise know as Ethel and Lucy, we acquired them several weeks ago with the intention of keeping them. Unfortunately, we quickly realized they were going to be much more than we were prepared to handle. Admittedly, our timing for adopting dogs was not good. With life a little up in the air, adding such a large responsibility was a mistake. On top of that these sweet, loving animals were not only not house broken, but didn’t know any commands at all. When we set out to adopt, we were clear about the dogs being a little older and used to living in a house. Elsa and Josie are about three years old and loaded with energy. They are loving and calm down very quickly, but just too much for us to handle at this time.

They are currently being boarded at Eva’s Play Pups and enjoying life on a 30 acre farm while they await adoption from the right family for them. We wish them well and miss them.