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about faulknermano
my name is lernie. born in the year of the dragon and in one of the ten most polluted cities in the world. i graduated from the university of the philippines in the college of fine arts with a bachelor's degree in visual communications - an fancily adopted term only to mean advertising. however, having done passably well in that course i, unlike most of my college mates, forsook advertising after graduating. instead, i had animation in mind.
i never took the elective animation course that the college offered- something i regret - but i unconsciouly tried to compensate by presenting a hand-drawn, computer-aided (corelmove) animation for one of my graphic theses. it wasnt a big parade, but it was thoroughly satisfying personally. at that point i was already aware of three-d animation; i just hadnt the resources to procure them. however, the chance came when working as a two-d animator, i was presented lightwave 5.0 to use. learning it was no small task; the internet at that time was inaccessible to me for a price that i could afford - especially on a regular basis. i had to resort to a single reference book.but it was totally a blessing not to have outside help. i'm admittedly cocky on that aspect: the road of discovery is something that i pride myself in loving: in a network where all manner of simplistic questions abound, questions that could be answered by the questioner if committed to some sort of initiative or desire, i am thankful that i did not even have the option of running to mailing lists for help although i am convinced that they are still an indispensible knowledge base.
on other things: poetry and music are as much a part of me as animation is. often, poetry especially, takes precedence of everything else. fortunately, poetry does not demand ingratefully and oftentimes yields to satisfying sums - unlike that of music or art, which necessitate great labor pains yet do not produce as reliably. music, however, captures me and it is indispensible, not merely as a tool but a way by light. if it can be accepted that poetry completes music, then music completes the moving story.
animation, per se, is not what i am pursuing. the meat lies in stories: writing boards is as fulfulling as animating them. i'd gage that the art of animation is only meaningful as the story it's trying to massage. otherwise, it's just a technical chore, having value as a chore, and as enjoyable as a chore.
copyright©2001 lernie d ang