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J. B. Medlin

Animation Diary: Fusion Battery

NOTE: This post was originally written October 2015. Originally I was holding onto it while I continued with the larger project, but I have since refined the focus of that project to where this scene has been cut. Posting this now for posterity. I’ve been working steadily towards making an …

Something Old. Something New.

It’s been over five years since I last updated this website. I think it would be an understatement to say a lot has happened between then and now. When I first started this blog, I only wanted to focus solely on the process of animating, game development, and the creative …

Thoughts on Paprika

Just a heads up, this post will probably have spoilers, so if you plan on reading the book or watching the movie then go ahead and check those out first. I’m just sharing my thoughts after finishing both. So I watched the movie Paprika and instantly fell in love with …

Adding unpredictible elements to a scene

A particular exercise I sometimes do when I’m writing is to add an unpredictable element to a scene. What I mean by that is I introduce an element such as a card game and instead of going about a cliche set of expected outcomes I establish a basic goal the …

Thoughts on ‘Chasm’

‘Chasm’ was an animation project I spent about three months developing. The overall project was to plan out a more longer animation compared to my previous animations and to see how long it would take. And while end results was successful, and while I was happy at the work I …