Jan 28, 2009

Unexplored Territory



I had to post a short thank you to Propaganda Games for taking me under their wing for the past 3.5 years. This amazing studio in beautiful downtown Vancouver really allowed me to grow as an animator, and provided me with opportunity after opportunity to work on some amazing projects - with some pretty damn amazing people. If you ever wanted to work at a games studio that really cares about animation, and cares about the people who work there... look them up.

If you are a follower of my blog, you will know my aim for the past few years has been to step out of the games business and get a long dreamed about job in the movie industry. Right now I am getting ready to move with my family down to San Francisco, and help out at Industrial Light and Magic. I can't wait. This is the place that got me into all this animation stuff in the first place. I'm scared stiff... but really ready for the challenge.

Bye everyone at Propaganda, I'll miss you all!


41 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, good luck, and keep up the good work!

Jacob said...

Congrats on the new job!!!
Thats amazing man. I'm really happy for you.
Best of luck!
-Jacob

Rico said...

Congratulations to you and look forward to future posts.

Derek said...

Have fun, you will do great.

myung said...

congratulations man!

san francisco is also a great city to live so I'm sure your family will find it easy to adapt. I've been here for many years and it's still beautiful and interesting here.

Bobby Pontillas said...

Congratulations Cameron! Very well deserved! You work has always been an inspiration, still is.

Anonymous said...

good luck, i'll hope you'll keep posting on this blog.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, that's great news!

Best of luck on your new adventure.

-Sveinbjorn

Joe said...

ILM! Congrats!

I've been quietly following your blog for a short time. Thanks for your efforts, and I hope they continue!

David Martinez said...

Hey He Cameron!!

Congratulations on your new job at ILM. Without any doubt, it is well deserved!

Keep rocking the animation world!

d.

Unknown said...

Congrats, Cameron. Looking forward to seeing what you do down there:)

Anonymous said...

Awesome news! congratulations on achieving this dream, you deserve it man!

Mathew Rees said...

Congratulations. I saw your Turok reel ages ago and though it was berserk! Very nice.

You lucky old so and so :)

Congrats again,

Mat.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations man! Hard work always pays off

Carl Campbell said...

All the best at ILM, Cam! You definitely earned it!

Remi The Rockstar said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You deserve it!!!

Jason Newkirk said...

congrats on the ILM gig Cameron!

Anirudh said...

hey Cameron !

thats awesome !

wish you good luck in your future endeavors and getting into ILM !

p.s. - hoping for more regular posts from you, its nice reading your stuff here Cameron.

BrandonBeckstead said...

Wow man, amazing news! You deserve it! Keep inspiring us!

Sean said...

Wow! Good luck with your move!

ScottH said...

Have a safe trip down, Cameron! I just moved to SF 6 months ago, absolutely love this city. Congratulations on the new job! ILM, that's gonna be AWESOME!

Anonymous said...

Good luck buddy! I've had a couple of friends work at ILM over the years and they've had nothing but good things to say about it. I'm sure you're going to learn TONS! All I ask is that you continue sharing little of nuggets of wisdom and inspiration. You got what it takes, so don't be afraid. Have fun is all I would say. Do your best and have fun!!

Dave said...

Super Congrats man! I know you'll do great things there. It will be awesome to have you down in the bay area!

Nate said...

Congrats man, well deserved! Looking forward to future blog updates on what you learn over at ILM :)

Chetan Trivedi said...

Wow..
Congrats Cameroon..
keep rocking

Nico. said...

Congratulation!!!
Always awesome to see someone talented fulfilling his dreams!!!

On a side note, the film or movie industry was, or still sometime is, often presented as a dream and a better place to be for animators, but IMO, it’s in fact most of the time, way less fun and creative than the video game industry animation-wise... the movie industry is true offering better salaries but I see it as the price to pay for less interesting works....

I stay convinced that the Best animators are right now in the movie industry, but would have more fun and liberty in the video game one, and would bring more to the media…
But that’s another story… :)

And congrats for thanking your previous employer that deserve your message, always cool to know when a company did well and is a good company to work at !!!

Best of luck to you and your family in SF !!!
Can’t wait to see your next works !

Unknown said...

Good luck, sounds like a dream come true!

I hope you will still have time to write your new insights in the blog though :)

Oz said...

Outstanding! Grats on the new job! Best of luck and continued success. Say hey to Shawn Kelly for me!!!

Jean-Denis Haas said...

Yep, there's no escape now! We will torture him every day!! :)

No, seriously, congrats indeed, can't wait to see your stuff up during dailies!

Unknown said...

Congrats, lad!

Welcome to San Francisco!

: D

Cameron Fielding said...

Thanks so much to everyone for your encouragement!! .. it really doesn't go unnoticed... trust me.

Right now I'm just trying to keep my head down, absorb, and get ready for some insane hard work.

Nawaz said...

ILM !!!! Wow, Congratulations, u'll be awesome there. I'm really happy for you. All the best with the new city. So now u'll be posting about some of ur ILM works :)

Unknown said...

Congratulations dude! Im so happy for yah!!

Anonymous said...

congratulations cam, Since before you even came into propaganda i was a fan of your work , good to have worked with you on those dinos. Keep it up man.

versat said...

Congratulations , And thanks for all the information here. I hope you keep posting.
Cheers

Anonymous said...

congrats i wish you best!!

milo said...

Congrast on ILM!! Love ur blog...so inspirational and full of knowledge! I know u've probably heard it a million times...but thanks for bloggin!! ;O) Lookin forward to seeing more of ur work!

Henk said...

Sweet! congratulations Cameron. Don`t forget to post some insights if time allows. Cheers :]

Chan Ghee Leow said...

Hi. I've just seen your Turok animation on Vimeo. It's freaking amazing!!!! I almost cried! It's got so much weight! Congratulations on your move to ILM! And on the birth of your child too :)

Daniel M.C. Alvite said...

congratulations for both, new job and new son..

Anonymous said...

Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!