Savoy Ent. Tuesday Comedy

If  you know me. You know I love my culture and every thing about it. I soul food, Jazz lounges, spoken word and hip hop. Ive been going to this spot in Inglewood on La brea near Manchester called ‘Savoy’  They have a comedy show every tuesday and every first Wednesday a spoken word. Last night’s Comedy show was funny as hell! by far the best ive been to. Hosted by Rodney Perry and all star comedian Bill Bellamy blessed the mic. Man i was in tears the whole nite.. Free to get in with a two drink minimum.. Eat your heart out Laugh factory. I love my culture man and my communities.

A little bit of history lesson… Savoy was  the name of a classy urban club in harlem during the harlem renaissance where the likes of Duke Ellington and Malcom X use to call home.  Thats the type of  entertainment  a proud Inglewood owner is trying to bring to Inglewood and man he did!!

Shout outs to Savoy Entertainment. look them up and check them out

Dear Laker Lovers…….

mwahahahahahaahahahaah KG baby!!!!!!!!

Finally! I have waited for this moment for 10 years.. 10 years!! Ive been a KG fan for 10 years on the Wolves so to see him finally get a ring was great!!. Nobody believed they could do it.. after the hawks nobody thought they would make it. I even called it. I said they would win in 6! last series everybody stepped up. Ray, Rondo! Pierce and KG! so in closing….

BEAT LA….

My vacation in Rome!

Ok so ive decided to try and post more frequent!…

A couple weeks ago the most monumental thing happened to me. I went to Rome for vacation!.. Yes Rome. Your first question is how was it!!!!!!? my reply……..beyond amazing!!!!! I saw everything from Sistine chapel inside the Vatican, to the Spanish steps, pantheon, Villa Borghese, to the Beloved Colosseum. I threw back drinks outside the Colosseum at night with a group of international students and travelers and went on a Italian pub crawl. I saw a lot of Michaelangelo’s and Caravaggio’s works of Art. I stood over Raphael’s toomb and saw where they cremated Julius Caesar. You name it i Saw it! I took a lot of pictures all available on my mypace album. It was great Truly a dream and a blessing come true. It really opened my eyes and my perspective on life. It was like I closed a chapter on a part of my life and opened up a new one.

The fulfillment of an artist is to not only attain the freedom of expressing your own art but to also be able to view, travel and appreciate the great works of others. Timeless as they are. To think that you were able to stand by actual sculptures, paintings etc made by great artists centuries before your time is nothing short of amazing..

-Ruel

The Animation Dream!!

My definition of an animator Is an artist who is able to evoke

Football season is upon us!!!!

I’ve been a Titans fan since their Superbowl loss by a fricking yard! a few years back. I loved how McNair played. Dude is a warrior. In the wake of recent events I’ve moved to Alabama for 10 months which places me an hour and a half drive from the titans home stadium baby!!!!! I got the privelage of going to their opening pre-season game against the Redskins (boooooo!) We lost buy hey I got to sit front row.. Monumental. Since then I’ve bought tickets to about 4 season home games I cant wait! Now im still a fan of Steve McNair but i gotta follow my titans and the kid Vince young looks really promising. Stay Tuned!

Grand Canyon!!

I have made it to Alabama! sorry for the delay just been trying to settle into the new job, apartment and area. finally got my internet up and all that jazz. Well as far as the trip went really well pretty smooth and most of all I got to see the Grand Canyon!!!!!!!!. Yo how monumental is that!!. That was a great experience i think everybody should at least see once in person. took me 4 days to do the cross country trip from LA to AL work is going really well I love the new job and they are putting me into alot of character animation. A lot of cool and talented artist. So far it its been a great move and a great opportunity!. The part of alabama im in is not too bad im starting to like it. A lot less chaotic than LA haha waaay less expensive!! im in decatur, which is pretty close to huntsville. (nothern alabama) everybody here is nice! so im lovin it. well I should have viewing pictures of my trip available soon till then Stay up

-Ruel

Journey from LA to AL

So on may 28th . I will embark on one my biggest journey’s since i moved to LA over a year and a half ago. I’m moving to Alabama for a year. Ive been granted the opportunity to work on an startup animated TV show where i will be doing nothing but Character Animate Its a great feeling esp since I’ve spent most of the past 3 years fighting and hustling to get the opportunity to be on a long term full character animation project. I look forward to seeing my skills as an animator rapidly improve!.

Now on to the cross country road trip. Yest I will be driving from LA to Al all 2000+ miles over 30 hours of cross country trip across the south region of the U.S. Should be crazy fun and a great experience. I’ve always wanted to do a cross country drive here is my chance. I plan doing doing the drive in about 4 days, averaging about 8 hours of driving each day. not too bad So this is the start of the blog right here. I’m in the middle of packing and figuring out what I’m carrying and what i wont be carrying.

The journey of any animator or artist is very hard. from being a starving artist just simply trying to do what they love and make a living at the same time moving to Alabama will be a humbling experience for me a lot less smog hahaha. more greenery to see and a whole another culture to indulge into. With all that I’m just happy i get the chance to be a character animate Tell me what you think people!

-Ru

3 months later!

Wow so its been three months since my last post. I need to do these more often no body reads them anyway hahaha so whats happening? hmm lets see.

Im chasing after everything I promised in the prev. post as far as moving up in this industry. Started freelancing around at other studios still working on my reel, short film and other stuff i have on back burners lol. I have too many damn back burners thats my problem. I wish my film was going a lot faster. A lot of stuff to factor in its crazy! people to help out all that good stuff. Prepping to apply to large character animation studios. It can be stressful but we will see Its hard when you see the greats ad wonder if you will ever make it to that level! But dammit! I will!! grrrr lol. I will make it into a big studio by the end of this year. I’m promising myself that!

haha Ok will keep this blog posted!

New Year

Ok so its a new year, new hustle new aspirations and goals. Year started off pretty good, I plan to branch out and move up in this industry get better as an artist and as a person all that good stuff. A couple things are happening right now. First Im updating my reel for the new year plan to shop it around to EVERY studio possible haha. Also Im beginning production of a really simple but hopefuly fun and cool animated short called “In and Out”. More about it will be available to the masses at a later date.

My last post was about me developing my my reel to finally move into the animation industry. Well im in!! worked on a couple real cool projects loved them! met some really talented people. Man all i gotta say is I love what i do. Im blessed… You will hear alot more about me through the rest of this year! Check back with my site for more updates.. Peace

Butterfly Blues!

Hey everybody My latest animation clip. Ive marked finished for now but feedbacks are def welcome anything let me know Ill try my best to implement it. Thanks once again. I spent way too long on this animation but I learned alot cant wait to start my next animation or go back and try to refine a prev animation i worked on Well Lend me your thoughts!! Going to be putting a Junior animation reel together soon. Most likely around mid to end of sept

Butterfly Blues