Donald Fergus
Donald’s talent and skill shine through in ADi’s character animation bringing quality and life to our work. His life-long ambition to make beautiful character animation has put him on track to making a name for himself in the global animation industry.
Donald’s latest Journal entries…
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April 10 2012
Game Balance
Game Balance Recently I have been working on some game design for a two player fighting game. The first rule of these sorts of games is to maintain a proper balance. In games, balance is a term used to encompass a handful of ideas, such as fairness and difficulty. Balance in games is not strictly for video games, but card games, table top role playing games, board games and even sports. When one is challenged with designing a game of some sort, balance must be in the front of the designers…
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February 7 2012
The Joys of Dungeon Mastering
The Joys of Dungeon Mastering: I have just picked up the reigns of mine and my friends long running Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Thanks to Skyrim coming out while I was planning for this adventure, my story is all about dragons taking over the world. Oddly enough, in our three years of adventuring, we’ve never actually faced off against a dragon. I decided to flip that around and turn dragons from the ultimate end boss of the storyline to the most prominent and visible creatures in the game world. First night…
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December 7 2011
Just Move Around A Little
When you’re working on a computer every day, all day, suddenly relaxation may come to mean working on a farm or going out dancing. For those who live a digital life, relaxing on the couch and watching the game after work just exacerbates a host of chronic pains that pop up as you trudge into the future of your bright career in animation. I’ve been doing this stuff for, oh, all my life I guess. I walk to and from work, go on vacations in the woods or at massive productions like…
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October 19 2011
Super Hero Movies – Done with Origin Stories
PIC: The Super Heros of Marvel Comics Comic book movies are on the rise. I can’t stress enough how happy I am that so many comic book super heroes are getting their own movies. However, with so many coming with the intention of kick starting a franchise, I’ve seen far too many origin stories for my taste. Spiderman, Ironman, Wolverine, Superman, Batman Begins, Green Lantern and I believe the Hulk had two origin story movies. The same thing is happening to Spiderman now that they’re trying to re-boot the Spiderman movie…
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June 2 2011
Dungeons and Dragons – Cooperative Narrative
Image by Penny Arcade http://www.penny-arcade.com Many forms of entertainment are written cooperatively by a staff of writers. Almost any comedy show on TV that is built around jokes is written by a team of writers, each testing their jokes over and over to get the best bang for the buck. Long form serialized TV to a lesser extent, where the grand arc of the story is fleshed out by the shows creator, and the interstitial episodes are polished out by individuals or duos. Scripts for movies, cartoon shows, the list goes…
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