So what is life?
I am in the animation studios right now, all alone. It seems to be a good time to update LJ....
I've been animating for a few weeks now, and it seems like there is so little to show for it. (Though I have stuck all current animation into my animatic and it is starting to fill up...) And with only 6 weeks left, it's all getting a little frantic. I have become an expert at finding ways to cheat and reuse parts of existing animation etc to make things go along quicker. This film has managed to reduce me to tears more than once, but at this current time I am in a cheerful mood, despite the horror that has been my wednesday so far.... I think it's because everything is so peaceful because no one else is in the studio....
I'm still having difficulties finding colourists, which stresses me out like you would not believe, but I need to type up an email to the lower years to see if they are interested... If I don't get help I am never going to finish my film, so it's pretty urget XD;;
Also, animating makes me ridiculously hungry... :l Which sucks, because I have no time to eat, nor the money to pay for continuos trips to the food store >>;; I am trying to vary my packed lunches, but i'm so exhausted by the end of the day, I barely have any effort to cook tea D:
But the dissertation is handed in tomorrow! Which is such a relief! I have two copies sitting next to me bound, and there was a lot more I could have done, but i'm happy, and i'm sure it's at least a passing grade... I just need to burn copies to disks, and then hand it in tomorrow, and fingers crossed i'll never have to look at the thing again....
So yeah, i'm getting there slowly... and it does seem slow, but I am animating the most difficult scenes first, which I guess is why they are taking so long..... I'm hoping when I hit the easy ones i'll breeze few a decent amount in a day.... I also hate dogs. I've never animated a dog in my entire life, and i'm not sure why i thought it would be such a good idea for my final film, one of the deciding factors of my future career.... Tails are the bane of my life, I swear.... I am also slowly starting to work 13 hour days, possibly more if I come home and do work at home. It is not fun and I do not recommend it.
Other than impossible amounts of work, i'm not doing too badly... I have a few things that keep me from going completely insane, and I guess the large amounts of time working means there is less time spent getting bored staring at the internet.... I'm also slowly re-reading Diana Wynne Jones's books, and lamenting her death :l
I've been animating for a few weeks now, and it seems like there is so little to show for it. (Though I have stuck all current animation into my animatic and it is starting to fill up...) And with only 6 weeks left, it's all getting a little frantic. I have become an expert at finding ways to cheat and reuse parts of existing animation etc to make things go along quicker. This film has managed to reduce me to tears more than once, but at this current time I am in a cheerful mood, despite the horror that has been my wednesday so far.... I think it's because everything is so peaceful because no one else is in the studio....
I'm still having difficulties finding colourists, which stresses me out like you would not believe, but I need to type up an email to the lower years to see if they are interested... If I don't get help I am never going to finish my film, so it's pretty urget XD;;
Also, animating makes me ridiculously hungry... :l Which sucks, because I have no time to eat, nor the money to pay for continuos trips to the food store >>;; I am trying to vary my packed lunches, but i'm so exhausted by the end of the day, I barely have any effort to cook tea D:
But the dissertation is handed in tomorrow! Which is such a relief! I have two copies sitting next to me bound, and there was a lot more I could have done, but i'm happy, and i'm sure it's at least a passing grade... I just need to burn copies to disks, and then hand it in tomorrow, and fingers crossed i'll never have to look at the thing again....
So yeah, i'm getting there slowly... and it does seem slow, but I am animating the most difficult scenes first, which I guess is why they are taking so long..... I'm hoping when I hit the easy ones i'll breeze few a decent amount in a day.... I also hate dogs. I've never animated a dog in my entire life, and i'm not sure why i thought it would be such a good idea for my final film, one of the deciding factors of my future career.... Tails are the bane of my life, I swear.... I am also slowly starting to work 13 hour days, possibly more if I come home and do work at home. It is not fun and I do not recommend it.
Other than impossible amounts of work, i'm not doing too badly... I have a few things that keep me from going completely insane, and I guess the large amounts of time working means there is less time spent getting bored staring at the internet.... I'm also slowly re-reading Diana Wynne Jones's books, and lamenting her death :l