I had a college professor once say that animation is the most counterproductive thing you can do with your life. If you think about it, this is certainly true. An animator will spend countless hours drawing, pencil testing, penning, inking, and animating a scene that may only be a few seconds long. I am certainly feeling this with the battle sequence that I spent seven months drawing and am just now getting to scan it into the computer to animate. I have spent the past couple of weeks working out a procedure in the evenings that works for me to compile my animation into completed clips. I think I have finally gotten comfortable with the process and found my stride. My original goal of having the entire film compiled by the end of the summer was unrealistic. Given this battle segment is the most complicated part of the entire film in terms of animation and volume of cut sequences, I have decided to do this first to make it my goal to complete this by the end of the summer. I feel like if I can meet that goal that it would not be unreasonable to say I should have the entire film compiled by Christmas. There are a few steps in my process that I am skipping and the compiling stage for the fight sequence for the purpose of saving time. I want to make sure and take my time and do the film correctly, but it is also very important for me to finish it in a realistic timeframe. I feel like I am already exceeding that, but all the pressure to complete this film quickly are all manufactured by my subconscious. There are no people pushing me, and I have no financial backers to please. I guess it is just another example of all of those imaginary people that we spend our lives trying to please. The segments should start to go together more quickly from this point out, and even more so once I have figured out how I am going to replace my scanner. I will update in a week or so to see if progress has improved.
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