Crunch

It’s almost as if I’m experiencing something similar to writer’s block. On the other hand, it’s not exactly a block because I’ve been able to carry on through the week consistently with my projects. Rather, some frustrations I’m experiencing seem to be affecting my creativity. I know that it will fade quickly, though.

I suppose part of it could be that I have this great expectation on myself that I need to come up with a wondrous and fantastic jaw-dropping demo reel seems to be overwhelming me. I have so many great ideas for my demo, yet in comparison with my current skill set, I don’t know how to gauge what concepts would be achievable by the time my demo needs to be produced.

Often times I feel the work I’ve done has been invested with so much effort but yielded such a significant contrast in results. On the other hand, I know that I’m still in the learning process and need to practice a lot more,

In order to counter this obstacle, I’ve been trying to re-calibrate my perspective by reminding myself what inspired me to be in this program in the first place. I’ve been spending more time with my friends, and I’ve been searching for material related to the program that stirs inspiration in me.

So far, I’m becoming more and more fond of the previews I’ve been watching for the upcoming animated film, Horton Hears A Who. One of the reasons why I’m attracted to the film, is because I’ve been a fan of Dr. Seuss since I was a child; not only are the stories, and characters interesting and quirky, but what I like best about them is how they were illustrated. The models they’ve created for the film are amazingly true to the original designs. What caught my attention the most about the movie was the fact that the characters have great poses and animation.

Some of the instructors have mentioned that snappy animation is a good thing to have. When I first started this program, I didn’t really quite understand what was so appealing about “snappiness”. As I’ve been researching some of the current animation in production, I’m beginning to see what the instructors were talking about. A character’s pose is ideal to what it’s trying to portray when it’s being animated. Therefore, as the poses are being transitioned from one to the other, the viewer should be able to read each one clearly especially if the character is trying to express an emotion.

As for the upcoming week, I hope to pick up a lot more inspiration as time progresses.

http://www.hortonmovie.com/