AniLog04 - LEAP DAMNIT!!!
I’m trying Mr Dot! I’m trying!
I definitely tend to get stuck in that overthinking phase where I can’t think of solution to potential problem so I don’t get anything done and give up, or just go around in circles and theh eventually give up.
But I’m making it a point to remind myself that to solve certain problems I must actually try them out in some capacity. Only then I can get clarity for what might work - or not. I am visual thinker for the most part after all and I always learned best from experience.
I pretty much have character designs decided on, I just have to stylistically unify them, make myself reference sheets and do some test animations to see what kinds of brushes I want to use and figure out pipeline for coloring that will be as painless as possible and easy to replicate for potential coloring assistant 😉
I feel like I’m on the good way with background style too. Since I can separate my short into 3 “acts”, I figured I can make them different and more experimental depending on what I need. Especially third one, but I have yet to do anything for that since background will be more animated in that one and that will be explored more in animation tests I plan to do.
By the way, I recommend watching that video at the top of this post, I really like that dude’s work ethic and philosophy.
Other than this I will start working on sound design and music. I fiddled around with Cakewalk for a bit, it’s not that scary xD and I found some good music writing class on Skillshare (notsponsored) that is simple enough for me to understand, so I feel like I’m set for starting on that.
Other thing is I plan to break down and revise my animatic even more, like, I want to make it as close to finished product as possible so that when I start animating final thing I’d have most problems solved, and hopefully music by the end too xD
That much for this update! Deadline is approaching, less than 7 months left and fire is lit under my ass to pick up the pace, so more frequent updates might be expected :)