Year 3: Again

Well. I’m back.

Things could have been so much better. But that’s not life I guess.

During my first year three I overshot in terms of my goals. I assumed what was wanted was a full length film of about 10 to 20 minutes. So I wrote a script that was appropriate. But couldn’t get beyond the character design (The other projects I got saddled with didn’t help).

When 2021 came round and lockdown restrictions got even tighter I knew this wasn’t going to work. I wasn’t doing well. But now I had no chance. I decided to bite the bullet, and deferred my final year.

Over the nine months I had to think about it I decided to rethink my idea to something smaller. I’d picked up on the hints that the idea I’d come up with was too much. And I was told i should use the summer to build up the skills for my final project. So given the chance to start over and hit the ground running, I went for it.

It did not go well. I spent some time in Cardiff with the intent to really get my drawing skills up, and I fell incredibly ill. For two weeks I was not even able to leave my room. It was one of the most painful experiences of my life. And it left me very weak. I’m now in a position were exorcising even for half an hour is a real stretch. I’m trying to improve my output bit by bit. But my future as an active person seems uncertain.

Bit I did get some drawing done. Enough that my drawing skills started to improve for the first time in years. And I decided to base my revised animation on a small comic I had drawn as part of my Field project (now lost) about three rabbits arguing over a parsnip. I’ve turned it into a script https://docs.google.com/document/d/16JLQxB0iRgH-WSiebRw6j5_i7HB0Glko_n3bIuDdCDY/edit

Drawn some basic character sheets. A thumbnail storyboard. And I’m now working on a real storyboard.

So things could be way better. But that could be way worse.