Though quite different from each other, and yet related.
First off, the one that is more prevalent in my mind because I just got back from talking to Daisy Edwards, the director and creator, about the new project.... It's going to be amazing! It's a stop motion short centered around Anne Bonny, real life pirate and one bad ass chick. I've never worked on a stop motion piece before so I'm really excited to learn new stuff, sink my hands into the craft and of course just in general work on animation! I've been feeling the theater and set design bug, so I'm especially happy about this. This was our first meeting, so mostly we talked about how the concept was put together, bits of ideas here and there, what will be done, etc. Daisy is hoping to start some test animation in July, so we have to get cracking.
She's given me permission to blog about the progress as it comes along, so be prepared for random notes on my delve into stop motion. XD
The other announcement, which I've made for the past week but have been considering carefully and struggling with. I will not be traveling this year. I still want to travel, eventually, but for now I'm going to stay in NYC and work on my career. This isn't because it's what I "should" do - it's not even because I don't have the funds to travel. I could make it happen. It's because I've been spending most of the past month really buckling down to travel, and not feeling happy about it. When I'm looking over a script, painting, animating, talking about a film or planning out a storyboard, I'm truly happy. Besides happy, I'm content and feel deeply satisfied.
While I've always loved art and have enjoyed animation, I think I've tended towards taking care of other things as they come up and putting art and animation on a secondary level. The things I've taken care of have been valid responsibilities. Like working as a resident assistant, which I couldn't have finished school without. Or working many hours to pay rent and bills the first two years of college. But that has meant that I haven't had quite as much time to devote to my work. Which means that whenever my work has been up for critique, I've had the excuse that I didn't have a chance to truly show my best. And that's not valid. It doesn't satisfy me.
I've struggled a bit with it because I've had a set plan, all surrounding the idea of traveling for a year. While I already feel much better about staying here and working on animation, shifting an entire path is a little draining.
I'm really glad I'm staying in NYC.
In conclusion, three drawings I did as a set of illustrations based around Alice in Wonderland. I love Lewis Carroll.
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