Simon says . . .

Goodbye.

Thanks Simon for your supervision over the last semester. I don’t think I can say much more than I did in the email I sent . . . so just thanks again and I wish you the best.

Simon got back to me soon after I shot him an email regarding the details of his leave. His leave kicks in today . . . and apparently he’ll be replaced by Will.

Will helped me out a lot last year with Orville . . . I resent having to use a cliché, but I couldn’t have done it without him. I’m stoked at the idea of working with him again.

My animating is coming along gradually . . . I have a small pile of drawings now . . . which is nice.
But they probably account for only about 1/16^th of what I have to do in total??

My little pile of animation. I thought it'd be nice to stick a photo in so this entry isn't so boring.

I’ve been finding my work progress, though somewhat productive - - aimless. This morning I decided to deal with that by mapping out a schedule. I went through the list of shots I have to complete and scheduled it into specific dates. I tried to be realistic – like not assigning things to weekends (as they’re usually hectic with other stuff . . . like work. Also, keeping them free means they can be catch up periods if need be).

If all goes to plan, I’m due to complete the animation by the end of the first week of September, which is not too bad. That gives me a little under two months to wrap up/work on the other things like inking, compositing, sound (some which will hopefully be underway already during animation) . . . I know too well from last year they need their own share of attention!