On Friday the 31st October at approximately 3:30pm a very wonderful thing happened - - 'Fly, Baby, Fly' my second 2D cell animation was exported into its final form - sound & graphics, a piece of its own.
Room C105 in the midst of an unusually humid October afternoon was probably not the most spectacular place for such a debut, but there it was .. my complete animation. 8 months of work .. complete . .
I couldn't stop smiling Friday . . I felt like such a goon and that any moment someone would smack me on the face for grinning so much . .
I don't know what else to say really .. because this feeling doesn't really have words (as cliche as that sounds). Finishing 'Fly, Baby, Fly' has felt good. Where finishing 'Orville' felt like I was dragging myself over some finish line tiredly with only enough energy to sigh "I've finished" pathetically. With 'Fly, Baby, Fly' I feel more like I've skipped over the finishing line with "Whee! It's done. And I gave it my all."
:D
For the next two weeks I'm pottering about helping my friend Nicolette with her Honours' animation and maybe also exhibition prep stuff if I have time . . . and I guess also just getting back to doing stuff I've wanted to.
Just simple things really . . towards the end of production I started buying the Penguin books (I bought 'Breakfast at Tiffany's') and reading those. On Friday I bought myself another two ('Life is Illuminated' and 'The Great Gatsby') and mean to work on those. I'm thinking of designing fonts just for the fun of it (whoever thought I'd fall in love with typography?) and also . . animating. That's another thing with finishing 'Fly, Baby,Fly' . . I actually still feel compelled to work on animation post it. With 'Orville' I was so drained I didn't animate till about 'Fly, Baby, Fly' . . but with FBF (wriitng it out is taking too much effort!) I want to keep honing my skills .. and I guess building up a show reel. I definately need to look at putting one of those together soon enough.
But for now . . just looking towards the Chauvel screening and COFA Annual opening. I'll post stuff up on them soon. :)
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This blog is designed to keep myself, my supervisor/s, my family and my friends up to date with the progress of my Honours project 'Fly, Baby, Fly'.
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3 comments:
Congrats Rachel! I wish I could feel the same as you. I'm still in denial about my work a year down the track. >.> haahah
anyway, a BIG huzzah! for you. Well deserved!
congratulation Rach!! Well Done =D
Thanks Al & Jen!
Argh .. Al, noooo . . denial is not cool at all . . I mean, Agharti might not have turned out exactly how you had hoped but you still did achieve something. It was a beautiful piece. Every bit of experience counts.
I look at my last year's work and kinda cringe . . and yet I know I grew as an "artist" from it. Accentuate the positive and move on . . there are brighter things ahead.
I'll stop now before I sound like a Hallmark card, but yeah . .don't be in denial!
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