Updated Planning Documents

Here are the most current planning documents. This is indeed an essential part of the process of animating and can not be forgotten!

current gantt chart

Planning out the next few months. Hopefully I'll be drawing faster than what I anticipate, but better to pad than not.

X-sheet scene_001 scene_027

Been a long time

For anyone reading this blog, well there is rarely any reading to be done. However anyone checking this blog out, I haven't stopped working on this film, just be in the trenches so to speak. I don't have much more time to finish, and I have a laundry list of stuff I need to get done. Any animators out there making a film on their own, don't be in a hurry to animate. Do as much planning and groundwork as you possibly can. These first scenes I've been animating have been a pain due to pedestrian like planning. I had a good idea of what I needed to do, rushed the timing and have been struggling ever since. My next batch of scenes are going to get a nice does of planning before I animate. What does that mean? 1- Make sure audio cues are correct 2- Do thumbnail poses before going with my first idea 3- Do thorough x-sheets that break the character down into arms, head, body, clothes. per character 4- Think through any needed effects in the scene and make a plan on how to execute those. The most important though are the thumbnailing and x-sheets. I'm really writing this to remind myself not to rush the brisket.

Shot list...

Posting a list of shots as they are now... This is a handy tool for having a clear idea of where I am in the process...

Schedules and more schedules... Sweetness...