Another Hectic Week

• Learned

Effects are horribly temperamental and can ruin a project at the drop of a hat. It's a cruel fate, but what are ya gonna do? I tried at least... *sighs*

• Want to learn

Better and more efficient use of effects?

• Frustrated you

I seem to be screwing up a lot with time management. Like, whenever I look, there seems to be another project due in a few weeks that I had completely forgotten about because I've been so busy working on other things to notice. It's all piling up so quickly and I don't know if I can manage it all.

Not to mention that the one time I try something outside of my comfort zone, it completely kills my project.  Literally, the only benefit I got out of this whole mess is that now I own a green screen. It's a little small, but it's still a green screen.

Also, there was a small fire in my house the other day. My dad's propane heater has been malfunctioning for the longest time, but he never wanted to accept that it was broken. Well, it finally caught on fire and he finally took it back to the store, but only after he complained about that and everything else under the sun first.

Thanks...

• Made you happy

I've been doing a lot more drawing and it's really clear how much I've improved since last year, or last month, or last week even. Seeing my progress keeps me moving forward so that one day I can look back and say, "I've improved even MORE since then!"

http://youtu.be/4wDGqk7iiIw

I got the chance to watch this animator make this and I thought that it was really impressive, despite being choppy. It gets the point across (her two characters are fusing to make a different, four armed being) and it shows some neat motions. I always find it fascinating when people can actually draw a motion blur.

Heh, makes me miss my animating days. I should download Flash again...