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2007

Posted by ConAir - January 10th, 2008


The Intro
Sorry for not having an update in a few weeks for all the 1 people that stop by here. Our family had to go on this cruise that was a "gift" from our grandparents who probably won't be around too much longer so it was kind of like a last hoorah in a sense. Going on a cruise or going anywhere for that matter is the OPPOSITE of what I want to do during winter break, I love to just sit around and work on some stuff here and there and sit around again - winter break's the one time of year where I can get away with that kind of thing and not regret it, it's a great time to relax. This fucking cruise took up the better half of my break and long story short, I didn't get a lot done. Or anything really.

The Rundown
So taking a look back at 2007, it started off good enough, I got out a movie I had been working on for a while pretty early into the year and then things slowly kind of came to a halt. I worked on my Pico day movie but didn't get anywhere near finished (again), worked on a Western movie and didn't even make a dent with what I hoped to get done by the year's end, started 2 or 3 short movies over Summer and a few of them made it to the halfway point but there's still a good amount of work left. I started and finished a movie in the fall that was about 30 seconds so I guess that was pretty good. I made a Bytesize submission right after that so I thought things were looking up (I e-mailed Tom 2 months ago and still haven't heard back and pm'd him a month ago and still haven't heard back) but that's kind of up in the air as to what'll happen to it at this point. I started work on another short movie that made it about 10 seconds into it and still has another 30 or 40 to go. My goal was to have 3 or 4 movies in 2007 and I released 2, not terrible I guess but I definitely need to get my act together - I had big plans for 2007 so I guess I'll just turn those over to 2008 and hope I get 5 or 6 movies released (that's a pretty big goal but I honestly think I can do it this time).

But, you all might be able to see how many movies I released in 2007 and even how much I contributed to the forums and what I drew and all that, but behind the scenes I've become an idea machine. I have a sketchbook that I have just been filling with ideas for short movies and long movies, parts of movies, ideas in general about life and all that junk. It's packed and I don't think I'd be able to make all the animations in there if I had 10 years to do it. They're all good ideas too, funny little shorts that I just think of on the fly and jot down in there, so hopefully I can knock out a few of those since most of it's pretty fleshed out already.

Looking Ahead
I want to get back and be more involved in Newgrounds, I've been pretty lacking this last year, I mean I've had stints where I went around helping the noobs in the flash forum for a week or two or whatever but I need to start to doing that all the time. If I don't start cranking stuff out every month or two and posting a lot people are gonna start forgetting who I am, I'm sure some people have already - some people who I was friends with hang around but the whole group I grew up here knowing have kind of moved on. I wrote this whole thing about how pissed I am with all the shit I've had to do recently and how I hate to see people like Rtil make their dream movie like Freetown or whatever and then turn around and make three more fucking movies before the year's up. But whatever, I just need to figure all that shit out and I'll be back.


Comments

I'll admit i only came in here cause the movie conair is on right now.

Anyway dont be too hard on yourself. I think that you cant rush a great idea... and even rtil's freetown took him ages to make.. if its a solid idea itll come through.

Anywho i do recommend getting back into the community.. i draw alot of my motivation and inspiration from talking to other creative people. I dunno something about it gets me in the frame of mind to want to create. I think one of the biggest flaws animators have is that they dream TOO big.. it takes alot of focus and drive to make an epic movie and sometimes its easier to just crank a few quickies to get the engines running or keep them running when you hit a rough spot in the midst of your big project.
I was pretty happy to have done two quick RWD movies.. they were unlike something id normally do and it made me become reinterested in animating.

Anywho here's to your MEGA COMEBACK.

Yours truly,

-The one person who comments ;)

Oh while im in here... I actually find you more disappointing than Tim... cause regardless of his issues and drug problems he just barely manages to stay in the scene. He's got alot motivation issues and bla bla bla but he comes through. You on the other hand have the means to go for it but you stop at the starting line.. your a talented guy you should be out there getting better and better. you have the ideas the means... STOP WAITING AND TAKING CRUISES.