I spent the last few months working on my animation! I planned to and succeeded in completing the animatic (essentially the rough draft of the animation, with the key frames) after doing research, making a storyboard, and forming character designs.
I’m happy I completed what I set out to complete in the allotted time I gave myself! I wish I had completed my storyboard by the 17th so that I could properly share it with the class today during Digital Art, and because of that I feel frustrated, as if I’ve failed. My teacher was patient with me, but there will come a day where the inability to do the work ahead of time will lead to me losing my job or missing a hard deadline. If I had worked as hard as I did these past few days the whole time, I would have completed this animatic a month ago. In fact, every small decision to not draw when I should’ve been drawing led to me elongating and shifting deadlines, pushing me back in ways I may feel the repercussions of in May, when the project should be completed. I hope that I never forget the regret and frustration I feel right now, and instead of lowering my standards to meet where I am today, I rise to meet the standards I’ve set tomorrow. I will do better.
Suubi, thank you so much for sharing this with me. I certainly would love to see this when it's complete. Try not to be too hard on yourself; you learned your lesson about time management so now it's time to wrap get it done.
About the storyboard, I'm really impressed by how well the animation syncs with the music. Not knowing the lyrics is really irrelevant to me because the flow of the song pulled me through the movement of the animatic.
Speaking of flow, I'm a big fan of your style of drawing. The lines flow and move, which makes it come alive. Also, I appreciate the way that you referenced important things, such as the people at the table, the run through the places you lived, and even the potted plant in the foreground of the desk panel.
Nicely done!