I Missed One

I skipped on yesterday - granted, not much had particularly occurred outside of animation. Saw Andy in G01 and I planned to get some advice on spacing, volume control and so fourth - he was too tied up reviewing everybody though, I so didn't get the chance.

Today I headed to G01 early at 9:40 (albeit intended for 9 'o clock) - there I saw Gee Saurez - a student from the US of A. She just came in as well, and was preparing a light box. We didn't exchange much words then, 'spose from that morning grumpiness.

From 9:40 onwards to 12:15 or so, I worked away on getting Doll Face to GET TO THE DOOR. As of writing this, I have managed to get her to spring off of the chair - the overall frame count here, from what I saw, is 17 or so and that's pretty meagre - not even sure if all of those frames are brand new from today.

Thank god for the line tester though - Richard William's preferred method of animating sure does the trick. Combining the planned posing of key framing with the improvised, magical flow of straight-ahead.

I tested my animation along the way, and it helps so much. I just started out, and seeing what has and hasn't worked is huge help. I found out the leap of joy only needed one frame (12 frames per second) despite adding in four, for instance. Mamoru Hosoda's style of 'impulsive' animating (he's a genius with in-betweens, imo) has been inspiring me the whole way through.

During the course of today, I had a lunch break at 12:15 and didn't return until 1:30 to 2:00. During these times I was antically trying to suss out Andy Joule. Multiple calls to the office (you have to call using the phone just outside) only ended up to the anwering machine. I tried at multiple intervals throughout the rest of the day up 'till 4:50pm, alas to no avail.

Animate up 'till 7:00, where we forced out per usual by the security lock up. I showed Nikki where the booking office was, and headed home with Matthew Brooks (he sure is a friendly chap!), Nikki and her energetic friend. The latter two live nearby, incidentally - Nikki in the house ahead of mine, No. 96.

Was feeling pretty tired, and I'm bummed and anxious over the lack of good progress today. I really wanted to get this characterisation motivation done today, but I just can't let myself half-ass it somehow. It's my own fault for wussing out a few weeks that I am in this mess in the first place anyway. Tomorrow, it's GOT to be completed so I can hopefully start and complete the lip sync on Friday.

Ah, and I have an essay-writing lesson tomorrow on Thursday. That should be helpful.