Letting Go

I am one of those people who are really precious about their work. This is both a good thing and a bad thing, since it means I try hard to make things as high quality as possible, but I am not very good when details have to change. Some of this is technical (changing complex parenting situations, character footsteps etc - what a pain!), and some of this is creative. The former has become less of a problem as I have become more proficient in computer geekery, whilst in the latter, I think I have improved at being able to accept change notes, particularly where the merit of a second opinion engenders up new ideas.

That said however, it is still tough to take out animation I like, and that works. I'm sure that this is the same for pretty much every working animator out there, but whatever anyone says, being able to simply detach from a creative endeavour that has a lot of you in it is very tricky indeed. I don't know if I am the type of person who will ever be able to just shrug and get on with it. It's who I am.

Fortunately this hasn't happened for a while, and hopefully, as I get better at being able to get to the heart of each shot, then this kind of thing will get rarer still.

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(Knock on fake wood.)