F I N A L E

Guess What?

I finaled my shot!

Wheee!

Those who read my post from Monday will know that I was worried about finishing my last shot before leaving the show and moving onto the next one. Well, after a couple of late nights and daytimes at my desk spent actually working, it seems to have turned out OK. I showed my stuff as a next pass in yesterday morning's review and it was finaled. How unexpectedly cool! I spent the rest of the day finessing the animation and making things look pretty - smoothing out arcs, adding some subtle overlap in certain places, and then wandering around the department making a nuisance of myself.

I usually get pretty impatient to have stuff off my plate, especially when animation has been approved, but I'm finding that it really is worth the time to go back and look at everything overall with a critical eye. I've noticed a few pops and intersections, that I hadn't spotted before. I found that by leaving the shot alone for an hour or two, (I went and played football at lunchtime, and ping pong in the afternoon) I'm able to see the wonky stuff much better.

I hope people will like it when they finally get to see it on the big screen, since I think it turned out pretty well. It's certainly one of the more technically complex shots that I have done.