Lesson Learned and Musing

Today I realized something valuable about editing in FBF with Flash, which I hadn't really considered until tonight. Editing the frames in a rough, uncolored format makes FBF work easier.

It's funny too, because I've done it before, but I never really thought about it. Tonight it just hit me as I worked on another short FBF sequence in the next episode of Gun. Much easier to edit and manipulate single parts of a moving image when there's no color fills getting in the way. I'm sure many other animators already know and utilize this tactic, but it's a first for me, so there you go.

Another day, another lesson learned.

Additionally, this episode of Gun... it's an absolute MONSTER. I'm actually considering splitting it into THREE parts, but I doubt I will. I have a hard enough time splitting it into two. I think part two will round out somewhere around 12-15 MB when the .swf file is published. Yikes.

I can't promise it will be worth it, but I can say with certainty that I think and hope it will be.

Also, while skating today, I bailed and rolled over onto my neck, in full backflip fashion. I mean like full body weight on my neck. It was pretty funny to see I'm sure, but oddly didn't really hurt much.

Best part - didn't spill my soda.

Therapy, Labors and Radiohead

Fuck.

Yeah i said it. I always say it. It's like a recurring theme for me. Today my fuckin elbow was absolutely killing me for a long while. I have no idea why the shit wont heal, but I'm trying to convince myself that I won't need physical therapy, despite the fact that it seems to be exactly what I'm headed for at this rate. Should be fun handling that with no fucking health insurance. lovely.

At least I finally got some more work on this episode done today. Not alot, but progress is progress. I don't think motherfuckers realize just how much work this shit really is. It normally takes an entire team of artists, animators, and designers of all different talents to put together one 22-minute episode of a cartoon. and that shit can take weeks.

So imagine me going it alone. doing EVERYTHING alone. Screenplay, direction, sound, art, animation, production, technical details - EVERYTHING. It's an insane amount of work.

I heard the new Radiohead album "In Rainbows" today too, which they basically gave away about a week ago on their website. I dunno if it's still available, but i got it, and its pretty good. Not as remarkable on first listen as Hail to the Thief was, but good. I have to re-listen and judge again.

And now i'm off to wrap up tonight's animation work, and go read my new book, since a certain someone ruthlessly bullied me into buying it :)

Bed awaits. Sayonara.

Currently Reading: Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk