When A Week of Work gets Flushed Away

I spent the entire week designing a puppet for a specific short idea I had. He was designed in 4 views with 8 different head movements. I had everything set up to go into the programming phase. And then, the file encountered an error, and I was unable to open any of it.

Obviously I felt utterly defeated. It was a waste of time and effort, and no amount of research could fix this (I checked the temp files, trust me).

Things like this happen time to time. I’ve allowed it to spiral my mood to devastating lows in the past. To put it bluntly, why not just give up when your work winds up worthless anyway.

Ive come to conclude that events like this occur for a reason, and it is wise to use them for a moment of introspection. I came to realize with this event that despite the hours I had already poured in, I has only just begun.

programming the puppets would take a full day. Recording their movements would be another half day. Then there is the design of the home that the character interacts with – 2 days. And finally there was a need to record 3 other puppet behaviors.

I feel strongly that I must make an attempt to move more efficiently than my competition. I believe it will define my success – or my failure. If I take too long to release new material I will never get off the starting line.

I spent the day creating a 5 minute short from beginning to end. It’s a little odd but I find it funny for some reason. Anyways I posted it above.

Hope your week has been well and you continue to trudge onward.