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The Truth Will Make Ye Fere
Sep. 17th, 2006 12:57 amGather 'round, children, it's storytime.*
Once upon a time, when Tealin was a budding would-be animator, she was told to put a design through its paces; take a character through a range of expressions and poses to work out the kinks and learn what made it work. And she did that! Oh, yes. And it worked. Her sketchbook was all full of that sort of thing. She even made a website out of it!
Then Tealin went to school. It was a school for animators. And she got to do stuff like that for assignments! The assignments were all on loose paper, and she was spending so much time on them that she didn't get to do the same sort of stuff in her sketchbook, but that was OK because she was still doing it and learning a lot.
After she graduated, Tealin got a job! This was pretty cool, especially because she got to earn her living by doing just those same things, all day, every day, on really fun shows! She was spending so much time on it that she didn't get to do the same sort of stuff in her sketchbook, but that was OK because she was still doing it and learning a lot.
One day, the people who gave Tealin things to draw came to her and said, 'Tealin, we would like you to do storyboards instead of design! Doesn't that sound like fun?' It didn't sound like fun, but she did it anyway, and after a while she got used to it and it was OK. But by then she had gotten out of the habit of doing design stuff in her sketchbook, and was just using it to hash out raw designs as quickly as she read the books and wasn't taking time to develop them any further at all! Oh no!
Then the Remembering Fairy of Animation Regret** came and visited Tealin and said 'You should put a design through its paces; take a character through a range of expressions and poses to work out the kinks and learn what makes it work.' Tealin thought 'Of course! How could I have forgotten?' So she picked the main character from the most recent book she'd read and started work!
( A Wallow of Williams )
*Did you know it's been more than ten years since Hunchback came out? That ought to be illegal, or something.
**glingle glingle glingle
Once upon a time, when Tealin was a budding would-be animator, she was told to put a design through its paces; take a character through a range of expressions and poses to work out the kinks and learn what made it work. And she did that! Oh, yes. And it worked. Her sketchbook was all full of that sort of thing. She even made a website out of it!
Then Tealin went to school. It was a school for animators. And she got to do stuff like that for assignments! The assignments were all on loose paper, and she was spending so much time on them that she didn't get to do the same sort of stuff in her sketchbook, but that was OK because she was still doing it and learning a lot.
After she graduated, Tealin got a job! This was pretty cool, especially because she got to earn her living by doing just those same things, all day, every day, on really fun shows! She was spending so much time on it that she didn't get to do the same sort of stuff in her sketchbook, but that was OK because she was still doing it and learning a lot.
One day, the people who gave Tealin things to draw came to her and said, 'Tealin, we would like you to do storyboards instead of design! Doesn't that sound like fun?' It didn't sound like fun, but she did it anyway, and after a while she got used to it and it was OK. But by then she had gotten out of the habit of doing design stuff in her sketchbook, and was just using it to hash out raw designs as quickly as she read the books and wasn't taking time to develop them any further at all! Oh no!
Then the Remembering Fairy of Animation Regret** came and visited Tealin and said 'You should put a design through its paces; take a character through a range of expressions and poses to work out the kinks and learn what makes it work.' Tealin thought 'Of course! How could I have forgotten?' So she picked the main character from the most recent book she'd read and started work!
( A Wallow of Williams )
*Did you know it's been more than ten years since Hunchback came out? That ought to be illegal, or something.
**glingle glingle glingle
