Just a quick update on my progress with the “Mutantbox Prologue”. Things are moving along, albeit at a snails pace. I knew this would be a major undertaking but didn’t realize that I would have stalled out at the story phase. After multiple rewrites I am still not happy with the gags or even the overall concept and have completely abandoning my story boards for yet another rewrite.
Its not that it totally sucks, but I just know it can be better. For the next few days I have decided to switch gears altogether and just work on the model sheets and the website. I’m hoping a little time away might help me finalize the story details and get this thing back on track. I have vowed that this will be the only personal project that I am working on until its down and I starting to feel the strain of that conviction.
I must admit that I am also starting to question if I have the mentality and stamina for animation. I like illustration because you do it and then your done, boom! Right now though I am wondering if I am suffering from a kind of selective AADD (animation attention deficit disorder). Following through on a large project, drawing the same things over and over takes a special mindset I’m not sure I possess. Regardless I have to continue on and finish this project, stop making it into work and make it fun again. I’m sure once the story gets to the point that I can live with things will progress much quicker. There is no point on animating a story that isn’t worth watching.
