Limits

Something I have had to realize this week as I work on my capstone and other school projects is that there are limits to what I can and cannot do. I don't like that. My personality makes me an optimist who thinks I can accomplish everything and anything I put my mind to, when in actuality I can only accomplish so much. 

This week I learned my limits. I realized that sometimes having too much ambition can be just as bad as having too little ambition, and that understanding concepts about how something is done is completely different from actually being able to do that thing. I came to the realization that while I understand the process of how an animation is done and the key concepts of making animation, I lack the experience to accomplish my task. I emailed my director as soon as I realized that pursuing the animation with as little experience as I have would be comparable to a child navigating a tour bus through New York City in rush our - not necessarily impossible, but certainly not likely. 

So, instead of trying to do an animation, my project is changing. I will be taking the story from my animation and make a graphic novel that doubles as a storyboard for what the animation would be. I will still be looking at the nonverbal communication aspect because still images communicate wordlessly just as well as wordless animation does.

Since I already have my storyboard and basic character designs, I just need to adapt my characters and adjust my schedule and I will be able to start art production on the graphic novel within the next day or so.