Wed, June 16

CODENAME: Marmoset—1:57 PM

Days like this I wish I'd coded some sort of widget for popping new photos onto the home page if/when they were uploaded.

In any case, here are some glamour shots of the new kid.

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Mon, June 7

Glass Half Full—3:39 PM

The past few days, I've been thinking a lot about these sage words from Ira Glass of This American Life – it boils down to the importance of forging ahead when your creative work is not living up to your own standards. (Many thanks to JoMac for originally sending Ira's interview my way.)

(The rest of Ira's four-part discussion on storytelling starts here.)

It's been on my mind because I have been really excited about the shot I'm currently working on, but after four weeks of poring over the same 200 frames, it's hard to tell what looks good any more. A month ago, it was my favorite clip I'd yet attempted – this weekend, I worried maybe it was no good at all.

This morning I found out I earned 100% on Sunday's assignment, so I guess it isn't so bad after all! (This isn't to say it's the best animated clip ever – the assignment is just one step on the path toward final review this week.) I've only received a 100 once before, so it's a very good feeling, and extremely well timed.

Here's the animation I turned in – a sneak peek of what I've been working on, though I still need to catch you up on the three shots since the parkour clip I described in my last update.

Onward into the gap between ability and taste!

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