Week 11/38 - A Newly Motivated Hero

Looking at last week's journal, what have you changed so that you can improve your work?

As a team we changed the way we split up the workload in order to work more efficiently. Unfortunately, we were unable to complete the animation on time due to a number of reasons. We weren't motivated enough, we weren't disciplined enough. We didn't have the most efficient plan from the start, and I think this hindered progress. Despite all that has happened, I believe, without a doubt, that we could have completed the project on time. I intend to complete this, even if I'm doing it on my own.

How many hours have you animated this week?

Nowhere near enough

What did I accomplish this week?

Partially completed a few scenes. I intend to collect the other pieces of animaion my team mates completed and finish this project.

What did you learn this week?

I've learned a lot about team work. A lot.

What stopped me from doing more?

That infernal Playstation 3 and PS Vita

What will you do to make sure it never happens again?

I'm gonna need to manage my time better than I am now.

Gesen is on Hiatus...again

There haven't been any updates in the last two weeks, due to a variety of issues.
I'm doing what I can, but there may not be any new pages for the next couple of weeks.

Details on Chapter 5

Last week Gesen Chapter 4 finally concluded. Today sees the dawn of Gesen Chapter 5. But that's not all that's coming tomorrow. (Chapter 4 Spoilers)

Gesen SCV: Until our next battle!

Soul Calibur V is a great game. It has an awesome character creation mode (which was the main reason why I got it) and I immediately began making Gesen characters on Soul V, so i'll be posting the custom characters here for a while and maybe have some sort of comparison or something. Some characters I've made are yet to make their appearance in Gesen, so I'll only upload characters who've already debuted in the comic.

Try and guess this week's bunch!

Alright, to be fair, half of the characters here are yet to be named, and one character hasn't officially appeared yet, but what did you think? Did they even slightly resemble their comic counterparts?
There'll be more coming soon!

Week 6/38

Looking at last week's journal, what have you changed so that you can improve your work?

I try to make more efficient use of my time. When I am at college, I do things that I cannot do at home, and vice-versa.

How many hours have you animated this week?

6 hours

What did I accomplish this week?

I am working on animating a bear in flash, and lip-syncing in Maya.
I also got the oppourtunity to watch Persepolis in the cinema.

What did you learn this week?

Watching Persepolis showed me various things that can be done in 2D and with limited colour.

What stopped me from doing more?

I, myself stopped myself.

What will you do to make sure it never happens again?

I refuse to let it happen again.

Gesen chapter 4 continues

After about 2 weeks, I finally managed to get the next page of Gesen up online.
Read it on Drunkduck or Mangabullet.
The choice is yours.

Also, work has begun on a much needed Cast page for Gesen, and the Drunkduck page has receieved some updated navigation buttons, including a link here.

I will begin working on the comicdish mirror soon, it's just that I have to resize all the pages so far again, just for comic dish. I haven't abandoned that mirror and it will be getting some attention soon.

Week 4/38

Looking at last week's journal, what have you changed so that you can improve your work?

I have spent more time working on my work.

How many hours have you animated this week?

Around 5 hours

What did I accomplish this week?

I completed my section of the Cheese animation.

What did you learn this week?

I didn't really learn anything, I focussed on using techniques I've already learnt to complete the animation.

What stopped me from doing more?

Spent too much time working on other things.

What will you do to make sure it never happens again?

I will try using a timetable to make use of my time more efficiently.

My section is the first 8 seconds.


In terms of applying for university, so far I am strongly considering staying on at CONEL to go onto the Level 4 HND course.