> The most eye-opening thing for me in there was that he was in the second world war and came home from that to make Peanuts.
Heck yea! Right now, I'm bored of the jaded views people want to share. I want to live in an objectively hard world answered with subjective fun!
> What are you working on or thinking about right now? I’d love to hear!
:) I finished my first animation commision which is 20 seconds long, and painted and edited. Also about to release a game on steam once I get tax information approved. Learning violin in my spare time for fun, and tinkering with FL studio for making music. It's fun!
We technically do live in a hard world (thinking of the genocides and wars going on now).
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The animation and the game are some pretty big wins! It must have taken a long time to do 20 seconds of animation. Which game are you publishing? Is it the RPG you showed me?
I like to think that in the mountains, there's a closed-off Himalayan family spreading good ideals and love, not consuming news nor us-vs-them social media.
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It was quite economic animation (mostly keyframes/breakdowns) so I managed to do it in 1.5 weeks; a little bit every night. B]
My game should be on the steam store soon assuming no complications with store/build review (I already corrected it once); titled "You Want to Watch the World Burn." My RPG was too big and I thought it best for my future to start publishing with smaller things now. This game took a total of 2 months to make, unlike the RPG's work-in-progress 1 year.
:) This reminds me, I think you did amazingly working on and publishing Surmount, I'm happy for you.
I wouldn't have guessed you did it in only 1.5 weeks. Well done! 💪🏻
That's a great title for a video game! And taking a break from the bigger game sounds like the right call. 2 months is such a sweet spot, well done on managing that! Hope it goes through certification this time!
Thank you too! I'm proud that we got it across the finish line. :- )
I am currently finishing my thesis animated short film - and discovering that I prefer pre production a lot above production haha. Animation is just so labour intensive.
This is what I'm working on (and writing about here on substack), but in terms of thoughts, I've been reflecting about the question "what makes human art human", cause I haven't seen a satisfactory answer yet. Maybe I'll write about that too.
I get you about pre-prod, it's a completely different type of problem solving compared to actually producing. Congrats on finishing it up! Hope you will feel proud of the end result (and feel free to share it here once it's done).
Maybe what makes "human art human" is that someone had to suffer a bit to make it happen? Or just feel anything at all
I like that last paragraph you added. Reminds me of the end of this Hayao Miyazaki clip! "We humans are losing faith in ourselves." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ0K3lWKRc
That sounds like an awesome project. I totally understand enjoying pre-production more;
I think Aaron Blaise is a good example of someone who enjoys the process. He's animated a lot for his current film project "Snow Bear." In that light, it's not an intensive labour, it's a fun thing that you get to do and will eventually produce a result.
Hm, I suppose if one is process-oriented rather than results-oriented (enjoying pre-production for its own sake), then I wonder if a mental accomodation can be made to enjoy a larger scope of the process so as to make a result with less effort.
You're right, the process in itself can be fun actually - my problem is definitely related to deadlines. Doing precise, repetitive drawings under time pressure is the not fun part :')
It's interesting that there aren't many gluten free options in France. It might be viewed as sacrilegious in the light of their proud baking traditions or something.
Anyway -- get well soon!
I'm still working on this writing project that I've been dedicated to for over half a year, now. It's been very challenging and rewarding. In basic terms, it's a book of poetry. If things go smoothly, it will be done within a month, and then I'll need to type it out from my notebook and maybe consider small things like comma placement, etc. Then, I'll need to figure out how I proceed with it in terms of publishing.
It is kind of a new thing for me to be able to present the world with a creative product of mine. My obsession over the years has kind of been with creative process -- more than an end product -- which has led to tons of poems that were really only aimed at myself as well as weekend-long meditations and intense explorations.
Then in the end of '22, I ended up "falling" for a creative process. I spent most of '23 getting myself comfortable with it and now I kind of just want to see what kind of stuff can come out of that process.
So yeah, that's what I'm tinkering with, although I'm not really sure "tinkering" is the right word. More like snailing my way forward with obsession. :)
I'm back in the game! At least until I go on vacation next week. I've been thinking about the sacrilegious thing about gluten too, but frankly I think it's probably more about laziness.
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This sounds lovely! So cool that you're planning to bundle your poems into something tangible. I'd love to get my hands on a copy if possible.
Approaching this as an "obsessive snail" sounds like a fitting approach for a poet.
You mention finally falling for a specific creative process, I'm very curious about what that is!
Well, you probably have a better sense of France than I do, hehe.
It's an interesting experience for sure :) I'm sure you're gonna be able to get a copy one way or another.
Regarding the creative process, I don't know. I'm not sure it would be right for me to try to explain it. It's just sort of formed over time. It's a very inwardly based creative process. You'll get some sense of it if/when you read it, I hope.
That's cool! I'm happy you found a process you enjoy, and a project you look forward to.
Amazon KDP can make publishing simple, but also self-publishing and doing your own printed books with perfect-binding can be rewarding and fun too, as well as giving you a larger chunk of the revenue.
Yeah, it's nice to have found something that clicks.
Thanks for the suggestions! I have quite a few print-on-demand comics from Amazon and the quality is pretty great. It's a nice option to always have for publishing.
Nice tree house!
> The most eye-opening thing for me in there was that he was in the second world war and came home from that to make Peanuts.
Heck yea! Right now, I'm bored of the jaded views people want to share. I want to live in an objectively hard world answered with subjective fun!
> What are you working on or thinking about right now? I’d love to hear!
:) I finished my first animation commision which is 20 seconds long, and painted and edited. Also about to release a game on steam once I get tax information approved. Learning violin in my spare time for fun, and tinkering with FL studio for making music. It's fun!
We technically do live in a hard world (thinking of the genocides and wars going on now).
---
The animation and the game are some pretty big wins! It must have taken a long time to do 20 seconds of animation. Which game are you publishing? Is it the RPG you showed me?
"Renaissance man" sounds right for you haha
I like to think that in the mountains, there's a closed-off Himalayan family spreading good ideals and love, not consuming news nor us-vs-them social media.
-----
It was quite economic animation (mostly keyframes/breakdowns) so I managed to do it in 1.5 weeks; a little bit every night. B]
My game should be on the steam store soon assuming no complications with store/build review (I already corrected it once); titled "You Want to Watch the World Burn." My RPG was too big and I thought it best for my future to start publishing with smaller things now. This game took a total of 2 months to make, unlike the RPG's work-in-progress 1 year.
:) This reminds me, I think you did amazingly working on and publishing Surmount, I'm happy for you.
I wouldn't have guessed you did it in only 1.5 weeks. Well done! 💪🏻
That's a great title for a video game! And taking a break from the bigger game sounds like the right call. 2 months is such a sweet spot, well done on managing that! Hope it goes through certification this time!
Thank you too! I'm proud that we got it across the finish line. :- )
Congrats on the animation!
Sounds like you're a contemporary renaissance man.
haha thanks! i like that idea
Get well soon, thank you for posting anyway!
I am currently finishing my thesis animated short film - and discovering that I prefer pre production a lot above production haha. Animation is just so labour intensive.
This is what I'm working on (and writing about here on substack), but in terms of thoughts, I've been reflecting about the question "what makes human art human", cause I haven't seen a satisfactory answer yet. Maybe I'll write about that too.
Cheers!
I'm back on my feet now! Thanks!
I get you about pre-prod, it's a completely different type of problem solving compared to actually producing. Congrats on finishing it up! Hope you will feel proud of the end result (and feel free to share it here once it's done).
Maybe what makes "human art human" is that someone had to suffer a bit to make it happen? Or just feel anything at all
I like that last paragraph you added. Reminds me of the end of this Hayao Miyazaki clip! "We humans are losing faith in ourselves." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ0K3lWKRc
That's a great clip!
That sounds like an awesome project. I totally understand enjoying pre-production more;
I think Aaron Blaise is a good example of someone who enjoys the process. He's animated a lot for his current film project "Snow Bear." In that light, it's not an intensive labour, it's a fun thing that you get to do and will eventually produce a result.
Hm, I suppose if one is process-oriented rather than results-oriented (enjoying pre-production for its own sake), then I wonder if a mental accomodation can be made to enjoy a larger scope of the process so as to make a result with less effort.
You're right, the process in itself can be fun actually - my problem is definitely related to deadlines. Doing precise, repetitive drawings under time pressure is the not fun part :')
It's interesting that there aren't many gluten free options in France. It might be viewed as sacrilegious in the light of their proud baking traditions or something.
Anyway -- get well soon!
I'm still working on this writing project that I've been dedicated to for over half a year, now. It's been very challenging and rewarding. In basic terms, it's a book of poetry. If things go smoothly, it will be done within a month, and then I'll need to type it out from my notebook and maybe consider small things like comma placement, etc. Then, I'll need to figure out how I proceed with it in terms of publishing.
It is kind of a new thing for me to be able to present the world with a creative product of mine. My obsession over the years has kind of been with creative process -- more than an end product -- which has led to tons of poems that were really only aimed at myself as well as weekend-long meditations and intense explorations.
Then in the end of '22, I ended up "falling" for a creative process. I spent most of '23 getting myself comfortable with it and now I kind of just want to see what kind of stuff can come out of that process.
So yeah, that's what I'm tinkering with, although I'm not really sure "tinkering" is the right word. More like snailing my way forward with obsession. :)
I'm back in the game! At least until I go on vacation next week. I've been thinking about the sacrilegious thing about gluten too, but frankly I think it's probably more about laziness.
---
This sounds lovely! So cool that you're planning to bundle your poems into something tangible. I'd love to get my hands on a copy if possible.
Approaching this as an "obsessive snail" sounds like a fitting approach for a poet.
You mention finally falling for a specific creative process, I'm very curious about what that is!
I'm excited to see where this goes!
Well, you probably have a better sense of France than I do, hehe.
It's an interesting experience for sure :) I'm sure you're gonna be able to get a copy one way or another.
Regarding the creative process, I don't know. I'm not sure it would be right for me to try to explain it. It's just sort of formed over time. It's a very inwardly based creative process. You'll get some sense of it if/when you read it, I hope.
Thanks, Jonas!
That's cool! I'm happy you found a process you enjoy, and a project you look forward to.
Amazon KDP can make publishing simple, but also self-publishing and doing your own printed books with perfect-binding can be rewarding and fun too, as well as giving you a larger chunk of the revenue.
Yeah, it's nice to have found something that clicks.
Thanks for the suggestions! I have quite a few print-on-demand comics from Amazon and the quality is pretty great. It's a nice option to always have for publishing.