As mentioned in my last post, I had two projects underway. The smaller of those was put on hold for a bit of retooling, whereas the bigger has become my main focus over the past few months. It's going to be 5 scenes long when it's done, and as of now 4 of those are more or less animated. Lip synching remains, and while that's an utter pain in the ass, it's not the most time consuming of tasks. Besides that, all I have to animate is the last scene, which is probably the least ambitious of the 5 (not the big conclusion which I pretty much finished today with the exception of a few touches (and of course the dreaded lip synch).

I can easily say that this is my most ambitious project to date. The animation alone is making for some impressively sized files in flash, and that's not including the audio. I think it's going to wind up being the best short I've ever produced, to the point where I'm considering trying to enter it in a few animation festivals. We'll see how that goes...

Once this is done, I can finally move on to something a little bit... smaller... Less overwhelming perhaps? We'll see. That's what I thought after my last project, then this one popped into my head.

In other news, my work has been mentioned in a newspaper for the first time. Provided, I just directed and animated the thing (essentially a freelance job), but it's still a bit heartwarming nonetheless (note: this cartoon does not reflect my values)

The NY Daily News