Last week I decided to write down all of the things I hope to achieve this year. I enjoy writing down my goals when I start something new so I can always check back on them to remind myself what it is that motivates me. I also keep a creative journal for time management and log keeping which I can share soon!
There are many things I want to do and these goals may change over time, but here is what I am motivated to do right now:
- Attend life drawing classes and improve skills by practising a lot
- Learn about character design and create lots of characters
- Go to events, galleries and workshops to find inspiration and document it in this journal
- Try out stop motion animation
- Understand more about traditional animation – maybe make a flipbook
- Become familiar with the industry and research companies, people and career options
- Explore my personal style and strengths
- Use every assignment as an opportunity to create a portfolio piece
- Work on escaping from perfectionism – it really holds me back!
- Connect with my coursemates and learn from their processes
- Update my journal and blog at least weekly to stay focussed
I’m really enjoying this course so far as I have wanted to learn animation for so long. My main focus right now is to start practicing and creating without worrying how good the end result will be.