An inbetween animator in between various stages of her life as well. Read if you're in limbo yourself.

Sunday, January 29, 2006

Funny...

... how vodka and a palm reading can turn somewhat strangers into kindred souls.
... how graduating from the best school doesn't always make you the best employee.
... how a "worthless" PC game can bring back ties you thought were gone forever.
... how much stuff can transpire in a fifteen-minute drive from work.
... how a few minutes talking after lunch can bond people from different backgrounds.
... how a few CDs worth of Japanese animation can change the way you feel about things.
... how things suddenly speed up after you've noticed them slowing down.
... how some people show how much they care for you by teasing you to kingdom come.
... what some, no, ALL people do for love.
... how, when people DO have it, take it for granted.
... how sometimes, it is true that friends make the best lovers.
... and sometimes, they make the worst.
... how we tend to appreciate some things only when we have it ourselves...
... how we appreciate other things only when we lose it.
... how it takes only a few minutes to figure out some people...
... and how it takes a lifetime to figure out others.

AND
... how, after everything is said and done, you are still yourself, no matter how different you were from yesterday. Or a few minutes ago.

Mood: contemplative
Music: m-flo - Hands

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Not in production yet...

Mood: semi-optimistic

Music: Swing Out Sister - Heaven Only Knows

Am feeling a bit happier now. My line quality has improved since last week and I could ony hope that I get out of this minor setback some time earlier than I actually expect. I realize that this time in utero can actually be refreshing... Sometimes, watching most of your officemates toil and swear away at their "production" deadlines while you just mosey on along with your "non-production" exercises can prove really fun.

I'm going to enjoy my "final" days of slacking off/practicing my lines while I still can, because I can clearly see what my immediate future has in store for me.

In other news, and as my friends on Yahoo Messenger can see right now, I will be offering my assassin services in exchange for tickets to see MYMP's Araneta Coliseum concert next Friday. I like this band a lot, and it's been a while since I went out to see anybody in concert. At any rate, I hope I can buy tickets before they get sold out. ^_^ any takers?

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Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it. - Jack Nicholson in Anger Management

Monday, January 23, 2006

Well, it's a new one...

Mood: pensive
Music: Rie Fu - Life Is Like a Boat (Bleach OST)

I know, I never keep blogs quite as faithfully as I laze around too much for my own good... At any rate, this is new. This one's to document my progress at work.

For those not in the know about me, I am a horrible little cat with big dreams of making my stories come to life on celluloid. Yes, I want to be an animator/director. I've taken the first steps to realizing that dream, but it's going to take a lot more time ---and effort--- before I start having anime dreams.

Why In-Betweening? Because that's precisely what I'm doing, and where I am.

Right now, I am working (more appropriately, plodding along) as an inbetweener artist in a Japanese animation studio. Nope, it's not Studio Pierrot, or Sunrise, but at least...

Truthfully, though, I'm having a hard time. My line quality seems to want to eff up a lot, and my F pencil and I are NOT on very good terms. Guess I'm just really anxious, and my officemates keep telling me that I'm not going to get booted, but still... it's annoyingly anxiety-causing. This would probably explain why I'm listening to my 'inspirational' songs. I know I might not be the best inbetweener artist they have on the team, but for sure they can't say that I didn't try my best.
My art style seems to be evolving too... Blame it on the exercises that we have to do everyday. But right now, it's in a place that I don't really like , though I'm not quite sure...
Today, I spent the WHOLE day just perfecting my lines... and ended up with a painful wrist and lots of wasted paper. Oh wells.

Well, at least this is the plot of this little affair you see pixelated in front of you. I hope I don't get too lazy and I shall keep you posted.

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Nothing is done entirely for nothing. You are older, and you have made decisions, and you are not the fox you were yesterday. Take what you have learned and move on. --- The Fox of Dreams, Sandman: The Dream Hunters

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