So here we are
again, another project has reached it’s conclusion. Before starting this
project, I admit that I was running out of gas, I had completed 4 different
animations in a row on top of working a full-time job at a TV company.
This project,
as you can see, is another Hashtag Show animation, and is now the third I have
completed, after #AnimalTesting and #Live. This project is around half the
length of the others, which I was entirely thankful for in terms of workload.
Despite the shorter length, this project was really fun, as you’ll see there is
a lot of funny imagery included, mainly aimed at character Gary Little. I have
decided to name this episode #Shite, for obvious reasons.
When I first
started working on this animation (back in March 2018) I was finding it very
difficult to visualise something on the screen to actually match with the words
spoken by the Hashtag crew. I created an initial animatic, which crammed a lot
of content in. As I worked through it however, I gradually started to trim down
the excess until I was left with the final project. The parts of the animation
I am most proud of are the X-ray scene, which took a bit of time to realise
correctly and the bottle at sea scene, which was probably most difficult to
complete.
Going forward
I don’t really have much on my radar, I will no doubt be doing more work with
the Hashtag team in future but I am planning on taking a bit of time to myself
over the coming weeks. I have dipped my toe in other avenues, namely game
streaming, which I have only done via Facebook Live thus far. My animation
friend Jon Campbell and I have been talking for a while about pairing up again
and creating an animation since we haven’t done one since the Meatballs
animation at the start of the year.
We are heading off to Florida in
mid-September so it is hard to say whether I will get any more work done before
then, if anything I may plan out another animation and perhaps work on some
character designs.
