As 2010 draws to an end, it is now time to reflect on what has been. I’ve already stated that the year of 2010 has been the most significant of my life, with many highs, some very low lows but most important of all, plenty of real progress and getting to meet some of the most important people I’ve yet to meet in life!
I’ve also started vast amounts of projects this year, and continued to work on others that I started the year before. In one instance I went back to a project that I initially completed in 2001! But just how many of these projects have I successfully completed, you dare to ask?? Well…….
Artwork – I’ve managed to get a few pieces done this year, although as per usual not nearly as many as I would have liked. I decided that I wanted to branch out, both in subject matter and artistic style. I’ve done that to an extent, but ironically the latest piece I’ve completed is yet another Star Wars piece which I shall upload shortly.
Next year I will DEFINITELY do far fewer Star Wars pieces, honest Gov’ner. One project will certainly involve the Knight Perceval because I’ve already started work on it.
Bruised, Battered, Buggered – The idea of this was to churn out a series of short animations about a depressed, deranged, lonely old man and his adventures of depression, derangeness and loneliness. They were meant to be quick things to execute but after commencing with Episode 1, I very soon realised that these would be far from quick. And so it’s kinda been put on hold until I can organise my time better. It’s not dead; it’s just depressed, deranged and lonely.
£1,000 target – Hahahaha, I did say that if I go very quiet on this, then we’ll just pretend that it never happened. I think I reached the £250 mark, which is one-quarter of the way there but in my defence I did start this project in April so I think I should declare the final total in April 2011…. Which gives me a few more months to generate £750, by which time I may well be made redundant. Hmmmmm…..
Day 117 – I was looking forward to getting my teeth really stuck into this short film. I made the two spaceship models and was very happy with them. I sent my orders to Ant to build me a Mercenary Abarthe 3D model, which he hasn’t done yet so all blame should squarely be put onto him as far as I’m concerned! Only joking, Ant. No, I did some tests that didn’t go too well and so I need to really brush-up on my photoshop skills before I can really start doing the groundwork for this project. I did say earlier in the year that I would complete one shot and see how that goes. Well, I’ve yet to do that shot but I think it’s a plan that I will stick to. Just not sure when I’ll get round to doing it.
Unnamed Zombie Short Film – This one didn’t evolve into anything only because I’m struggling to find any new Hi-8 tapes for my camcorder. Yes, an incredibly lame excuse but also fact, so deal with it!
Unnamed, partly announced film project – I started this but had to resort to using my still camera’s video function for the same reason given above. I had a nice idea but the quality just wasn’t there so I scrapped it and had a major re-think. I’m hoping this project will happen and that I can spill the beans next year.
DICE - A Star Wars short film that me and my band of merry men made in 2001. After finally putting our first, triumphant Star Wars fan film, The Darkened Force, online this year, I wanted our second effort to get the same treatment. Sadly the only copy I could find had some sound issues and with it being 28 minutes long, I declared it un-internet friendly. I tinkered with the idea of re-working it, but realised that this would have been a too tall an order, especially given that we've aged nearly 10 years in the mean time.
Website – My site went under its annual reconstruction and I’m still happy with it. I will do some tinkering but I have successfully merged my two domains into one, and now exhibit both my artwork and film work in one convenient location.
My blog – At the end of last year I said (not promised, there’s a BIG difference between those two words) that I wanted to use this very blog that you are reading right now much more than I did in 2009. Thanks to the non-unique way blogspot works, you can see just how many blogs I’ve done this year compared to last. I’ve nearly doubled my total score, and that is an achievement well worth shouting about. Of course it should all be about quality over quantity, and if you may allow me to be arrogant enough to say that my blogging these past few months has been of a much higher quality than all my previous efforts, then there certainly is something that I’ve achieved for this year. I even now announce my latest blogs on my twitter feed, which is amazing :p
My next, and probably final, blog in 2010 will be looking towards 2011 and seeing what it may, or may not, have in-store for me. I’m scared!
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