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To promote nature through art, especially how we are nature.
Every time we destroy, abuse, disregard, exploit animals, plants, the earth we are doing the same to ourselves, not only are we extinguishing the natural balance, we’re also damaging a part of our own psychology, the part of us that corresponds to what we destroy externally, what we believe is unimportant, ugly, abandoned, and what we are unaware of.
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So I’m working on my animated film, steadily progressing, consistent progress, learning a lot, building patience and skills, its a long and challenging process, feeling frustrated at not being as able as I’d like to be, but having faith I’m getting there.
Apart from consistent and disciplined progress, I am also adressing what I am not happy with as I go along and working on one shot at a time, which I find is better for me than multitasking or switching to different shots.
I don’t have a deadline, but would like to finish in December, making a film that has been with me for some years and improving my abilities is what’s important.
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So steadily moving forward with this project, animatic at the edit stage, I need to go through it again and make sure everything is communicating what I want it to, leading the story forwards.
I’m working on the character sheets, so that I can reference them through the animation to help keep things consistent.
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A new animation, Ivor and the Storm, though this is an old project to me, but didn’t progress past development, for various reasons. Now I am committed to getting this made, to let go of past things that held me back, such as fear of failure and perfectionism, living once I have to make what needs to be made, no matter the results.

Shaan the dragon