More fun times. DJ was hitting everyone with the ... recently dropped songs... ๐
We was waiting for the contest to start and the DJ kept it live while everyone got to a seat. There was much more shenanigans. My phone was not charged. โจ๏ธ
Dream Con 2024
I don't know why Facebook refuses to let me post the videos all together... but anyways ๐
Some of the videos I took to share. I honestly was having too much fun to be on my phone. ๐
These snippets are when I remembered to have some content.
That awkward moment when one of your idols gives you advice so strong that it feels like an intervention.
I jumped ship in the middle of the year trying to start figuring things out on my own and this week I got read for filth by an industry professional, indirectly. He was just dropping gems but I was processing everything with dial up and aol. I made mistakes this year. Some juicy ones. I made some amazing things too, honestly. I did my best at the time. I could have tried harder. Should have worked on my discipline. I experimented with new mediums and techniques. I failed forward. I had many moments of self doubt and self deprecation because I'm truly the only critic that matters but I'm wiser now than a year ago. Taxes... I apologize to myself and accept that I only want to keep going with this long journey.
Honestly I woke up Monday morning wide eyed and bushy tailed in my own little world filled with a ton of bubbles of things I still don't know about animation and professionalism and portfolios. All week, bubbles have just been popped. But, as the soap clears, I'm so grateful for a fortunate week of connection and opportunity, transparency and understanding, wisdom and knowledge, and just being at the right place at the right time.
I want to better myself and become what I intended. Since 2001 after watching Spirited Away, Directed by the revolving retiree, Hayao Miyazaki, throughout the weekend since it was rented from a blockbuster and just had to be returned, I've wanted to make a feature length 2D animated film. I still have hardly any clues how to go about that but I've been Scooby Do-ing this for 20 years now. Time to take the mask off and realize the person in the way of my potential just happened to be me. I've been hesitant and tentative, confused and irritated, disheartened and heartbroken. But, honestly this is the happiest I've gotten taking risks and investing in software I can't afford. Being solution oriented instead of problem focused.