Phew! This was one of the longer scenes of the piece, about 15 seconds. Combined with the Sc12 pencils, I'm about :30 seconds deep in the animation. Not that impressive considering that the whole cartoon is about 4 minutes long, and that I was doing the animatic at this time last year, but I've decided to celebrate instead of grumble. Yes, I have been wasting a lot of time playing Bejeweled, but also, I didn't have as much time as I originally estimated to concentrate on animating this past year. Now that I feel like I'm getting a grip on this thing I'll be burning through it soon enough. I refuse to let this become a perpetual work-in-progress.
Just an old sketch- I don't like it very much. I just feel like I must post something on my blog before I can dive back into Monkey Rag and really concentrate on it. If I don't finish Sc. 02 today, somebody please come to my house and kick my ass.