The Season 3 Project, Release

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

I have a feeling R.Dan probably got caught up with School and the Holidays.  I hope he doesn't jump ship like several past members.

[R. Daniel 01]

Hell no! I just got back.

I'm sorry for disappearing without a word of explanation. Graham, you're correct; it just came down to schoolwork. I'd been working on this animation project for a long time and I didn't want to make promises or get distracted until I finished. Well, I just finished. I'm going to post it here instead of in its own thread.

Floursack exercise. The color-test screen at the beginning is part of it.

Considering what I'm working on right now, I can hardly believe how long this took to make. (over a month!) Proof that doing it all by hand takes several times longer than doing it with software. Unnecessary hassles abound.

Right now I'm working on a final-final project for the same class, which provided an extension. This is what my final looks like right now, just the first few seconds all sketchy and sped-up.

The two main antagonists.


I initially wanted all my work with the Season III released by Christmas, so everyone could lend ideas or motivation, and I would've completely finished it during the break in-between semesters. Now it looks as though I won't be free until January 23rd at the earliest.

On the bright side, though, as you can see from this, a fanimated episode of the Big O is fully possible.

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

Well it's good to see things are a-ok R.Dan. Looking forward to the up coming stuff.

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

R.Dan, did ya run into some unforeseen events? Hope you guys continue.

[Char Aznable]

Heyyyy!!! Yeah! What he said!

[Roger Smith]

Well... what a stinker.  I read all four scripts at once, and COMPLETELY forgot to comment.  And with all the creating and composing I've been doing, I'll have to re-read them and give a critique.  I just hope it's not a post mortem... 

[R. Daniel 01]

R.Dan, did ya run into some unforeseen events? Hope you guys continue.

Did I ever. Self-generated drama at the age of 21. Deciding to transfer to an art school. I've been working on my portfolio. This 10-second clip consumed all of my free time. I learned truckloads about building scenes in Flash, though.

That has kept me away from the forums at large, but the immediate reason I paused after episode 4 was dissatisfaction with my writing.

You see, after episode 4, the central conflict kicks in. I don’t believe that I currently have the conflict clean enough or interesting enough. There’s a tendency in amateur writing to have events unfold in ways that are both convoluted and unimaginative. Whenever I imagine the whole of my Season 3 as I currently have it, I feel it isn't much better. Creating stand-alone episodes is one thing, but a long mystery arc is another. Since this project went on hiatus, I’ve created some improvements. When I get enough chunks of free time, I will devote it towards revamping the remaining episodes.

I will finish Season 3. It's a part of me, sadly.

I read all four scripts at once, and COMPLETELY forgot to comment.  And with all the creating and composing I've been doing, I'll have to re-read them and give a critique.  I just hope it's not a post mortem...  

I'll be grateful for those critiques. This ain't post-mortem.

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

Art School, very nice.

There’s a tendency in amateur writing to have events unfold in ways that are both convoluted and unimaginative

Indeed. I haven't even started writing my dialog for my Mecha idea. I've done some sample dialog but it ends up pretty bad.

[R. Daniel 01]

Art School, very nice.

I hope so. Thanks for the support. I have doubts about it, almost a longing that I'd stayed dysfunctionally nerdy and had chosen engineering back in Freshman year.

You win some, you lose some.

... I like that notion. Now for my signature.

I haven't even started writing my dialog for my Mecha idea. I've done some sample dialog but it ends up pretty bad.

This shouldn't be. What's the problem? As long as you know what purpose the conversation serves for the plot or conflict, it should work.

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

This shouldn't be. What's the problem? As long as you know what purpose the conversation serves for the plot or conflict, it should work.

True. I have a habit of getting side tracked and often forget about it, but I have the general stuff down pat.

[Roger Smith]

I'm writing two non-Big O fanfics, and working on two music projects at the same time, so I need to find a gaping hole of time to re-read those scripts - I hate that format, by the way, worst format I've ever seen.  It figures some knothead from the 19th century would think that was cool, and Hollywood would never change from it.  Mooks.  But anyway, I hope to re-experience it soon.