Progression thus Far

            Well for starters, I’m at this school trying to remain on task while sick with the flu/cold.  So am at around 50 – 60% productive level but I know I’m rarely at a 100% or possibly never.  Based on my analysis I realized that with the steady responsibilities of personal issues, and completing my BFA and other classes, I am doing the best I can.  I have spent nights at the school to complete assignments and I feel I got a substantial amount of work done.  Despite this I know I am human without autism or a focus twitch to complete a task at all cost.  I need and deserve time away from art or responsibility. The majority of my journey I have had parttime jobs and currently, I am planning to acquire a new one because bills don't stop. So I feel with all of the cards I am dealt I am doing pretty good job.  Yes I can spend every waking moment doing art and going to work with minimal to no time for other things but that is not realistic for me.  Some people, especially elitists, some artists or “established” professionals subliminally or boldly suggest I should spend years away from family and love ones, relinquish distraction that bring you some form of entertainment and just focus on art.  So I wonder are they really happy?  When they become old or deathly ill who will be there knowing you mostly lived a hermit life?  Is there a balance to all this madness?

So what can I do to keep myself on task? 

I have not made much production for this class in particular but I plan to continue progress weekly.  I can especially ensure that I will get most of this project complete after April 20, 2017.

Possible Backgrounds

Artist Statement of Tobi the Alien

 The purpose of me creating this animation is to touch on the interpretation of the origins of life/existence.  I created, Tobi an alien that has crash coursed into our world, Earth, through a cloudy vortex/portal.  He lands on  the desolated land and observes  the environment.  Through his butthole he secretes cannonballs into the land at rapid speed.  The cannonballs will morph into beautiful alien flowers that will germinate blooms of flowers throughout the land.  The alien flowers symbolizes the spiritual essence of the Earth and the alien that brings life.  The mood of this short is comedic to clearly relay the messages of "beauty of life" and "through ugly means begets goodness." I plan to use several effects that show the effects of creating life such as energy fields and light particles.  This projects is intended to showcase my growing abilities using After Effects and manipulation of static images.
   As an animator I seek to express my interpretation of our spiritual existence in the world and our interaction with each other.  My focusing genres I seek to communicate my ideals with are comedy and action.  These too genres I think help challenge, confront and reinforce my audience views, and beliefs in an indirect and subconscious matter.  It allows the viewer to feel less bombarded or attacked when you create moods that allows them to chill.  They are distracted with how funny my jokes/punts are or how much action is presented that they subconsciously  absorb the undertone meanings for later analysis.  

New Character Ideas

New Character for Post Production

It opens to an alien ,Tobi,  entering our world through a cloud galaxy portal.  He is flying a rocket space ship and lands on a desolated part of the earth.  He exits the spaceship while mist pours out the floor beneath it.  The Tobi observes the environment and in amazement.  It yearns to make it more beautiful so it poops beautiful cannonballs out it’s butt.  As it lands on the ground, the balls morphs into living flowers.

Tobi's Purpose

He yearns to find a new planet that embraces his nature of creating beautiful things.  Nebulan, his home land has strict rule against this type of behavior so he sets off towards freedom.  Through a galactic storm, Tobi is abruptly sucked into a time rift and is drifted into the portal of our world.  Once he lands, he observes the desolated land he lands upon.  Seeing this depresses Tobi and he decides to spread his love of creation by bestowing upon the world alien flowers to germinate flower blooms across the land.