nothin to it but to do it

The Bayou Blues shoots in 12 days, it's coming down to the wire. Everything is in place, the film has been cast, storyboarded, designed. Now all that's left is for me to coach and my actors. As it turns out, it's quite difficult for an actor to chase a raccoon that is not really there, it's even harder for them to wrestle an invisible alligator...

for anyone who's interested the script is available online.

http://faculty.uncsa.edu/film/scripts/winter-10_yr3/connelly,nathan_the_bayou_blues.pdf

With that said, I've also been diligently working on building my portfolio and also feeling inadequate when I see the work from students at the top animation schools like Cal-Arts... Jesus Christ, those kids are brilliant... too bad they're competing for the same jobs as me.

A couple of days ago I sat down and did the Blue Sky Studios story internship test. It only took me a few hours to do 60 panels and I'm quite please with how it turned out. After the deadline in April I'll upload my test. Anyway, it was a good reminder how much I love story art, being busy with Bayou and Mongrel has kept me away from doing my story exercises.

Here's a little cartoon I did to match my mood.