I have a rival at my school. I don’t know if he knows he’s my rival, but he is. Because he’s better (and younger) than me. He’s good. Too good. No, not too good, but still, very good. So much so that I am forced to up my game if I am to be the best animator in class. You see, I can BE the best animator in my class because I have five years experience on everyone else. While they’re trying desperately to grasp what “easing in” and “easing out” are, I can cackle in my head and race ahead to craft what are considered brilliant works in a beginner animation course. Bwah ha ha! However my rival takes that ability away, for he can upstage me even without my experience! BAH!

So it’s a good thing. I imagine we all need rivals to push us forward. Look at Ash. I bet if Gary hadn’t been such a popular Pokemon master Ash would still be doing stupid stuff like LETTING HIS BUTTERFREE GO. IDIOT. WHY DID YOU DO THAT? IT WAS YOUR BEST POKEMON!

Sorry, tangent. Where was I?

Ah yes, my rival. So I have hatched a brilliant scheme to show him up on the next project. It’s a character head turn, which needs to include things like anticipation, reaction, and easing. I’m not certain I can do it better than he can, because while I have a very good grasp of movement, he is adept at movement AND has drawing skills to back it up. (My drawing skills are slim to non-existent.) Ah, but what he WON’T expect is my adding humor and extras into my head turn! Things not even on the project list! What was once a simple head turn will become an ENTIRE SCENE! HA HA HA! HOW WILL YOU FIGHT THAT WHICH YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW IS COMING?!?

Also I’m hoping he doesn’t read my blog. But I doubt he does, and by next week it will be TOO LATE. Then I will have crushed him in front of everyone and I will get the kudos I deserve! KUDOS!

Perhaps I’m being a little overly dramatic, but I’m now officially an animator, and it comes with the territory.

KUDOS!!!!!