I pity Kent, he has to manage a large group of people where one of them says “hey there could be a whale on the river” and then another says “hey I think the sky can be purple” and then “hey, how about a red sky” and then some other person “hey how about a boat on the river with a whale driver”. So I know we can’t just alter things to our heart content, there’s a concept art that has been approved and that’s the north we have to follow, otherwise we wont get anywhere.
Yet it’s also cool to play and goof around, let creativity do its part also, so I am mindful that I can joke around and do extracurricular things, but it is at my own expense, if the project lead says “I know lots of models came in, including this whale, but I don’t think it has a place here” then it doesn’t get to be there, and I’m cool with that. But I know I’m putting extra stress on Kent since he is really a very nice guy and he always has trouble saying no and turning down things.
I remember adding the battery, the padlock and key to the tractor when they had no place being there, and yet it became my favorite part of the animation. So you never know where goofing around can get you.
And yeah, I signed up for this year collab, I still don’t own a computer though, so we’ll see.
