Ya know, I Useta...

There are too many times where I feel old, but I do feel a little old in one way: I'm starting to look at myself in that "Useta" (use to) way. You know, I useta be like this, or I useta do that.

*Sidebar Tangent: Isn't "use" a strange little word? It doesn't look anything like it sounds...

Not all of the useta stuff is stuff I should or even do miss, but I useta be more focused. I think part of that is because I do a lot more now. My mind is more scattered often. I used to know squat about mortgage rates and insurance coordination of benefits procedures, and that technical stuff does not play well with the right side of my brain. When I go that left with my brain, I really have a problem trying to get back to the center, much less the far right where all the really creative stuff is.

I useta be more focused. Here it is I finally (after years of indecisiveness) decided which graphic novel I want to run with first (out of 4...technically 5 concepts), and I come up with an animated series idea that I want to run with. This jon't is funny as hell, but if I told you the concept, you'd probably think it was boring. I'm going to try to write up a treatment for it this weekend. The animation is supposed to be pretty crude, kinda like a mix between home movies and south park. Definitely not going with the 30-60 frames of cel animation on this. Key frames all the way. So, this means I have to get some animation software that I can get up and running pretty quickly, something like ToonBoom, which I heard is pretty good, but I have to research. Also curious about MangaStudio & AnimeStudio.

Oh, this doesn't negate the demos I want to finish soon. (sigh) It feels like I need to slow down and speed up at the same time. One thing is for sure, I definitely need more execution of ideas. I just got some new tech toys over the past few months, so I should have some good motivation to start knocking things out soon.