Weakly Update

This week's update is indeed weak.
Needless to say, with Christmas and Holiday festivities looming, I had very little time to start working on my animation.  While I did make some headway, I think it would be best to use the rest of this year to complete the one animation, and work out any bugs I find in the process.
So starting next year, I will officially begin (again) the weakly animation.  This time with a new animation (assuming the current one is finished) and with the 1 week time limit.  I will, however, be preparing and updating my college applications and (god-willing) be sending them off during the first week or so of January.

Here is what has happened so far:
I have started the site.
I have brainstormed a good story with my brother on an animation.
I have story boarded the project, and made a few extra sketches.
I researched reference photographs and took a few of my own.
I have drawn the first half dozen or so images for use in the animation, mainly backgrounds.

That is where the constructive work has ended, and here is what I learned:
I learned that brainstorming with my brother, while fun, often goes in direction no one should ever follow.
I learned that there are few things in life as fun as creating something your own, nor are they as time consuming.
I learned that procrastination is like that buddy that is coming around to your place and hanging out, drinking your beer, and wasting your time, making sure you get nothing done, and he's hard to kick out.
I learned that I need to practice my drawings more.
I learned that we need to get a snow shovel (more on that later).

Well I have no images to show as of yet, since my scanner is still not hooked up to my computer.  However, I did do a lot of cleaning around my apartment so with any luck I will actually be able to find the scanner, and find room to fit it next to the computer.  I have also cleared off a table (mostly) to help with drawing, when we aren't eating off it.
But Christmas and the like is a big issue that takes a lot of time.  Combining that with about 2 feet of snow in one day, and snow plow workers who (apparently) don't work on weekends, makes this weekend very... slippery.  It took at least half an hour to dig the car out of the parking space, it was enough snow that having a snow shovel actually would be useful for parking in a parking lot.  So as you can imagine, we went out as little as we had to, never leaving the house all day on Saturday.  You'd think being stuck indoors all day with no guests or meetings or game nights, just you and your wife, would mean lots of time to work on things.  Well...  it isn't often I get to spend the entire day with just my wife, and me, alone, all day, snowed in....  lets just say we didn't waste that time.

*Ahem*

Well  that being said, I will continue to work on the animation this week... Yes, yes, I know it is Christmas.  I will not be able to spend long on it, at least not before Christmas.  But I will do what I can!  My goal is to get most of this done before new years weekend.  I want to have something to show you all this year.  So I will be spending another week on this weakly project.
I don't know when I will post next, but just in case, let me wish you all Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year too.