Getting OVERWHELMED with your personal projects

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I talk about how I get overwhelmed with my own projects, and some solutions I have so I don't get that feeling.
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@Thollis1987 Жыл бұрын

Hello future animators, editors, writers, illustrators. ❤❤❤😊

@donutwolf5450 Жыл бұрын

Yo (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

@brycetheoddball Жыл бұрын

Hi there

@Newpop9 Жыл бұрын

Heyya

@arkanimation9833 Жыл бұрын

Greetings!

@LuzTuGatito Жыл бұрын

@yasianproductiontales8640 Жыл бұрын

Dude, you found me JUST at the right time! I’m basically making an animated series and I’m on episode 3, but I’ve found myself overwhelmed and panicking all the time because it’s a TON of work. So this video was perfect!

@sarahdelgado3519 Жыл бұрын

Saaaaaaameeeeee!!!!!!😂😅😢

@Patty1naDraw Жыл бұрын

Rooting for you! Have fun Go rock!

@yasianproductiontales8640 Жыл бұрын

@@Patty1naDraw Thank you!!!

@Thesilentvoice... Жыл бұрын

The fact that you've made 2 episodes and are working on the 3rd is incredible. You've got this.

@yasianproductiontales8640 Жыл бұрын

@@Thesilentvoice... Thank you!!! Sometimes I’m kinda just down on myself saying what you said, but the negative version like “oh, you just made 2 episodes?” But I appreciate your kind words 😊

@donhoolieo4896 Жыл бұрын

You pretty much summarized why 90% of my projects never see the light of day. The 10% that make it are stepping stones, so I can take that 90% and decrease it to say 75%. This way I have way more productive sessions with my projects. I'm still learning in many ways in regards to my profession. Only because that is my viewpoint of being an artist. You should always be trying new techniques, mediums, studying other great art pieces, and etc to make yourself better as an artist. However, constantly challenging yourself drains you mentally and emotionally. That is why I found working on smaller projects works better as application of what I have learned.

@sirbag Жыл бұрын

Future animators and writers like me needed this video to be made

@mr.unfortunate Жыл бұрын

i’m working on a comic for a client and i find myself getting overwhelmed way too easily, it makes me work super slow :(. i can’t even finish lining ONE page in a day…watching this makes me realize that 80% of the issue is because i’m stressing over creative decisions for every panel 😭

@Sanpaku-san Жыл бұрын

Being indecisive is the main thing that halts my progress

@MJWolverine21 Жыл бұрын

As a personal project animator yourself you understand us by every cell in our being lol 😄. We try to do works of a whole animation industry all by ourselves. Brainstorming , Writing , Storyboarding , character designing , Animatics , Rough Passes , Key Animations , Tiedown , Easing / Tweening / Spacing , Cleanup , Backgrounds , coloring , shading , audio editing , post-processing.. and numerous other steps I forgot to mention, oh man! There are different departments for each steps and it's very easy to Just Give Up if I think of trying to do all of this myself. So I had this vague Idea to create a mindset to do one step at a time and walk away from it for weeks or months, and maybe work on something else in the meantime. Than comeback to it if I feel like it. As a professional yourself , you just solidified my thought that Yes, this might be the only way to possibly ever finishing up a project.

@lookingforlilli Жыл бұрын

Omg it was just today when I finally admitted to myself that I'm burnt out from my own animated series. I have been working on it several hours a day for the last 10 months and i couldn't be more in love with the project and animating it, but it's on my mind 24/7, and it's exhausting. I didn't want to admit it to myself because I felt like such a pure source of dopamine shouldn't be called "work" but today I realized that I was actually WORKING all while working my "normal" job.

@RedGallardo Жыл бұрын

It's worth any efforts. Don't you dare stopping! In the world of copies and wannabies, you are at the frontline. You're making something epic. It's worth every tear and every sleepless night. It's beautiful!

@LizardOfOz 11 ай бұрын

Even Star Wars started as just *one* movie called "Star Wars" (the subtitle "Episode IV: A New Hope" was added later). While Lucas always wanted and planned to tell a bigger story, even banked on it by taking a salary cut in favor of the merchandising rights, he started with one chapter out of many, so that there would be something for the audience to like and something to later build off of.

@genevievefleming1682 Жыл бұрын

Was literally just thinking about all of the different projects that i want to do and how much work that would be, which was conpletwly overwhelming, but then this video popped up and i couldn't have found this at a better time! Thank you so much for this!!

@Khalif-AllahEntertainment 3 ай бұрын

I can relate to this! Sometimes, I feel overwhelmed because I feel like i'm the only one who does all the work with doubts and fear.

@Beryesa. Жыл бұрын

I need to start before getting overwhelmed 😩😂

@Doc_Animator_N 9 ай бұрын

4:21 Focus on one step of the project. Write a paragraph to summarize the film. Come back to it later. Also, focus on rough animations like storyboard and animatics. 6:50 For comics, one step could be “Rough thumbnails.” 7:38 Simplify pipeline. Remove certain steps, like “colors”, multiple programs, shadows, or lights. Just get the job done. Worry about the details later. 9:30 Think about achievable projects. Small projects that you can definitely finish. It doesn’t have to be long, or too detailed. Just make a project you can do. Thank you for all your advices! I’ll try to make good use of them!

@ziggysimpsonofficial Жыл бұрын

Y’know, there’s actually some stuff in there that was actually good advice.

@LukeTheDukeYT Жыл бұрын

I usually just quit my projects too. Fortunately, luck stayed on my side. I started making a show on KZfaq, and I currently just finished episode 2 of season 2. To be able to finish a long project with long projects INSIDE of the project, you need a ton of determination to finish it at the very beginning.

@caroodraws Жыл бұрын

I love your perspective on stuff like this! Focusing on one piece of the project at a time and providing myself with really clear limitations from the get go has really helped me a lot. I'd love to hear a continuation on this topic from you :D

@coreproductions912 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video, and simplifying the process of making a project. I was dealing with the same problem, and I feel these tips will motivate me more 👍

@theiceking1035 Жыл бұрын

Its amazing, I was just ruminating how I need to change up my work flow because the way I'm currently doing it is to overwhelming. Then this video gets posted, thanks for that.

@lfamvs5520 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Love you’re talking about this topic❤️❤️❤️

@VantheKeyofLain Жыл бұрын

My current passion project idea is to just try and see if I can make a 6 min animatic/storyboard video to a song. With like an extra minute or two of extra stuff played during the credits. If I can even get that far, I'll be happy. Then maybe on day I could flesh it out. This helped me figure out how I'd need to start it.

@Vanillaqyoo Жыл бұрын

I was just feeling overwhelmed about this !! ✨️Perfect timing. Thank you !!

@DilweedStudios Жыл бұрын

Currently watching this video as I'm procrastinating an animated project I'm doing for school that is due very soon.

@SavageSlayer888 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Toniko, Such good advice. Really needed to hear all of this right now from a pro.

@bbludacious Жыл бұрын

This video was very timely as I'm currently working on a big summer break animated project! Thanks for the tips and encouragement!

@Riste.R Жыл бұрын

Prefect timing. Thank you 💖

@Alllex Жыл бұрын

I'm making my way through a big personal project now, and the sheer volume of work I have left to do really hit me earlier this week. I'm still going to keep my nose to the grindstone and finish it, but it's still a very exhausting feeling sometimes. What I've found works best for me in situations like this is having a good autopilot. Kinda like when a long-distance runner zones out and lets their body do the work, I put on a stream in the bg and try to zone out during the more tedious areas.

@someguywithalowbudget1320 Жыл бұрын

1st is crazy

@Jake28 Жыл бұрын

@PhonyFox_A Жыл бұрын

I have been feeling too tired whenever I try to draw something for months now and this video is kind of a cool surprise

@nana_wonder1 Жыл бұрын

I love your channel and chang dong and bam animation 😢💘💘

@ernestogonzalez8960 Жыл бұрын

Wow, your video came to me at such a perfect time; and finding out it's so recent makes me believe something bigger is happening. :P

@big-stinky-cactus Жыл бұрын

Awesome video!! Wish I'd had these tips a year ago 😂

@nana_wonder1 Жыл бұрын

It came on its time a nice video that'll help me with my passion for animation 😭💟💟 Can you also talk about visa's and how to work abroad???

@fenrir-art4742 Жыл бұрын

I have a overwhelming work that is so far too great. It is being completed and looking better and better.

@Amelia_PC 3 ай бұрын

Could you talk more about making animated vignettes for graphic novels? How can we break down our visual static project to extract ideas from a story moment to make an animated vignette? (I know that we need to choose a scene that has a significant impact on the plot or character development. But how a person will understand a vignette? I know that mood can sell an idea, but would you have more tips for us?)

@crack.animations 7 ай бұрын

This guy knows me like he is inside me. Man

@Zen00n Жыл бұрын

toniko could you please make tutorial ''how to animate more easier \ simple way " ty....

@zaqareemalcolm Жыл бұрын

Simplifying stuff is way harder for me ironically, like as an example idk how to make simple looking lineart that looks good, and I get conflicting feedback from people (they're illustrators though) saying maybe I shouldn't be forcing myself to do that anyway It's like my brain is wired to go from complex to simple rather than the other way around and it sucks

@shakeemwinn3647 Жыл бұрын

That used to happen with me. Not now. The projects I'm working on now keeps me too interested to stop.

@Spheredalai 11 ай бұрын

SO REAL OMG

@fergadelics Жыл бұрын

One thing I’ve noticed myself doing the last year is spending a bunch of time working out a technical problem in my head then not wanting to do the actual clicking. I don’t know if it’s because I feel like I’ve already accomplished it or what

@arkanimation9833 Жыл бұрын

Have you sent a film to a festival and could one of your videos be about that if you did. I’m an asset artist so it’s other people who send their films to festivals.

@treeghost45 Жыл бұрын

what program do u use for animation

@LillianGraceFullofficial Жыл бұрын

do you have any advice on writing something in a different setting but making that feel genuine? I have this plot idea and I want it set in the 1970s but I don’t want it too feel to modern or stereotypically 70s-ish”

@BibleArtFashion Жыл бұрын

Maybe read stuff published from that decade? As a kid I thought it was interesting that I could notice that Beverly Clearly stories were written in different decades. Also listening to videos or biographies that have sections about that time period. I had a family members house that didn't change from the 70s. The shag carpet and knitted/crochet details everywhere made it smell very dusty. Plastic on the couch and knitted pillows. Also a emphasis on framed photos and art.

@LillianGraceFullofficial Жыл бұрын

@@BibleArtFashion thanks!