A Moment of Truth

There aren't going to be any pictures on this post.

I want to take a moment to give everybody a rundown of what's been going on lately. Aside from school and the fact that I am now officially an adult, I've been having some trouble focusing on my artwork. And I already know the reason why. Before my dad and I went to Comic Con, I thought I'd bring my portfolio. I added some new artwork in it, including my storyboards for Squiggly. I showed it to a few of my favorite artists, and they thought some of the stuff was pretty good. The storyboards were the only thing I had problems on. Even Mark Walton (storyboard artist of Bolt, Home on the Range and Chicken Little) told me that I need to tweak them up to make them readable for the audience. At first I thought he meant by just adding the actions below some of the boxes, after taking my Storyboard and Development class I see that there's more to it than that. I was pretty happy with some of the responses I got on my first two days. Then, came that dreaded Saturday. I thought it would be cool if I bought a few books before I left. Looking back at this now, I realize that I should have brought an extra bag for my swag. Instead, I chose to put everything in one bag including my portfolio. Soon, one thing lead to another and my portfolio was missing. I don't know how it happened, I don't know where it is now, all I know is that it's gone and there's nothing I can do about it. Sadly, ever since that day I've been feeling a bit down when it came to my artwork. So much so that I practically neglected most of the projects that I've been working on. I tried redoing the Squiggly storyboards, but it only made me want to redo the entire short. To make matters worse, I tried to convince people at the Con that I have been working on said projects, thus making an ass of myself. Even though, I'm learning a lot from my Flash Animation and Storyboard classes I feel like I'm letting a lot of people down. Especially, my mentors.