This is not a race…

I really wanted to be able to hammer out the last of the pencil drawings for ‘Scary Monster 2′ this weekend.  However, as I’m starting to go through the various scenes I’ve already penciled out, sequencing the drawings and seeing them as a movie rough draft, I’m discovering there’s a lot of… hmmm, what’s the word… “sweetening” that needs to happen.  You know, extra drawings to make the scene pop.  Or at least make it look less stupid.  Not surprisingly, a lot of new drawings involve globs of slobber and sweat flying around, with the occasional eyeball popping out.  It’s animation.  What did you expect?

So, we’re looking at one, possibly two more weeks of pencil sketches…

My problem is, there’s a schedule, and schedules must be adhered to.  Schedules are the holy engine that drives our commerce, makes the trains run on time, etcetera etcetera… too bad my ability to accurately judge the amount of time I need to spend on any given activity is pathetically underdeveloped and almost completely useless.  Didn’t you ever wonder how come I never EVER put down a release date for a project?  It’s because I have no… freakin’… idea.  None.  Anyway, having long ago recognized my bizarre inability to guess these things, I always load whatever schedule I devise with tons of buffer time, so technically I’m still on schedule.  Sort of.  Kind of.  It’s done when it’s done.  Leave it at that…

Have a great St. Patty’s Day.  But don’t drink any of that green beer.  That’s just nasty…