well, as of today we have just finished our first project of the year. . . and wow there was a time that i thought we would never finish, our group butted creative heads right and left it made getting a solid idea incredibly difficult. the idea like jell-o was always shifting but never quiet changing all together, as an illustrator it was hard to draw something and have the group recognize it's existence enough to not blame me for their slow progression, i felt like the scapegoat of the group and that even though i tried to be flexible and understanding as it can be hard to come to a consensus in a group as large as ours but every step i took in drawing they seemed to never be appeased, and i don't want to sound like i didn't contribute to the frustration directed at me i realize that my attitude probably didn't help all that much because i was over this project the third week and gave up trying to work with my group which turned our already slow group into a glob of molasses on a cold morning. although, finally, last week the director seemed to take more charge in terms of artistic vision after she told me what to draw and how she wanted it done i was finally able to work without feeling completely ignored, especially after being told to "do whatever", and after being told i was doing the entire ending animation myself, and i'm not going to kid myself i am no animator as well as my group seemed to think that animation was a walk in the park in terms of ease of completion, so i told them that Kane should do the animation because frankly she has more animation experience than me as well as people seem to respond more positively to her art rather than mine, which is amazingly frustrating to be compared to an artist that is equal to me but in completely different ways and styles.
so in retrospect i feel that the finished product is quiet well done and that all this heart ache, blood, sweat and tears weren't for nothing, or so i hope.
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