For the past couple of months, we have been working hard on the third animation short "The Western Outpost". Like the last two project it's been a mostly enjoyable experience, with a few road bumps thrown in for good measure. After a bucket full of blood, sweat, and tears (metaphorically speaking of course...mostly), we can finally see the end at last. With the last couple of scenes in the post processing phase, it is time to shift our attention to music and sound design.

 

At least, that is how it was supposed to go, if we hadn't decided at the eleventh hour that the art style we were going for needed to be "tweaked" and the resolution needed to be increased for "visual clarity". While this turn of events was a major pain in my proverbial buttocks, we did agree that this was a necessary course of action in order to provide the best overall experience.

 

Now with that all said, I won't lie and say that the perfectionist in me hasn't gotten the better of me before. Ask any creative out there and I'm sure most of them would agree it is difficult to know when to "finish" a project. Because the truth is, we're never actually done with what we are creating. There is always more to do, ways to improve, and "what ifs" to explore. But at the end of the day, this would culminate in an endless cycle of revision after revision and at that point, nothing would ever get released!

 

So, I guess the trick in the end, is to know when it's time to end the race and finally cross that finish line.