The first post of 2024 involves me making a bunch of new folders on my computer to store images for the new year. This day also marks the start of panic as I prepare to pay the government taxes so they can continue to let COVID rip.
I am debating about going into the Times Square 2022 scene above and improving the resolution of the hazmat suited cleanup crew. With each animated scene I am now going back and making sure the resolution will hold up when projected on a large movie screen. With yesterday’s scene I also ended up adding a few more drawings to the scene to smooth out the motion. I now understand the importance of a clean up department in an animation studio, since the scene might feel complete but a second look can make it even better.
Sprout and Donkey, our two pups were in an absolute panic last night since neighbors turned the block into a war zone. Seriously they all must spend thousand of dollars on explosives. When I let the dogs out in the yard there was so much smoke that I couldn’t see the far yard fence.
I did a COVID themed painting for each of the last three years of the pandemic but I didn’t do one this year since I am focusing on refining the film. 2024 will be the year I push hard to get COVID Dystopia seen. Perhaps 2024 will be the year people start to realize that COVID is a vascular disease which is easily avoided with masks and air purification. The film battles amnesia and denial and is as important now as it was in 2020.