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-Yes!  I feel super re-invigorated to get into animation again!
+Yes!  I feel super re-invigorated to animate again!  We were invited to the spoopy October event, and I would love to make something fresh to show off!
 I introduced myself a bit at the event by saying I started the hospital animation 10 years ago (not even exaggerating), but I got super burnt out after college so I spent 9 of those years just being sad and soggy about art as a hermit in the woods.  Then we took a week to touch up the film, and finally released it in 2024.  I think most other animators there were happy with their education and industry experience!  I just got to be confident in my art in a slightly different way.  I think I was older than half the people there LOL a lot of them seemed like they were fresh outta college or even still in college!
-I asked blorbo for questions that they'd ask if they were at the Q&A, and analori gave me some good ones that were pretty much what I was asked!  I typed up my answers the night before the event on the [[animation:lily_seeds|Lily Seeds page]], and that came in handy.  I'm a big ham and I actually love answering questions (I mean why did I draw 500 things for half a year of a [[pairings:Scoutspy]] ask blog? :P).  And I'm glad that people enjoyed the art and told me so!  Real human contact is cool... especially after 10 years of being told that your art is poopy by teachers and online strangers HAHA.
+I asked blorbo for questions that they'd ask if they were at the Q&A, and analori gave me some good ones that were pretty much what I was asked!  I typed up my answers the night before the event on the [[animation:lily_seeds|Lily Seeds page]], and that came in handy.  I'm a big ham and I actually love answering questions (I mean why did I draw 500 things for half a year of a [[pairings:Scoutspy]] ask blog? :P).  And I'm glad that people enjoyed the art and told me so!  Real human contact is cool!  Especially after a decade of being told that your art is poopy by an echo chamber of teachers and online strangers HAHA.
 Lyn pointed out that there's certain themes tying the two films I screened together (lily seeds and parasite), and yeah.. I didn't realize until I submitted them together that they're both about being attacked in bed at night.  My answer at the event for why I have those themes is cuz I unconsciously was really affected by having seen family members at the end of their life in hospital beds.  And Shane reminded me right after that I also have a lot of vivid nightmares, sleep paralysis, and general sleeplessness.  What can I say, the bed is supposed to be a comfy place but it's also a stressful place for me!
 Tony asked what got me to finish my film after 10 years?  I tried not to be TOO gay and said COMMUNITY - which means Shane cuz I've been a hermit for 10 years LOL.  Shane's always been discussing our characters together, and he always says he still likes Vicky and Angus even though I don't do nothin' with them right now... so I want to make him a lil happy and do something with them!  But also even though cry all the time about how everyone is so mean to my big juicy 2xl ass, there have been very kind people I've met on the internet too that have talked to me about characters and story and art!!!  And all that has coalesced into me going outside for like the first time in a decade and showing my art to the public.  So yeah!
+Another person whose name I didn't catch asked what my inspiration was for the lighting and inking.  I said that I've unconsciously absorbed the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu|1922 Nosferatu]] film for its high contrast and heavy shadows.  And since I'm very much an inker, I like to just keep layering black on black on darkness until the shape is described to my liking.
+Also I wore a Patrick fit with a shirt that Splask gifted me, and some bright green/pink pants.  And someone said they liked my shirt!  Yay!
 Thanks everyone... online, IRL, and at the event!
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