general media How to get motivated to animate

[Kengo19 22]

I need some advice. I'm wanting to creating a pony animation in SFM but every time I open it up I'm no longer motivated to work on it. This is something that I really want to do and I already know what I want to make. The full story will be about 1 hour long which is one reason I get discouraged because its so long, but to get the full ideal in that's about the shortest time I can make it. Also I am a gamer so games distract me a lot. Does anypony else get like this and what do you do about it?

Edited March 16, 2016 by Kengo19

[Melon Blitz 423]

I would consider shortening the story down from one hour to something more manageable. You could even just make them 5 or 10 minute episodic things. I've tried a few times to animate in SFM and it took me days just to do 10 - 20 seconds worth of animation, so maybe you can find a quicker method of animating as well.

[White 189]

Here is an advice: Unless your life depends on it, don't try to create anything if you are not motivated, the result is always horrendous. 

Edited March 16, 2016 by White

[[NULL] 906]

If you think you're creatively drained now, just wait until you get a career in animation.

 

Anyway, just make sure you actually like what you're doing, and you're not simply doing it to be another "me too!" brony animator. It will show in your work.

 

And unless you're a masochist or insane like me, don't become an animator. Your job stability is dependant on your country having a low dollar value, so foreign companies will be more willing to pay you due to the lower exchange rate. Deadlines are tight, and not turning in your frames in before the deadline will cost the studio money, their likelihood to get work, your job, as well as your likelihood to get hired by another studio.

Edited March 16, 2016 by SpaceOnion

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

@@Kengo19

 

Moving this to Video Creative Resources as this is dealing with advice.

 

Thanks.

[Kengo19 22]

Thanks for the advice everyone.