working overtime

The difference between last week and this week cannot be more drastic than it had been for me. Last week I had all the free time in the world, and I was considering apply for a position in a UK company, the job is pretty much what I'm looking for (technical artist/scripter), and at the moment there doesn't seem to be any opportunity of this nature in NZ.

However, a phone call last friday changed my plan. A friend brought the info that a company wants a short 3D animation to be done in 2 weeks, and he asked if I'm interested in taking on the project with 4 other people. I agreed without giving it much thoughts. But when I finally found out the complexity of the project....I was seriously stressed.

It seemed nuts to attempt to create a 2 minutes+ animation in 2 weeks, especially when none of the character design/setup, storyboard & animatic are finalized. With no other options, everyone in the group jumped straight in and started working, and I've been working for 10~12+ hours everyday since then.

The stress only goes away when I'm making progress, or when I detach myself from the project emotionally. Either way, I'm looking forward to get the animation finished and done with.