This week started off with… a scare. On Sunday night, my cat was rushed to the animal hospital and we discovered that she had a kidney stone that needed to be surgically removed. Monday was a day of stress and contacting the vets while we waited for her to be finished with her surgery, but fortunately Nathan was very understanding and accommodating with this. After a lot of stress and a very expensive vet bill, we were able to bring her back home. Luckily, all was well and I was able to pick my work back up on Tuesday. (I ended up working Tuesday to Friday to make up for it!)

This week, we worked on editing and finalizing the script, as well as storyboarding. The plot we agreed on is about Big Dinosaur imaging what it would be like to go into space after he and his friend Bug Bug see a shooting star one night. It’s whimsical and cute, and I’m looking forward to see how we can animate it! For the storyboarding, Nathan gave me some helpful pointers, and I watched a few tutorial videos before diving in. I was able to illustrate the storyboard on my iPad and then move them to Photoshop where I used the Timeline feature to build it into an animated sequence.

I learned a lot from the process, and I think storyboarding is something I might be interested in working on at future animation studios, as I think it fits my skill set very well. Working on Big Dinosaur has been an awesome learning experience so far! I’m a bit nervous about moving on to 3D, but I’m lucky to have a host that’s so patient with my learning experience. More on that next week!