Major - Reflective Statement

I'm here. At the end. It's been a wild ride. Ups and downs. But now it's all done I'm just so proud of myself for sticking with it. The last week was the hardest. Mental health hit me, and some other problems with my neck, it's been an incredible rollercoaster ride that despite everything I wouldn't take back for the world.

There's a lot I could improve, but for something I'm going to use as a jumping-off point for future projects I'm very happy with how it turned out. It's been a huge grind. I've definitely learnt a lot from this project, and from the last 3 years at this university. I think the most important thing I learnt is to just keep sticking with it, no matter how you think it looks now it's not how it will look later. There were so many points I wanted to give up. And I'm so proud of myself that I didn't.

Of course, A few things in my final teaser trailer went under the radar. The music is a royalty-free piece I found, and I do wish I would have got something commissioned for it, the sound design is also minimal, It's never been my strong suit, and it's something I aim to improve upon.

There were many technical errors in this project, facial rigging never wanted to work at first, blendshapes input incorrectly, ncloth being an all-around pain (Didn't quite learn my lesson from first year there). If I were to improve this project I would make a new rig for Elisadoras skirt. The ncloth seemed like a good idea at first, however, the clipping is still extremely apparent, and it was the best I could get it to look.

Moving forward I would love to get into character design as a career path, I'm aiming to update my portfolio and online business presence to get the ball rolling, and take commissions and freelance work while I go job hunting. I'll also work on personal projects too, I've already started to take a fancy to our old tutor Phil Gomms Kick About each week, perhaps I'll start to join in.

For now, though, I'm going to work on moving forward with my final renders with conductor and compositing the final final version of my film. I wanted to very quickly thank everyone who helped me make it through this project. I wouldn't have made it through without you all! It's been very hard on me mental health-wise, but I'm determined to use this experience and improve my work ethic for the better.