From: "Daniel Monro" Received: from st43p00im-zteg10062001.me.com ([17.58.63.166] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7449222 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:06:35 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mac.com; s=1a1hai; t=1571080227; bh=zrwOnK2NoMDvOwM3XsgD5l4mI8KPe89Yd2+Vpnuobr0=; h=From:Content-Type:Subject:Date:To:Message-Id; b=pCR0n2KkEe9vJ3qqaeRfHthKztv7cnT5RuO/aFaofzcJp+c+kuvPBsM61SKMPW6JY 66/1KggQZQbL8PZtZes2fvM5Hti4KmFVehjkXAPGzGEI2GjaoOwgPR/sigEojeggQ3 F3yAHmr8UngXUXXBNIFuPyaTsws8YkT0quSfPkcQqAktiMztFFdFE7/dZ5AI8KxrR/ d78HynuDTP7s+IoqBkz4Nrjc/XqDnfNO4Lnr5OGOjJP0r9fPsGOBXryZomudfXfLcd 0uvZCMZRLLVYGmrDH0SDFATNU3JoOyAZWULc7ap+gIUtia4oz7xvsg0XZwC+BsR661 KUmtU5yi2IzhA== Received: from dpmmbp.attlocal.net (99-159-31-191.lightspeed.tukrga.sbcglobal.net [99.159.31.191]) by st43p00im-zteg10062001.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EE51B6C0964 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:10:26 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_3EB774DC-FFDB-4E3E-BCE6-A081CA7F6CBF" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Subject: Re: [AE] getting out of a rut Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:10:22 -0400 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <504E7C76-F610-493C-A3BD-404DC527CD8A@mac.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2019-10-14_09:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1906280000 definitions=main-1910140157 --Apple-Mail=_3EB774DC-FFDB-4E3E-BCE6-A081CA7F6CBF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 +1 on the =E2=80=9Ccomfort Zone=E2=80=9D. Design a website. Learn to use iMovie. Pinterest. Cook. Animate your = favorite painting. Look at industrial manufacturing websites. Edit a = video for your local humane society - shoot it with your phone. Try = doing your usual workflow in Resolve/Nuke. Grab a canvas and some paint. = Make a sculpture from used computer parts. Organize your linen closet. I ramble=E2=80=A6 > On Oct 14, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: >=20 > +1 to George=E2=80=99s point. Look to take on and explore things far = outside the comfort zone. I went from have never heard of =E2=80=9Cmultipl= ane photoanimation=E2=80=9D to create the most complex photoanimations = ever made just by following a personal passion (Saturn). Bonus, it = turned into a film currently just past 150,00 tickets sold (no I=E2=80=99m= not rich, we get 14 cents a ticket). > =20 > But it all just started as trying to a couple of minutes of animation = other than standard motion graphics + slideshow with AE. > =20 > Best, > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > =20 > A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick > =20 > =20 > From: After List on behalf of After List = > Reply-To: After List > Date: Monday, October 14, 2019 at 2:08 PM > To: After List > Subject: Re: [AE] getting out of a rut > =20 > Personal projects. Invest in yourself and your portfolio by scheduling = them as frequently as possible. Use them to explore ideas, techniques, = and dreams.=20 > =20 > -gl > =20 > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 11:08 AM Cary Spenser > wrote: > All - > =20 > Been creating AE since v3. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that my = work is looking repetitive after 23 years. Pretty embarrassed about it = after doing a retrospective of the last 5 years. IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME! = ;-) > =20 > What to other do to get a fresh breath of creative juice, to break out = of the old patterns? > =20 > Thanks. > =20 > Cary --Apple-Mail=_3EB774DC-FFDB-4E3E-BCE6-A081CA7F6CBF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 +1 = on the =E2=80=9Ccomfort Zone=E2=80=9D.

Design a website. Learn to use iMovie. = Pinterest. Cook. Animate your favorite painting. Look at industrial = manufacturing websites. Edit a video for your local humane society - = shoot it with your phone. Try doing your usual workflow in Resolve/Nuke. = Grab a canvas and some paint. Make a sculpture from used computer parts. = Organize your linen closet.

I ramble=E2=80=A6


On = Oct 14, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Stephen van Vuuren <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

+1 to George=E2=80=99s = point. Look to take on and explore things far outside the comfort zone. = I went from have never heard of =E2=80=9Cmultiplane photoanimation=E2=80=9D= to create the most complex photoanimations ever made just by following = a personal passion (Saturn). Bonus, it turned into a film currently just past 150,00 = tickets sold (no I=E2=80=99m not rich, we get 14 cents a ticket).

 

But it all just = started as trying to a couple of minutes of animation other than = standard motion graphics + slideshow with AE.

 

Best,

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/

http://www.sv2studios.com/

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

 

A film is =E2=80=93 or = should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like fiction. It should be a = progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=E2=80=99s behind the = emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

=E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick

 

 

From: After List <AE-List@media-motion.tv> on behalf of After List = <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Reply-To: After List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Date: Monday, October 14, 2019 at 2:08 PM
= To: After List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Subject: Re: [AE] getting out of a rut

 

Personal= projects. Invest in yourself and your portfolio by scheduling them as = frequently as possible. Use them to explore ideas, techniques, and = dreams. 

 

-gl

 

On = Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 11:08 AM Cary Spenser <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

All - =

 

Been = creating AE since v3. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that my work = is looking repetitive after 23 years. Pretty embarrassed about it after = doing a retrospective of the last 5 years. IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME!  ;-)

 

What = to other do to get a fresh breath of creative juice, to break out of the = old patterns?

 

Thanks.

 

Cary


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