First off I'd like to let everyone know that a brand new cartoon is up exclusively on the Grickle Channel today! Please watch "Soup Leprechaun" if you haven't already! And spread the word and links and stuff to any and all who you think might be entertained by such depravity! I thank you in advance.
Whenever I publish a new cartoon I get to enjoy that short lived rush of internet gush! That brief moment of satisfaction where you feel like it's "me"! It's "me" time! Everyone's looking at "me"! And inside you're giggling like a school girl. And then after about 5 minutes, amidst a flurry of comments and reactions, the internet moves on and you're left alone again. Left to begin trying to conjure up another idea that might garner you some "me" time.
You need more ideas.
Ideas.
I love them. I love when they show up.
Ideas are rocks. When you first conceive of them it's like picking up a rough stone. You hold it in your hand. You own it. You have it. But it's rough. The rock is right but the texture is too course. It needs to get smoothed out. So you begin to turn that little piece of stone over in your hand. You worry it. You think about the idea and you turn the rock over. And over. And over. Until all your holding and worrying begin to smooth out the surface. Sometimes you need a break from holding the rock so you put it in your pocket. Or you put it on a shelf. Maybe the next day you pull the rock out of your pocket again. Or maybe a year from now you take it back off the shelf. And begin turning it over in your hand again. Eventually it gets smooth enough that you decide to make the idea.
That's how I always perceive ideas when I get them.
Sometimes, of course, a perfectly smooth rock comes crashing through your window and hits you on the side of the temple. That's essentially the "Soup Leprechaun." It was pretty much as smooth as it was going to get the minute I saw that rock. Rarely that happens. But sometimes it just does. I have no idea who threw that rock. But I'm glad they did.
Next month's Halloween short "The Webb" is a rock I've been worrying in my hand for nearly 4 years.
Get ready.
2 comments:
Loved the soup leprechaun! I gotta say Graham, there are many awesome moments in your animated shorts that put a chill up my spine like Stanley Kubrick does. ;-)
Looking forward to October.......
1. That soup... o_O
What do we learn? Better not trust Irish cuisine too much.
And yes, better squash that soup creature, that's what I do everytime!
2. That idea/rock comparison is actually not that bad. Yes, we all need to work on ideas even if they look already good in the beginning. That way we could even manage to turn rough rocks into smooth diamonds...or something.
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