Well.. with all of these ideas and motivation being pushed here... It questions me, puzzles me, "Is autodesk and FIRST making us think the way we are thinking right now, and to have us be very motivated into making dramatic animations because of it?". I mean, when I was walking home from our first day of designing after the kickoff, this whole idea came into my head, and the whole thing felt really motivating, like if it was completed, it would be something that would deeply touch people's hearts, show the best of FIRST, and have a good spirit of heroism. Now I hear other people are having some sort of similar things going on, and plan to make really good and deeply motivating animations or what not.
You know, I believe this is the year where we are going to see the best animations ever created for FIRST robotics, I can just feel it. In the end, I believe autodesk wanted us to feel this way, who knows what will happen. What I say about this, keep that motivation with you ALL the way. I never really got to submit an animation for our team before yet, because of incidences, but now I immediatley am having the storyboard done today, and start on the character creation right after, while teaching some new recruits (finally!
) the basics of 3DS max, have them do some rooms which I can texture and light after, and just... wow, you know.. I really do think this is their plan, and I thank them because of it. Everyone, keep the spirit up, this is your year to make the BEST animations the world of FIRST has ever seen! This is what we all want to do in the end, to show them that we animators will not stop working, that we will keep on going on, making these animations. That's how I feel, and it motivates me a lot. I'm sure you guys understand where I'm coming from.
Have fun, and keep with the spirit of FIRST, and make these animations the best ones ever! We all grow and learn, let's show 'em what we've learned!