... Ho ho ho, only joking. The film (titled The Shadow Lamp, though that still may be subject to change) is still in production and I still can't give an estimate as to its time of completion. However I aim to be rendering through December and after that point the only element that remains will be the 2D sequence that fills the middle section of the film. Which will seem like a piece of cake compared to this technical nightmare that I am currently undertaking! For now, here's a frame from the film (below). It's not much, but it's proof that there actually is a film in the making, honest.
























I have uploaded my old animations to the site, though the problem with the www. prefix still exists, I will post here when it is sorted...

So just a few things to point out regarding this new site. All the artwork that was on the old site is now safe on this one. That includes the digital art, photography and life drawings. There's even two new posters and a new photo gallery. WOW! HOWEVER - most of the animations are currently not available at the moment, including my showreel. The films on the old site existed on the server, but this time round I will be using vimeo to upload all the videos. Once they are uploaded I will embed them here for all to see! The bandwidth is reaching its limit at the moment, however, so I will update them when the new internet month (that's what I call it anyway) has arrived!


One last tadbit of info. For some reason using askins.co.uk (without using the www. prefix) brings up the old site, but I'm trying to get that sorted asap...

So it seems as though some people still check out my site from time to time. Surprising as it is, I know this fact because I have been complimented by a select few individuals, reminding me of the wonderful job I am doing of completely ignoring it for the past year! (it's been longer than that even) There are a few reasons for this lack of uploading work. 


Firstly, I'm a rightist.


I work on things until they are right, and then I move on. Some people would say it's just perfectionism, but really I set out to make what is in my head. Once I complete a project I tend to upload it to the site and move onto the next thing. The problem with this past (final) year (at University) is that time has not always been on my side, and as such I have not been able to make everything as I imagined them! So once I actually have content that is done and finished and exactly how I want it they will be ready to be uploaded. But that brings me to my next problem.


I'm not a web designer.


And as such the website I made 3+ years ago was easily navigable and somewhat nice to look at, but when it came to actually updating stuff I found myself cursing my remedial html abilities. Updating took a good chunk of time out of my day, and because I knew that this would happen, I spent the time doing other more important things, like my final major project, or winding down playing video games (which is of course very necessary sometimes).


And last but not least, I tend to put things off if they aren't urgently important. This is bad, and I am a bad person for it. However if people's lives were dependent on the freshness of my site then I would update it every single day. But I don't think people are like that (I hope).


So there you have it, a barrage of excuses for you to digest and spit back out when you realise how illegitimate they sound. BUT there is a ray of hope, in the form of this NEW site that you may have noticed set up now. The idea is that I have given up my oh so amateur web developing abilities to this Weebly DIY website creator which won't be the flashiest (or personal) of websites, but it will hopefully mean the return of (semi) frequent updates! So rather than an update every year, I might update it every half year! How good is that?!


ttfn
Phil



ps This attached blog will also hopefully act as a news feed for those times when I come up with more excuses for not uploading any work.