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2020 Plans Part 2

To preface everything, I will be splitting my content into 2 classes. The first class will be story-based content, and the second class is supporting content. The goal is to better separate what I like to do, and what works well for social media.

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2020 Plans Part 1

Welcome readers! This blog is part 1 of a 2-part blog series dealing with the content I we expect to make and change for 2020. This first  part will focus on the motivating factors for me that led to these changes. The next part will focus on what content is actually being changed.

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Tools of the Trade

I thought I’d take some time to write a blog about it so there can be a point of reference for those who are curious about this that goes into detail about what I use and why I use it.

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Ikigai

Every once in a while I get lost in my own thoughts. When this happens I tend to fall into the black hole that is the internet and read a ton of philosophical articles. In recent times, mainly within the last year or so, the question I've had to ask myself is 'what is my purpose'? Now, there are those who don't believe that such a thing exists, but I would disagree. I've done art all my life-changing at least as far back as I can remember, so I had a feeling that if I did have a purpose, art would be a part of expressing it. Sounds simple enough, but this is a concept I've struggled with for a very long time, exacerbated by my personal experiences and pitfalls.

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Frame of Mind: The One Puppet Future

The meat and potatoes behind all of this is a simple thought: what if it were possible to get everything that I wanted? The ability to tell any story that I want, in the most fun and exciting way and without killing myself over it? Could such a thing be possible?

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Midsummer Update

Welcome back! I hope you all are enjoying your summer. As I type this I am taking what is sure to be a brief but well earned vacation (and the first in maybe 10 years!). I’m going to Washington D.C., this trip with family, but as I have some free time, I think this would be a good opportunity to go over how my summer updates have been going. Let’s get to it!

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My Love Letter to Toonboom

Salutations! This going to be a fun blog. Today, I'm going to talk a bit about my experience using Toonboom Harmony Premium.

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Frame of Mind: The Road So Far Part 2

Welcome! So this is part 2 of my look back at the first year of Frame of Mind. If you haven’t read part 1, you can do so HERE. Otherwise, this blog will focus on the future. More specifically it will focus on year 2 content such as goals, updates and a couple of other things. Let’s get started!

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Frame of Mind: The Road So Far Part 1

A lot has happened since I started this series last year, and I haven’t talked about it in an objective fashion yet. I want to set up a standard for looking back at my work and reflecting on it, so this will be an annual or semi-annual kind of posting series

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Frame of Mind Production Art #1

Welcome back to new and old readers alike! This is a short blog because I’m super busy at the moment, but I wanted to take a few minutes to hunt down and show some production art. I love making Frame of Mind, but a lot of what goes on into making the shorts is never seen, so I thought this would be a cool way to show off some neat things.

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