I go for a walk lmao. It's the best thing you can do, even more after spending so many hours sitting. Your stress will increase if your organism isn't working properly, so I also have a bottle of water around me at all times, and i discovered the pleasure of munching pretzel sticks. I hold my pen with my thumb and my middle finger (its kinda awkward at first) and as soft as i can; when i got too immersed i holded the motherfucker hard enough to break a bone, and even details like that can cause stress. Every 25-30 minutes i stare outside, for a couple of minutes, maybe smoke a cig, giving my eyes a rest and giving them the natural light they need. And, idk, everything else depends on the type of programs you are using. But yeah. I feel like Dr. Phil.
Lol I wish i could opt for teamwork but the thing is mine is solo project ╥﹏╥ and yes it is 2D animation, I'm doing great at 3D compared to 2D but the thing is in order for me to continue 3D (or VFX precisely) I need to pass the animation first (My course is Animation and Visual Effect (VFX) where you can choose to continue as animation or vfx on the third year). I really want to change my course but I already took loan, I have to pay it back first if I want change my course. Ahhh now i'm having stomach pain from anxiety, there's no way out huh. Anyway, glad that you are getting out from this mess. Please take care of yourself and don't make the same mistake as me loooool
I know this is unrelated to the question but I’m a highschool student who might be interested in going into animation. The problem is I don’t really know anybody who’s an animator and so I don’t have an idea of what it’s like to be one. I also know squat about animating. As a student rn what can I do to potentially learn more/ become better? Do I have to be really good at drawing or should I learn some sort of program? Just how to get started basically. If you could give me some advice I’d rlly appreciate it ^^
Oh man I'm not sure how strict US is but I'm from Malaysia where the country is pretty known for being flamboyant, but that's only apply if you have the money and I have none looool. The no. 4 one hit me so hard that I'm cackling right now because that is my workflow. Your suggestion is actually quite brilliant, maybe I should give a try on that. One big major about I LOVE to procrastinate, very bad value about me. It becomes a habit now its hard to get rid of it.
If it's traditional 2d animation you really do need to practice drawing. I see a lot of people questioning it and it may be hard to believe (or you just don't want to practice) but that's just basically it. Even if you are not great in drawing art immersion is important to gain that "sense" when creating something. As for software, I use adobe flash, photoshop and animate. My current work is animating in media production so I use after effects, photoshop illustrator and premiere.
Doing animation is stressing me out so much and I don't know how to handle it, anyone here who is an animation student or animator yourself? How do you guys handle this stress cause I'm at the end of the rope. I've been trying to listen various type of music to calm myself and none working. Please give me some advice as well if there's any trick to make animation much easier to be done.