Several years ago I had the pleasure of seeing Ralph Bakshi, the famous animator that created WIZARDS in 1977 as well as a ton of other independent animated movies, at the San Diego Comic Con and he said something that I will never forget. He said "draw badly, draw good, just do it!" This came to mind when I read Terrence's email. If you have an idea, just do it! You don't have to follow the "rules" that have been put down by teachers and animation studios! If you have gone through the classes you know the rules! You know the 12 principles of animation! Now let's take them and bend and break them any way you want to get your idea out there! Look at Jason Steele and his http://www.filmcow.com shorts. Some of those are absolutely hilarious! And the animation is very very limited! But he got his ideas out there! Frank Sudol is another animator that has made several feature films by himself. I'm not personally fond of his choice of style, but I have to respect the guy for doing what he did and getting his stuff out there. you can check his stuff out at http://www.blackarro.com
Now back to Terrence Walker, Again here is an animator I have a lot of respect for because he got his stuff out there, and when I say that I'm talking about seeing his DVD's at Best Buy! If you haven't been to his site you need to go there NOW! While there, get his ebook "Animation on a shoestring" it is a very good read about producing independent animation.
