Here is my latest video.
What seems like a few seconds, can be actually hours, days, even months. In order to make this video I had to learn to use Blender 3D software. And, Blender is a very difficult program. Not at all intuitive. Hours of watching and cross referencing YouTube tutorials is a requirement, because the on-line manual is a disaster and several of the book I spent good money were just no good. And those books were out of date.
Still There was a total of easily 100 hours in making the video - per a period of three months.
I am always fascinated, but mostly flummoxed when other people, especially my own students ask, "Wow. How long did that take?" Also I am irritated by that question. A real artist, designer or craftsperson doesn't think in how long something takes. They think more in terms of how to get what is in my head out into the real world? Time doesn't enter into it.
The skills they need, if they don't have them, they learn. They practice and practice and practice until they can get what they want. And then they start in on a piece. And as they go they practice up on anything they need until that is working. They make any tools they need, if they can't find those tools to buy.
It tends to be a quiet life, buried deep deep into your work. Not thinking about how long a piece will take. You do whatever you need to do, until you get what you feel is finished.
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