Animation "LOCK DOWN" II

I'd like to pass something about art work flow that I have learned from a very inspiring & a very passionate animation mentor student I met this summer at Siggraph,
DANIEL ASHER HARMAN.
Work on different projects at the same time, each project in a different stage of production, one in an early planning/search stage, another in its early stages of production, another is almost done, and one that is done but you still can add to it or polish more.

This approach to will keep you motivated, will increase your productivity, and will give you a chance to bounce back & forth between different projects without getting bored from working on the same on & on.

For example in animation, jotting down ideas for future shots, gathering reference, planning for those shots, shooting extra video reference, drawing thumbnails, shot in blocking stage, Shot coming out of blocking & a shot in Polishing stage. Might sound too much but If you really want to jump to that next level, this is a very successful approach.

I'm currently working on 3 shots, polishing a walk cycle, and a Tennis serve shot and a cartoony run in blocking stage, along with planning for future shots.

Here's a teaser for what I'm working on

Cartoony Run Blocking (Jason Ryan tutorial)



Tennis serve Blocking (Haven't worked on the timing yet)


And still polishing the walk cycle