Use tools not toys

After I finish the next episode of Badassery I'm going to start storyboarding my next animated feature... and I'm NOT going to use an ipad or whatever new toy wannabe filmmakers are flocking too so they can spend more time being pre-occupied configuring toys and NOT making films...

When you play with toys like that you become a TOOL... I say we should use the TOOLS not become them because of these toys... what do I mean? Well whenever you start using tools that are more complex than you need for a given task you start to spend more time and energy messing with the settings and crap then you do actually using it for work... so it becomes a TOY... and you become a tool...

This is what I'll be storyboarding with...

Feel free to use this 2.39:1 template for your own projects!
And a normal pencil... I just make a photoshop action so after I scan each page PShop automatically crops and saves each sell as a separate image film...
That's the problem with becoming a "gearhead" or tech geek... what starts out as curiosity and the pursuit of the ultimate workflow leads you to just becoming a consumer whore zombie that just buys the new version of everything because marketing speak has convinced you that its what you need to be "PRO" or whatever... I say go for the SIMPLEST possible solution that WORKS FOR YOU...
I'm applying the same philosophy to this new features narrative... I'm not over thinking it or making it overly complicated... I'm going to try a straight forward action driven film... the story and theme are very unique as are the characters and settings of course but I'm approaching it as a film instead of magickal art voodoo like I have been ^ ^ I'm not saying I've been doing things wrong up until now I just want to try a different approach and see how it turns out...
I don't want to become a tool to my own process... so I'm interested to see how this simplified approach goes....
(This post was written on an ipad connected to an iphone running linux connected to a rooted android tablet running a SNES emulator connected to 4 touch screens)
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