I made a big mistake...

HELLO YOU!  

Well this is thrilling.

Welcome to my first newsletter.

I assume you're here because you don't mind reading things. Or you like the cut of my jib over on instagram... and both are GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU. Did I mention I like your hair?

I needed to start this newsletter because I made a massive mistake this week.

I won't lie, this has been serving as a lovely distraction.

I made a rookie error on a fast, tight, well paid, rigging job - the kind of job where I'd definitely positioned myself as the expert.

Readers .... I assumed.

Nooooooo. I assumed something and I ploughed ahead with all the verocity and hunger of a woman in flow state. Beautiful it was. Three days of podcast-accompanied bliss. Building a new character and giving it the Dani Abram Moho Glow Up this studio had specifically hired me for.

Only the... checks notes ..one rigger reading this will understand this pain but...

I got the scale wrong.

The stakes are pretty high in this scenario.

1) I'm a Leo. It drives me insane, but I am. I have a healthy ego and it genuinely causes me pain to get things wrong.

2) This studio are LOVELY, and are relying on me. I've spent a good part of the last year telling everyone who will listen that I am great.

What would you do?

I'll tell you what you frigging do...

You bring it to the attention of production IMMEDIATELY, no matter how freaking painful that feels. Which is what I did, and I am writing this currently awaiting the response. I explained I began quickly, and I'm concerned about the scale and could they test it on their end and let me know what it's meant to be.

Being brilliant to work with is really important to me. Part of that is being very honest.

Even when it suuuucks!

Part of being experienced is knowing when it's gone wrong, and knowing where the fault lies. I should have double checked the other assets. I should have ignored my "this is probably right" voice in my head. I should have listened to the tiny alarm bell that raised. What is great about this experience, is it will go into my bank of "Do Not Ignore" questions I can always raise in my next project. I've just recorded an entire course where I've taught students about scales and line weights and double checking nearly the entire way through 🙄

But... it's healthy to accept that these things happen.

I am very confident the client will tell me the correct scale, and I'll deliver exactly what they're expecting at the end.

And my heartrate will return to normal.

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In normal news, my Moho Courses through the brilliant Adam's Animation Academy are running this Summer and you can join us!

Moho Magic Animation starts 4th August (hello my birthday week 👀)

Moho Magic Rigging starts on the 1st September! I am super excited about this one: it's brand new, there's no course on the planet like it, we cover some weird shit, and you'll be the first people to graduate if you book now! I can't wait to meet you! AND there's at least 3 thousand instances of me teaching you to nail the scale first. Honest to god.

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