Damn Lesco, right in the feels. Your work is always the highlight of my NG feed. I am rooting for you, I'd hate for you to not thrive when your talent and style are so fucking good. It would be nice to see/hear you animate and work, but I get the anxiety of the whole thing living with a sever case of agoraphobia and social anxiety myself. Im pulling for you!
The curse of the creative among us is almost always some level of isolation, self doubt and self esteem issues. I wish I had a nickle for every time I rewrote my short stories and commissioned writings. The pile of cash would be better than the finished products. Life is a bitch, but we all got a ticket to the park. Doing what makes you feel good, showing off your soul via a creative aspect makes up for some of the negatives.
I's sorry you're struggling with the social life side of things. If you ever want to chat with some freelance writer from New England drop me a line.
I will continue to wait for your next project to be posted, and if I have the chance will donate some to keep you and yours afloat. Just know that through your art and humor, you bring a brightness into people's lives that you never anticipated.
Keep on trucking my friend, give your loved ones my best and keep smoking.
*Packs a bowl in your honor* Awguri min qiegħ qalbi, Saħħa!
liljim
That's pretty deep...
Every time I watch your stuff, I wonder how much extra help you get in for each animation. They're always so well produced, this past couple of years you've come on insanely. You're one of a handful of animators at the moment who baffle me - like how do you do what you're doing without help from sound designers etc?
Also, this has been bugging me for a while... Where DO you hail from? I mean some people put that info in their profiles, some people you can kind of guess at by their language (spelling, phrases they use, etc)... but I get no clues from you whatsoever, haha.
MisterHerbal (Updated )
Cheers man
The only help I get is from bouncing off ideas with my people close to me. The rest is all in my hands. I don't want to make that little help sound like it's nothing. It's what makes my cartoons man. I ALWAYS tell my idea to someone before I make it, so we can bounce it off and make the concept solid, so it is an essential part of the help I get.
I think it's possible to do it alone because I crafted a technique after over a decade of animation in which I can be consistent. Also, you can say I barely have a social life anymore to do what I do, some days I work 12 hours straight.
I am from a tiny fucked up sweet island called Malta, it's just below Italy, it's not even on all of the maps. My language is maltese and if you want to hear how it sounds type in ''Frans il-Hamallu''' on youtube. It's a very famous character driven 'series'' I did which made a huge hit on my island since it's tiny.
Anyway, thanks for your support man.