So, when my buddy Hive account@zeroooc first told me about steemit a couple of months ago, it went something like this:

Then, yesterday, because he is awesome and a stubborn, determined, relentless kinda guy with Yoda-esque wisdom and patience, who loves his friends fiercly and wants only the best for them, he finally managed to get through to me.

That is, after he attempted to explain what blockchain technology was and why it is awesome, because my general reaction was:

I'm still rather terribly confused about a lot of things, but I sincerely hope getting to know all you lovely people will go a long way towards enlightening me about steemit, how it works, cryptocurrency, and all that jazz.

Now, since this is an introduceyourself post, let's talk about one my favourite topics:

Mah Humble Lil' Self

I am a bubbly, life-loving, sometimes-moody but mostly happy and slightly kooky Animator and Artist from the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria.

I love, love, luuuuuurve animation in pretty much all its shapes and forms, and for me, being an Animator isn't just a job, it's part of who I am as a person. Meaning I have the best job ever and I can't believe my fricking luck sometimes.

It also means I tend to have big reactions and talking to me is like watching a cartoon of questionable quality sometimes.

I also love to draw (errr.. duh?), I love books (novels mainly, and predominantly fantasy & sci-fi), I'm a bit of a globe trotter and a day dreamer, I love music, food, life, people and cats. And lots of other things.

But you'll probably get to know all of that once I start creating some content. :D

I'm hesitant to go into more detail because if I start talking about things I love, I won't stop anymore and this post will become a ginormous beast filled with random ramblings.

But if you'd like to know more, just go ahead and ask. :)

What I'd like to do here

My interests are a bit all over the place and I'm a bit chaotic by nature, so I can't promise you a completely homogenous series of posts. There will be bits of this, bobs of that, and a little dash of that over there, with some nonsense in-between.

Basically, I'll post whatever tickles my fancy, staying true to my chaotic, complicated, many-faceted self.

But mainly, I'm hoping to make lots of #animation related content and showcase my own #art and animation stuffs.
I haven't found very much good animation related content in my first browse, and actually, not much animation content in general.

Maybe I'm searching wrong (I'm a noob here after all), maybe there isn't really an audience for this kind of thing yet, I have no idea. But I would like to try and change that or at least contribute somehow, to firmly put animation on the Steemit map. huzzaaah!

A lofty goal perhaps, but there's a reason it says "professional Star Catcher" in my profile. ;)

I've also always wanted to create a bunch of drawing and animation related tutorials / informative posts, and perhaps, with some luck, a good amount of elbow grease, and a little bit of help from some of you who are interested, I'll finally make it happen. Let's create something awesome together~! <3

On that note:
please, please, please let me know if there's something you've always wanted to know about animation (whether it's 3D, VFX or traditional hand drawn animation), or if you're just generally confused and want to know how the hell it works, or have a specific question or area of interest.
Your feedback will enable me to create content that is relevant and interesting for you guys.

And although I am of course by no means an expert on everything, I have a few years of experience in the industry, I've worked in games, TV as well as VFX and am constantly trying to keep up to date with what's going on in the industry.
If there's something I don't know the answer to, I believe that most likely I will know someone who does or be able to direct you to where/how you can find the information you seek.

And now, Ladies and Gents

To get the animation train going, check out this pretty sweet post by Hive account@zord189 featuring some really good comprehensive videos about how the whole animation pipeline works in advertisement and 3D feature animation (Dreamworks) respectively.

It's a nice introductory overview to two of the industries in which animation is used. Depending on what, where, how, and what for the animation is being done though, pipelines can differ somewhat.

A gaming studio will have a different pipeline than a studio specialising in advertisement. And a different one yet again in Visual Effects and Feature Animation.

Btw, In case you're unclear on the difference between VFX animation and Feature animation:
When it comes to VFX, think Planet of the Apes, The Hobbit, Pacific Rim, Avengers, X-men, etc. or really any Hollywood movie nowadays.
Feature Animation is everything Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, Sony (Hotel Transilvania), Bluesky (Ice Age), McGuff (Despicable Me) etc.
VFX animation is "realistic" whereas Feature animation is various degrees of "cartoony".

Oh dear, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Thank you for reading, and I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into this beast and getting to know this community. <3

Cheerio Steemit! Until the next time.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

_{- Walt Disney}