I've felt a little scared lately

DeantheDinosauce

DeantheDinosauce

Cartoonist/Animator
I've been working on videos pretty much non-stop since I opened my channel, my next deadline for a video was going to be the 20th of November (1 week and a bit away), however I am probably not going to be able to keep that deadline at the minute because I couldn't get myself into the creative mood.

I was meant to start writing the next script last weekend and usually have them finished a day or two later (proof read thoroughly) and then by now at least 20% of the graphics for the video done with the possibility of a thumbnail being between 70% and 100% done. I found myself over the past week trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with me, why can't I just start the next video?

I've decided to take around a week and a half off to refuel, so instead of my channel banner saying "Cartoons:- New Video: 20th November!" it says "Storytelling through Cartoons".

I've listened to a few videos that teach the user how to keep an active audience, the big one is to release news videos on an even schedule, and I cannot keep to it for the next one.

I've pulled the deadline for the next video from being a permanent one to being a "If I get it done in time I will post it on the schedule" I don't want to rush it, the moment you start rushing something the quality may fall, and with my videos it takes a hell of a lot of work to get them done.

The good news is that I'm now writing the script for my next video, and I'm enjoying working on it. Maybe it's because I was getting worried that I couldn't work... I don't know.

I just wanted to get that off my mind.

Edit - As sad as this will sound, my life doesn't have much in it at the minute. When I make videos it makes me genuinely happy because I have something to put my mind to.
 
Ahh don't worry mate.. Creativity sometimes sucks.. We also get the writers block.
It has happened to me before, when I am just not up to making anything - and can't be bothered...
But you have to push through.
Good idea to refuel -- Can think about new things and what you could do better...

Remember to have fun making videos. This is not supposed to be a stressful thing.
 
You will get some awesome quality, I know you can.

My new dead line is 21 December.
That's the first day I don't have a new video anymore, my bank card expires that day even my McDonalds Mayonnaise and it will be my second year I have my Steam account that day.
So I really want to make an awesome video that day. and I have to get a good bank card otherwise I will miss the steam christmas sales.

Although I only make game videos, I still want to put much creativity in special videos, like this one.
 
I've been feeling the same way, I haven't gotten a video out in I think like 2 months! It's been so long that I lost track!
 
Yeah sometimes I have a hard time writing jokes. That's when the anxiety kicks in "will people find that funny" "is it to mean" it takes me a whole day to produce a 3 minute video. But animating takes a whole lot longer. I feel your pain :(
 
Cuttinboard said:
Yeah sometimes I have a hard time writing jokes. That's when the anxiety kicks in "will people find that funny" "is it to mean" it takes me a whole day to produce a 3 minute video. But animating takes a whole lot longer. I feel your pain :(
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Yah I get that anxiety too, I always think that it's gonna be a pretty good video, but when I get towards the end of my audio work, which is one of the last steps in my process of making an action video, I start to get an idea in my head that it's a really bad video and I'll get a ton of bad comments saying that I suck and stuff, it's strange.
 
Mitch D said:
Yah I get that anxiety too, I always think that it's gonna be a pretty good video, but when I get towards the end of my audio work, which is one of the last steps in my process of making an action video, I start to get an idea in my head that it's a really bad video and I'll get a ton of bad comments saying that I suck and stuff, it's strange.
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Your vids aren't bad at all!! Infact I think I might subscribe to you!!!
 
Mitch D said:
Thanks so much! It really means a lot, I'm going to check out your vids too!
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Awesome!!
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Don't worry too much about that. The problem it seems like is that your scheduled updates are too close together, not leaving you enough time to make a new one comfortably. I upload every day, but that's because my videos require minimal effort. Simply work around it. Don't get stressed either, just do what you can!
 
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