When I was considering which movie we watched in class, one idea kept coming back to me. This was the fact that so many young artists do not realize their limitations, because we are all tempted to dream up the ideal painting, feature film, 500 page book, etc. that we are going to create, and it will magically take us roughly 24 hours to get it finished, 3 days to have a buyer, and roughly a week till we are millionaires. Alas, while this is our hope, it is not our reality. That is why the reading concerning not making Pixar-quality shorts, and the film Pfffirate struck such a chord with me.
I will readily admit that I love some good sophistication. I love detail (seriously, I am about as baroque as they came in my tastes) and texture, but I also realize that if you try too bite off more than you can chew, you will only end up frustrated and confused. That is why this little film caught my attention. While I would love to some day be making extremely visually impressive films, I can also say that films like Pffirate remind me not to lower my expectations of myself, but remind me that having boundaries just adds to the fun of the challenge. I don't believe that 2D somehow restricts and artist, and I don't believe that not being able to create Pixar-quality animation does either. It simply forces you to be more creative than you might otherwise have to be. This only adds to the fun.
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