Comments on: When does perfection become the enemy of good? http://treadster.com/blog/when-does-perfection-become-the-enemy-of-good/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:21:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: m3 http://treadster.com/blog/when-does-perfection-become-the-enemy-of-good/comment-page-1/#comment-9 m3 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:05:02 +0000 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=48#comment-9 Great comments guys thanks. Matt I like that approach. Great comments guys thanks. Matt I like that approach.

]]> By: Matt Kelland http://treadster.com/blog/when-does-perfection-become-the-enemy-of-good/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Matt Kelland Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:58:18 +0000 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=48#comment-7 Show the movie to someone whose opinion you trust. Make some tweaks, show it again without telling them what you did, and if they can't tell the difference or don't care, stop right there. Show the movie to someone whose opinion you trust. Make some tweaks, show it again without telling them what you did, and if they can’t tell the difference or don’t care, stop right there.

]]> By: Peter Tyner http://treadster.com/blog/when-does-perfection-become-the-enemy-of-good/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Peter Tyner Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:16:42 +0000 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=48#comment-5 I discovered the following truth while digging a small fish pond in the rural foothills of Northern California-- Raccoons can't swim and eat at the same time. Can anybody do two things at once? Not me. Writers can't write and edit simultaneously. Lovers can't perform and critique their performance at the same time. Something either gets lost, or never happens. Producers and animators are in the same boat. We're poor judges of ourselves. If we knew how to be better, we would probably already be better. Besides, if perfection were instantly available, life would have no meaning. As a sculptor I will tell you that every piece of finished art comes from a formless mass of clay. Vision is the motivator, experience is the teacher. Perfection comes by degrees. Don't rush it. Most of what you produce in this life will be crap to others... but stepping stones to you. I discovered the following truth while digging a small fish pond in the rural foothills of Northern California– Raccoons can’t swim and eat at the same time.

Can anybody do two things at once? Not me. Writers can’t write and edit simultaneously. Lovers can’t perform and critique their performance at the same time. Something either gets lost, or never happens.

Producers and animators are in the same boat.

We’re poor judges of ourselves. If we knew how to be better, we would probably already be better. Besides, if perfection were instantly available, life would have no meaning.

As a sculptor I will tell you that every piece of finished art comes from a formless mass of clay. Vision is the motivator, experience is the teacher. Perfection comes by degrees.

Don’t rush it. Most of what you produce in this life will be crap to others… but stepping stones to you.

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