A lot of time has passed since I last worked on my character and there are many reasons for it. The deadline seemed very far away, I had deadlines for other courses, personal issues, Christmas break, a family member’s visit, … but all these are just excuses because the real reason I wasn’t working on my character, was that I wasn’t enjoying it. I felt like I had hit a wall. The character’s looks had already been so well established, that I had difficulties stepping away from what had already been done and try something new. I had originally chosen the character because I wanted to create a non-human protagonist, mainly because I wouldn’t have to model a human face and not because I really wanted to do it or because I had a lot of ideas how to create the character.

Eventually, I had to come to terms with the fact that I didn’t want to do the character anymore and if I continued I would probably end up not doing my best and also I wouldn’t enjoy the process. So I was faced with the decision whether I should carry on or scrap the character completely and start something else which I would then have to complete in a fraction of the time.

I chose to go with my second option and will from now on adapt the protagonist of “the little mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen.