I didn't really understand just how hard it would be when I started. It takes a team of people to tell an animated story. Someone needs to build the models, and someone else generally makes a rig which is like giving the model bones so it can move. Someone else makes the textures which determine color and how things shine in the light. Somewhere near the end, the animator is the guy who gives it a soul. I wanted to be an animator. I couldn't go to school because of my student loans, so I just learned at home. Every time I find out there was something new to learn, I just added it to the list.
A couple months ago I reached the end of the list. I know how to do everything now. I'll still need to improve different parts of course, but I know every single thing I need to know to make the animation.
A couple days ago I tried to install some new software to help handle the sound part of my preview. It broke the system, and I can't open Blender now. It happened at the worst possible time. I was about to launch a kickstarter to get the sort of computer I'd need to make my animated movie. I was working on some preview video when my computer died on me.
