A bit different from my usual uploads... But this is my little diary comic. And I think it's important to share these moments of vulnerability.
I got an email from my thesis advisor yesterday. Due to encouraging social distancing due to the Coronavirus pandemic, my school has essentially closed their doors. My friends have to move out. All classes are online. In all likelyhood, I'll have no graduation ceremony.
And I have no final screening day, where I get to show my film on the big screen for all my friends and professors I've loved over the past 4 years.
Our thesis films are an extension of us. They're who we are as filmmakers and as animators and a rare chance to put our all into a deeply personal project. We put blood, sweat and tears into these things. I know I have.
Having that final moment, that culmination of your time here, that last hurrah and that moment to thank your teachers and peers and say goodbye, ripped out from under you... It's really hard.
But in the words of my advisor, a man who I deeply respect and can't thank enough for helping me learn and grow during these last 4 years... Sometimes life reminds you that there are more important things that need your attention and love.