I don't consider myself to be the world's greatest animator. I still struggle with lighting and things like that. I'm much more of a "storyteller" who uses 3D than a 3D animator. I can usually come up with a story that I want to tell. Music and audio are rarely a problem. I could probably come up with more creative camera angles but I'm fairly adequate at that as well. The hardest thing for me is the environmentaal aesthetics of the story. What kind of room are my characters in? What season or weather is it? What clothes are they wearing? What objects surround them? Obviously certain aspects are defined by the story ("it was a dark and stormy night in the castle of the Dark Wizard....") but even then there may be tons of variables that I struggle with (what furniture is in his room?). What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of doing animations. Technical? Aesthetics? Audio? Thinking of a full "story?"

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