Real-Life Decision Making
You were previously working for small studios and trying to make your way
to the bigger companies. You've just been hired as a concept artist for an
upcoming animated Hollywood film. Here's your big break. The pay is much
better for this project than it's ever been for any other job you've taken.
The movie is about a detective that is half man, half robot. He has to
solve a jewel theft case. Although he has superhuman powers, he is clumsy
and gets into a lot of sticky situations.
It's your job to come up with colored digital drawings of the main character
-- the detective. It's your first important movie contract and you want to
impress your boss. If you perform well, she has guaranteed she'll refer you
to her colleague for another upcoming Hollywood movie project.
She gives you the script and describes the character to you. The detective
is supposed to be tall, lanky and goofy. Much of his body is made up of machine
parts. Your mind is whirling with ideas. There are so many concepts you
know you can draw for this character.
There's one problem. Your boss tells you the studio is already running
behind schedule for production. The movie needs to be out in eight months.
So you only get three days to create and deliver as many drawings as possible.
You panic. Three days is not enough time to develop all your ideas. You
want to create so many awesome drawings that will take your boss's breath
away, but how?
Cecile Foshee is an art instructor. "Coming up with an idea when you are
being pushed for time is probably the most difficult thing to do," she says.
What do you do?