Today I had to admit defeat and pass on a shot. It is a shot for a painter. I'm not going to talk about what happened but about dealing with it and knowing when to say when.

I'll admit it , I would like to have perfection on every shot. Sometimes that's not possible; most of the time it's not possible. The motion blur is not exact because your faking the move. The shadow you faked is indeed fake. But other times you can't do anything about it. You can't get A to B no way no how.

Here's the thing. You can't waste time. As all VFX artists know, time something we have almost non of. Sometimes we only have one shot at it. The important thing is knowing when you have reached your end. Take it in stride. Because someone else can do doesn't mean you couldn't. You cannot waste time. Gone are the days of shots taking weeks. Now those same shots need to be done in days.