Thread: Planning vs Doing

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I think alot of it comes down to what you budget yourself, I myself collect stuff all year for my props then i start with a rough draft then go from there. like i did freddies head that popped out of a hole in the wall I started off with an idea of the motor and arm i wanted to use and ended up scrapping the whole plan and using a different motor and arm that i had laying around

I draw it to death before I start building. When I've built it in my mind, I go and make it for real.

I'm very much a planner. I can't help it, I just get a little thrill from making lists. When I built my cemetery fence this year, I spent lots of time measuring and planning supplies. It paid off - I only made one trip to the hardware store (well, I did have to buy more spray paint to satisfy my OCD need for total coverage, but I was going to Wal-Mart anyhow), and I only had a few screws leftover for near-zero waste. I'm sure I'll take the same approach when I try more difficult builds like a FCG next year. But, when it comes to the artistic part of a prop, like decorating tombstones, it's more of a "wing-it" mentality. This is probably because I can't draw worth a darn. Nothing I could put down on paper would look anything close to the idea in my head. Luckily, somehow my brain lets my hands construct that idea in three-dimension, and the final product (usually) looks how I envisioned.

P.S. - when I saw this:

Originally Posted by GhostTown

The example given below is an extremely rough, extremely early mock up of what we are wanting to go with in 2012. I plan things out and create them in scale to show her what I have in mind, then we discuss and edit, then create build plans off of that.

I got really excited. I loved GhostTown's pumpkin sentries from this year and I can't wait to see what 2012 looks like.