A great blow has struck the animation community today. Three… yes, three animator’s desks have gone to the dumpster just last week. Here’s a story pertaining to my discovery of them and their subsequent demise:
Ensemble Studios had three (maybe more) pristine animation desks since before I started working there in 2005. Whoever figured out how to persuade the people with the money to purchase such desks is a greater man/woman than I am. Nonetheless, my entire time at Ensemble I had eyed those desks, wanting them, envying those that had them; and, mind you, these desks were rarely used.
ANYWAY…
Robot, (one of the companies formed from the Ensemble closure), retained ownership of everything, including those desks. Last week, was the end of the storage period, and anything that wasn’t wanted would be dumped. Trust me, if I knew these were lying around I would have grabbed ALL of them. Hell, I would have PAID for all of them considering they are so hard to find, and the one from Chromacolour is too expensive. With communication amiss–as well as my memory to even think to ask about the desks–no one wanted them. Now they are gone forever. Dead. In a landfill somewhere; wishing they had a good home.
Expletives are flying from my mouth.
