Another quote, this time from Alchemist101, on the subject of collaborative works over the internet.
I've spent the last year getting involved in as many web based team projects as I can for experience.....
The best web collaboration projects that I have been involved in have all had a solid foundation. There has been someone firmly in charge, with a clear vision, a strong concept commited to paper, and of course, a lot of drive and determination.
The worst ones are always the ones where you get little direction and no concept work to start from. It sounds good if a project leader gives you artistic freedom to design and build a character, but it just doesnt work when you bring all the seperate elements together.
I dont want to sound like an ass here but when you are involved in a collaboration you can tell quite quickly whether its going to last the course or not. I have started models for team projects only to find out that the team leader is a 16 year old in his bedroom who thought it might be cool to do an animated movie - then realise that he had gone off the idea.
I think that if you wish to lead a collaborative project that involves other people then you should have completed an animated short by yourself, so that you know what your getting yourself into
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