I find it funny that people are agreeing with Jeff like it's brand new insight, when Jombo has mentioned of this every single time someone talks about not finishing on time, or giving up, or not improving despite the vast amount of time spent attempting to animate. So yeah, bandwagons.
I haven't seen Jombo talk about it before but since you now mention it. No offence but I think jeff approaches this issues a little differently and that would make him much easier to agree it. So we are clear, I am not getting on the bandwagon as some would say but simply acknowledging that Jeff is right
You do treat this like it's a matter between "you either vary yourself, or good luck salvaging any hope of getting into the animation business."
Half, no, MOST of the animators here have taken this up as a hobby; nothing more.
Xero, you're right so people, people please don't come on here crying because your favourite animator animates as an hobby. It's the real world deal with it, sometimes people who treat this as an hobby will be better at it sometimes.