I think you're just dumping your life money out, soon. At least with that animation slave work you'll get money. But here with freelancing, man, that's going to be a bit hard online...
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I'm actually not entertaining the thought of losing money since it's my personal belief that there is an abundance of animation projects out there, decent animators are the ones who are pretty scarce. I'm not a great animator by any means but I'm pretty sure I can do better than some of the toons you see on television these days. And so far, I have my savings intact which is pretty awesome.
Bottom line is I'm not going back to being a slave for some company who churns lifeless animation day in and day out. If you could only see the old guys working there, it's a pretty sad sight.
Your demo reel is great though :)
demo reel was phenomenal! you did animation for johnny test??? fucking sweet, sorry don't have any suggestions concerning your client search
Yeah my previous studio had a one-season deal in JT. It was a fun show to animate and pretty easy too.
I like Chad.
I know you do.
Get out and meet people in the real world! Think about why people would hire an animator and set yourself up to meet as many relevant people as possible. Attend conferences, speeches, set up meetings with groups and businesses you think would find your animations useful.
This process is building yourself as a brand and marketing yourself. What kind of projects do you take on and how to you build a reputation within that realm, etc.
If you want to go on your own (which I think is a great thing) socializing and networking have to become priorities in your life.
Awesome advice Red. I'm just starting out and these tips will be very helpful.
God, your work is sick. I've never heard of you why?
Well it's been only a year since I joined NG and I haven't made anything big yet. It's kinda my dream to make a fantasy epic series for this site but I still need to stabilize my income to do that, hence this post.
On a different note, I love your art, specially the way you draw arms and fingers. Reminds me of Afro samurai.
FFFF That is an awesome showreel you have there! I've only had a few freelancing jobs - usually those who approach me, but i have a couple of contacts who are usually always after animators, but i guess it's all about price! If you're interested i could PM them to ya.
Sounds great, and I promise if they have an opening, you'd get your shot first, since they're your contacts.
I approve your series and overall awesomeness. Thanks man!
Good luck! You'll need it.
<Wiggles eyebrows>
Seriously, though, nice demo reel!
Haha I'm not superstitious.
Because it's bad luck.
Sir your talents with animation know no bounds, and love the style, and I suppose the same scenarios can apply for voice-over artists most of the time.
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The only ways I know of are agents or crowd sourced projects like wooshii, crowd spring and mycro burst. Other ways is to send your connections to exisiting companies and get your name into their database in case when they need work they could call you.
But other then that I dunno yet, I'm still new.
boybogart
I've tried wooshii once and I kinda disagree on the notion that you have to create some kind of work to apply for a job that you are not sure that you're getting. Crowd spring and mycro burst is news to me so I will check it out later.
Your last idea, however, just might work. That's a thought I always had in the back of my head but until you stated it here, I never had thought of doing it.
Anyway, thanks for the opinion man!