Here are the thumb nails for my Flash project, the timing sheets and character break down (that will be used for the animation) will soon follow.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Thumb nails
Here are the thumb nails for my Flash project, the timing sheets and character break down (that will be used for the animation) will soon follow.
Five Channels
Five Channels
I’m approaching using the Internet, Networking, Contests, Festivals, and Web Comics for my five channels to put myself out there.
For the internet I’m planning on staying the course, working on my blog, updating it with my animation and progress and eventually making my own website to really push myself out there. I would also try to start getting into web rings and make internet friends in the industry. If I had to give myself a projected goal for making the website, I would say August.
For networking I’ve already gotten started on that. I’m already in contact with Bill Plymton, Bob Burden, Mike Allred, Mike Mignola, Rob Schrab, Gari Gianni, and a few others. Once I start producing more of my own work to share with them I will develop stronger ties and newer ones too.
I’m entering this one contest right now for world peace. hvh-worldpeace.org is the website. Basically I submit a storyboard and if I win I can animate it. I’ve been looking into more for Spelling Bee for when it’s finished. So is everyone else from my class. I’ve also been in talks with Bruce Sheridan, head of the Film & Video Department, about applying for the Fullbright Grant to New Zealand.
So far I’ve found eight festivals/contests for Spelling Bee, and everyone else is looking too. We’re really planning on putting our film out there once it’s done. Both national and international. I’ve also been thinking of ways to fund raise for the entry fees for most of these festivals; like bake sale, sponsors, and party with cover charge.
And with the web comic that goes back to making my website. I also have a few ideas for some short Flash cartoons to make as well. But basically the web comic is to readily get my work out to a wide audience so they can see what I can do. This is also why I’m waiting till August to build my website, so I can have some content built up on it when I finally launch it.
I’m approaching using the Internet, Networking, Contests, Festivals, and Web Comics for my five channels to put myself out there.
For the internet I’m planning on staying the course, working on my blog, updating it with my animation and progress and eventually making my own website to really push myself out there. I would also try to start getting into web rings and make internet friends in the industry. If I had to give myself a projected goal for making the website, I would say August.
For networking I’ve already gotten started on that. I’m already in contact with Bill Plymton, Bob Burden, Mike Allred, Mike Mignola, Rob Schrab, Gari Gianni, and a few others. Once I start producing more of my own work to share with them I will develop stronger ties and newer ones too.
I’m entering this one contest right now for world peace. hvh-worldpeace.org is the website. Basically I submit a storyboard and if I win I can animate it. I’ve been looking into more for Spelling Bee for when it’s finished. So is everyone else from my class. I’ve also been in talks with Bruce Sheridan, head of the Film & Video Department, about applying for the Fullbright Grant to New Zealand.
So far I’ve found eight festivals/contests for Spelling Bee, and everyone else is looking too. We’re really planning on putting our film out there once it’s done. Both national and international. I’ve also been thinking of ways to fund raise for the entry fees for most of these festivals; like bake sale, sponsors, and party with cover charge.
And with the web comic that goes back to making my website. I also have a few ideas for some short Flash cartoons to make as well. But basically the web comic is to readily get my work out to a wide audience so they can see what I can do. This is also why I’m waiting till August to build my website, so I can have some content built up on it when I finally launch it.
Job hunt for Devon
These are five jobs for Devon.
Famous Frames
http://www.famousframes.com/website/index.php
LA studio
5839 Green Valley Circle
Suite 104
Culver City, CA 90230 U.S.A.
T: 310.642.2721
F: 310.642.2728
NY studio
247 East 57th Street
2nd floor
New York, NY 10022
T: 212.980.7979
F: 212.980.6556
This studio specializes in concept art and animatics and story boards. I couldn’t find any listings for job openings but a company this big should be open to a fresh talent.
http://www.sbdoc.com/Home_main.html
Here is a website that has a list of advertising agencies that have a need for storyboard artist.
http://www.tribalddb.com/careers/Home/default.aspx?officeid=1
This is part of a larger advertising firm, and one of the jobs they have open is “Creative” and what I can surmise is that you work in a small team of other “Creatives” and you all are the jacks of trade working together to get the job done. They want you to do a lot of concept pre-production work. Also, this job is in Copenhagen.
http://www.ddbchi.com/news.html
DDB Chicago
200 East Randolph Street
Chicago Illinois 60601
312 552 6000
This is an advertising firm here in Chicago. They run several ads on TV, I couldn’t find the area of the site for you to apply to but they’re local so you can always set up an appointment and walk in.
http://www.theantfarm.net/
110S. Fair Fax Ave, Suit 200
Los Angles, CA 90036
TEL: 323.850.0700
This is a big advertising firm in all sorts of areas. They would definitely be looking for storyboard artist. Their site doesn’t have a hiring link but just put yourself out there.
http://www.siu.edu/~aaf/agency.html
I found another website that list advertising companies and have their web links. But a lot of them are old and don’t work (one I clicked on liked to a porn site; creepy).
http://www.am.com/am_content.html
715 Hearst Ave
Suite 300
Berkley, CA 94710
Tel-510-644-0550
This is an ad firm that would do in a pinch. They aren’t really looking right now but they do need and use storyboard artist.
Good luck.
Famous Frames
http://www.famousframes.com/website/index.php
LA studio
5839 Green Valley Circle
Suite 104
Culver City, CA 90230 U.S.A.
T: 310.642.2721
F: 310.642.2728
NY studio
247 East 57th Street
2nd floor
New York, NY 10022
T: 212.980.7979
F: 212.980.6556
This studio specializes in concept art and animatics and story boards. I couldn’t find any listings for job openings but a company this big should be open to a fresh talent.
http://www.sbdoc.com/Home_main.html
Here is a website that has a list of advertising agencies that have a need for storyboard artist.
http://www.tribalddb.com/careers/Home/default.aspx?officeid=1
This is part of a larger advertising firm, and one of the jobs they have open is “Creative” and what I can surmise is that you work in a small team of other “Creatives” and you all are the jacks of trade working together to get the job done. They want you to do a lot of concept pre-production work. Also, this job is in Copenhagen.
http://www.ddbchi.com/news.html
DDB Chicago
200 East Randolph Street
Chicago Illinois 60601
312 552 6000
This is an advertising firm here in Chicago. They run several ads on TV, I couldn’t find the area of the site for you to apply to but they’re local so you can always set up an appointment and walk in.
http://www.theantfarm.net/
110S. Fair Fax Ave, Suit 200
Los Angles, CA 90036
TEL: 323.850.0700
This is a big advertising firm in all sorts of areas. They would definitely be looking for storyboard artist. Their site doesn’t have a hiring link but just put yourself out there.
http://www.siu.edu/~aaf/agency.html
I found another website that list advertising companies and have their web links. But a lot of them are old and don’t work (one I clicked on liked to a porn site; creepy).
http://www.am.com/am_content.html
715 Hearst Ave
Suite 300
Berkley, CA 94710
Tel-510-644-0550
This is an ad firm that would do in a pinch. They aren’t really looking right now but they do need and use storyboard artist.
Good luck.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Professional Competion
Patrick Desilets
http://www.coldhardflash.com/2006/05/patrick-desilets-portfolio.html
His website is down so I used one of his online portfolios. Strenght: really good flash animation, and traditional animation. Weakness: Reel is too long and some really distracting pieces in it. Opertunity: to gear my reel with more 2D and timing direction. Threats: He's a bit superior to me in most fields.
Jeff Clark
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_profile.asp?individual_id=72039&specialty=14&sort_by=1&c=1&
He does several different styles of animation and graphic design. Strenght: Really good graphic design. Weakness: very poor animation skills. Opertunity: to showcase my superior animation ablities. Threat: His strong sense of graphic design.
Ryan Green
http://www.coldhardflash.com/2007/02/bluefoots-valentines-day-short.html
His website is down, but he's co-founder of Bluefoot Studios. Strengths: Strong use of flash and characterzation. Weakness: flat aniation. Opertunity: to make more fully rounded characters. Threat: his very good sense of characterzation.
Pablo Navarro
*none found*
I couldn't find his website, but this guy is at the level I want to be. Strength: awsome character animator. Weakness: I can't find any obvious ones. Opertunity: To start paying close attention to him. Threats: pretty much all threat.
Mike Lapalme
http://www.gratefuldev.net/
He says he's a broadcast designer. Strength: Strong graphic design. Weakness: No traditional animation. Opertunity: To be more inclusive of graphic elements. Threat: His strong graphic design sense and ablity to used mixed media well.
http://www.coldhardflash.com/2006/05/patrick-desilets-portfolio.html
His website is down so I used one of his online portfolios. Strenght: really good flash animation, and traditional animation. Weakness: Reel is too long and some really distracting pieces in it. Opertunity: to gear my reel with more 2D and timing direction. Threats: He's a bit superior to me in most fields.
Jeff Clark
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_profile.asp?individual_id=72039&specialty=14&sort_by=1&c=1&
He does several different styles of animation and graphic design. Strenght: Really good graphic design. Weakness: very poor animation skills. Opertunity: to showcase my superior animation ablities. Threat: His strong sense of graphic design.
Ryan Green
http://www.coldhardflash.com/2007/02/bluefoots-valentines-day-short.html
His website is down, but he's co-founder of Bluefoot Studios. Strengths: Strong use of flash and characterzation. Weakness: flat aniation. Opertunity: to make more fully rounded characters. Threat: his very good sense of characterzation.
Pablo Navarro
*none found*
I couldn't find his website, but this guy is at the level I want to be. Strength: awsome character animator. Weakness: I can't find any obvious ones. Opertunity: To start paying close attention to him. Threats: pretty much all threat.
Mike Lapalme
http://www.gratefuldev.net/
He says he's a broadcast designer. Strength: Strong graphic design. Weakness: No traditional animation. Opertunity: To be more inclusive of graphic elements. Threat: His strong graphic design sense and ablity to used mixed media well.
list of websites
I just found this list of websites, I haven't had a chance to really look at them yet but they seem to all be for animation studios, possibly all 3D animation studios. Take a look everyone.
http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-829.html
http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-829.html
New Job Search
Film Technarna
http://www.filmtecknarna.se/
They are always looking for talented international animators, assistant animators, and inbetweener/clean up
Contact:
Nancy Jacobs
443 W 54th st
NYC NY 10019
Folimage
http://www.folimage.com/
There site is mainly in French so it was hard to navigate, but they do make 2D animation
Contact:
6 alee Jean Bertin 26000 Vallence France
Illuminated Film
http://www.illuminatedfilms.com/
They say that they can never predict what they need as far as talent goes because of the wide range of projects they make, but they do look.
Contact:
info@illuminatedfilms.com
The Illuminated Film Company,
2 Glenthorne Mews,
London,W6 0LJ.
ENGLAND.
J. J. Sedelmaier Productions
http://www.jjsedelmaier.com/
They make graphic ads and animations, and their hiring firm is here in Chicago, but their site is being worked on so I couldn't find out what they're looking for.
Contact:
Liz Laine Reps, Inc.
Liz Laine
300 West Grand Ave
Suite: 302
Chicago, IL 60610
Loose Moose
http://www.loosemoose.net/contacts.php
They don't list what jobs they're looking for but, they do list where to send your show reels.
Contact:
1 Union Square West, #205, New York, NY10003
Nexus
http://www.nexuslondon.com/main.html
they are an international advertising firm specializing in all forms of animation.
Contact:
113-114 Shoreditch High Street
London E16JN
UK
Nukufilm
http://www.nukufilm.ee/
This is a stopmotion studio and in Estonia. But they make good work.
Contact:
Niine 11, 10414, Tallinn ESTONIA
Tandem Films
http://www.tandemfilms.com/home.html
Another animation studio out of London, and it's hiring firm is the same as J.J. Sedelaier.
Contact:
Liz Laine Reps, inc.
300 W Grand
Suit 302
Chicago, Il 60610
The Character Shop
http://www.character-shop.com/
They mainly make puppets, and special effects make up, but they also do stopmotion animation.
Contact:
1464 Madera Road, # N-310
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Vetor Zero
http://www.vetorzero.com/en/
They do many diffenrent types of animation, but unfortunatly, the computer that I'm on doesn't have an updated form of Flashplayer on it and I can't navigate the site. So I couldn't find their contact info.
Vinton Studios
http://www.laika.com/
They do various styles of animation and they're hirering, and their website is geared towards appling for jobs.
Contact:
LAIKA • 1400 NW 22nd Avenue • Portland, Oregon
http://www.filmtecknarna.se/
They are always looking for talented international animators, assistant animators, and inbetweener/clean up
Contact:
Nancy Jacobs
443 W 54th st
NYC NY 10019
Folimage
http://www.folimage.com/
There site is mainly in French so it was hard to navigate, but they do make 2D animation
Contact:
6 alee Jean Bertin 26000 Vallence France
Illuminated Film
http://www.illuminatedfilms.com/
They say that they can never predict what they need as far as talent goes because of the wide range of projects they make, but they do look.
Contact:
info@illuminatedfilms.com
The Illuminated Film Company,
2 Glenthorne Mews,
London,W6 0LJ.
ENGLAND.
J. J. Sedelmaier Productions
http://www.jjsedelmaier.com/
They make graphic ads and animations, and their hiring firm is here in Chicago, but their site is being worked on so I couldn't find out what they're looking for.
Contact:
Liz Laine Reps, Inc.
Liz Laine
300 West Grand Ave
Suite: 302
Chicago, IL 60610
Loose Moose
http://www.loosemoose.net/contacts.php
They don't list what jobs they're looking for but, they do list where to send your show reels.
Contact:
1 Union Square West, #205, New York, NY10003
Nexus
http://www.nexuslondon.com/main.html
they are an international advertising firm specializing in all forms of animation.
Contact:
113-114 Shoreditch High Street
London E16JN
UK
Nukufilm
http://www.nukufilm.ee/
This is a stopmotion studio and in Estonia. But they make good work.
Contact:
Niine 11, 10414, Tallinn ESTONIA
Tandem Films
http://www.tandemfilms.com/home.html
Another animation studio out of London, and it's hiring firm is the same as J.J. Sedelaier.
Contact:
Liz Laine Reps, inc.
300 W Grand
Suit 302
Chicago, Il 60610
The Character Shop
http://www.character-shop.com/
They mainly make puppets, and special effects make up, but they also do stopmotion animation.
Contact:
1464 Madera Road, # N-310
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Vetor Zero
http://www.vetorzero.com/en/
They do many diffenrent types of animation, but unfortunatly, the computer that I'm on doesn't have an updated form of Flashplayer on it and I can't navigate the site. So I couldn't find their contact info.
Vinton Studios
http://www.laika.com/
They do various styles of animation and they're hirering, and their website is geared towards appling for jobs.
Contact:
LAIKA • 1400 NW 22nd Avenue • Portland, Oregon
Friday, March 2, 2007
Competition
Here is a list of competitors I'm looking up, first off...
Orion Nelson
http://orion-nelson.deviantart.com/
He reciently graduated from the Art Institute, Pensilvania. Lives in Statin Island NY. Strenghts: knows Flash, has range of animation in demo reel. Weaknesses: poor quality of animation, bad online portfolio, opening to his demo reel is too long. Opertunities, I out perform him in quality of work, appears not to be actively searching for work, and I have better traditonal animation training. Threats: he lives close to New York City, and already knows Flash.
Nicholas Butera
http://nickbutera.blogspot.com/
He is currently on his fourth year at CalArts. I believe he lives in LA. Strenghts: good 2D animator, good blog. Weakness: boring layouts, no finished work shown. Opertunity: He hasn't really started putting himself out there, I'm better at animating with full figures (his are more flat), and my timing is better. Threats: he goes to CalArts and has good animation, a head hunter will more likely pick him up before me.
Ian Worrel
http://ianworrel.blogspot.com/
He goes to CalArts. Lives at Valencia, CA. Strenghts: good traditonal animator, strong poses, expressive characters, good composition and layouts. Weakness: his characters are really flat and they mainly move pose to pose (this may not be a weakness but a style difference). Opertunity: I too like to animate flat characters but I do so in a way that gives the illusion of well-roundedness, and his style is far different from mine. Threats: Again, he is poised to be picked up by head hunters, his blog is also better then mine.
Ricky Ed Los Angeles
http://rickyanimation.zoomshare.com/
He goes to Calarts. I don't know, but I think he lives in Los Angeles. Strenght: Has his own website, good graphic design work. Weakness: his website is annoying to brows, very little animation shown. Opertunity, I'm a better draftsman, and illustrator then he is. Threats: he is activly putting his name out there despite lack of matterial.
David Chao
*none found*
Goes to Calarts, lives somewhere in California. Strenghts: excelent animator, great use of volume, great layouts, and anatomy. Weakness: lack of economic use of animation, no internet representation. Opertunity, I use a stronger use of pose to pose animation, I have a blog promoting myself already, and English is my first language. Threat: he's an awsome animator poised to get picked off by head hunters.
Orion Nelson
http://orion-nelson.deviantart.com/
He reciently graduated from the Art Institute, Pensilvania. Lives in Statin Island NY. Strenghts: knows Flash, has range of animation in demo reel. Weaknesses: poor quality of animation, bad online portfolio, opening to his demo reel is too long. Opertunities, I out perform him in quality of work, appears not to be actively searching for work, and I have better traditonal animation training. Threats: he lives close to New York City, and already knows Flash.
Nicholas Butera
http://nickbutera.blogspot.com/
He is currently on his fourth year at CalArts. I believe he lives in LA. Strenghts: good 2D animator, good blog. Weakness: boring layouts, no finished work shown. Opertunity: He hasn't really started putting himself out there, I'm better at animating with full figures (his are more flat), and my timing is better. Threats: he goes to CalArts and has good animation, a head hunter will more likely pick him up before me.
Ian Worrel
http://ianworrel.blogspot.com/
He goes to CalArts. Lives at Valencia, CA. Strenghts: good traditonal animator, strong poses, expressive characters, good composition and layouts. Weakness: his characters are really flat and they mainly move pose to pose (this may not be a weakness but a style difference). Opertunity: I too like to animate flat characters but I do so in a way that gives the illusion of well-roundedness, and his style is far different from mine. Threats: Again, he is poised to be picked up by head hunters, his blog is also better then mine.
Ricky Ed Los Angeles
http://rickyanimation.zoomshare.com/
He goes to Calarts. I don't know, but I think he lives in Los Angeles. Strenght: Has his own website, good graphic design work. Weakness: his website is annoying to brows, very little animation shown. Opertunity, I'm a better draftsman, and illustrator then he is. Threats: he is activly putting his name out there despite lack of matterial.
David Chao
*none found*
Goes to Calarts, lives somewhere in California. Strenghts: excelent animator, great use of volume, great layouts, and anatomy. Weakness: lack of economic use of animation, no internet representation. Opertunity, I use a stronger use of pose to pose animation, I have a blog promoting myself already, and English is my first language. Threat: he's an awsome animator poised to get picked off by head hunters.
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