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A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

When I was little I dreamed of being a cartoonist or an animator for Disney or Nickelodeon. That pretty much died years ago, but I'd still like to have SOMETHING to do with cartoons.

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

Actually, I totally agree with you, I was also thinking of making a webcomic/toon for myself, I just have no idea how to do it yet. Sure, I'd like to make a living of my creation, but I also want full control and ownership over them, and you can't have both, so...

Indeed, screw TV!

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

Screw TV! The Web is the present and the future to go. Artists are already selling adverstiment and merchandise of their webcomics/animations to support themseves. True, is not the same like getting a big contract, but at least you OWN your work and YOU decide its direction. It just needs very few years to become really maintsream and a serious business.

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

I really don't mean to bust your bubble, but the game industry is just as bad as the animation industry. There's plenty of great games that barely get any press at all because they're released the week before the next Halo/Madden/Guitar Hero. And the majority of game buyers are just fine with it that way. :shrug:

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

You've got it in reverse there. You have to know EVERYTHING now just to get in. Then you might get a break as a storyboard artist. Then you can worry about pitching.

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

I can kind of seeing myself being a storyboard artist for a major show, or maybe a writer, or a layout/timing director. Or maybe just a plain ol' director.

I want to eventually learn how to do EVERYTHING that happens during the production of a cartoon. Then myabe i'll concern myself with my own pitches.

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

Personally at this point, I'd love to just try to pitch a series revival of a previous cartoon or character. I doubt it, though. What I want to do is too obscure, and the companies involved with them don't really seem to want to make anything good anymore.

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

I'm interested in pursuing a career as an animator, or something to do with animation or making comics. I'm not 100% sure what exactly yet. I'd love to have my own series too, but I highly doubt it'll happen, and not for a long time if it does. I'm currently content with animating my stuff myself, in Flash (hand-drawn with a tablet), rather than pitching to networks.

I feel that I should point out that it's NEVER been realistic to expect to walk into a studio and pitch a show, and have it made. Generally, companies are more interested in ideas from people who have already worked on shows in some way, as animators, writers, etc. This isn't really anything new-- I don't think there have been many times in the industry's history when many companies were willing to do some guy off the street's show, without any basis or previous knowledge of him/her... Even in the 90's.

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

You may want to move to Canada if you want a career in the animation business. I'm considering it myself.

A career in the animation industry: Still interested in it's curent state?

I wouldn't mind doing theatrical shorts, but not features; except for 1 or 2 projects which started as novel ideas, none of my ideas really lend themselves to feature-length stories.