Looking to the future briefly, I just wanted to talk about the direction I’m heading now. I’m going to be applying for junior and entry-level roles as soon I can (within the next week) in London, and hopefully I’ll be successful. I’ve already identified some that I intend to apply to (below – images instead of links because those will expire), though I’m not necessarily expectant to hear anything.
Studio Meala, one of the studios I was planning on applying for in the near future put out listings for a storyboard artist very recently. I’m planning on applying despite the 3+ years experience listed, just to put out the feelers and see what happens, but I’m remaining hopeful that something will come out of this! Especially since the animation test looks like something I’d draw anyway – I feel like the style should be fairly easy for me to imitate.
I’m also planning on looking at speculative applications, with the intent on getting my foot in the door around London. With any luck at some point a company will see my showreel and offer me something, and I’m not planning on being fussy in the first year providing the job pays.
Storyboarding is definitely something I’m going to look into in the near future – I do really enjoy that element of pre-production, playing with ideas and trying to draft up fun looking shots. I wasn’t aware of many studios in the UK that make series, but I’m trying to look into where is producing cartoon series.
I’m planning on being a lot more vigilant looking for work over the coming months, but I’m expecting to have to wait a while before anything really picks up. I’ll try to be optimistic in the mean time!