Enjoy Some New Work!
Been a busy month, so we thought we'd just make a blogpost showing off some of the recent collaborations with a one our clients. Enjoy!Cerulean Games / Steve Aoki: Early Concept Art for Steve Aoki's Beatbomb Video Game
Freelancing – What to Do When Times Get Hard
Living a freelance lifestyle is no cake walk. Anyone who tells you otherwise isn't being honest. There are plenty of perks to wanting to go rogue and be your own boss. But there are plenty of pitfalls and uncertainties along
Why Outsourcing Animation Overseas is a Bad Idea
Big animation companies do it, large and small game studios do it, and it's something that has always baffled me with long term business planning for companies. Outsourcing is still a large issue in the animation industry, companies outsource for
Essential Tools for Animators
So today I thought I'd write a post about some of the tools I use as an animator that I've really come to see as essential to doing my job well. Many of them are free resources, and others are
Lessons on Starting a Career in Animation
Today I thought I'd write about how I got started as an animator and what some of the things are I've learned about breaking into the industry as an artist, as well as some lessons I wish I had known
Freelancing: Physical Fitness Can Improve Work Ethic
I thought I'd write a little today about the role that physical health has in my line of work and why it's important to me. I work out regularly, usually five days a week in the morning for around 20
Explainer Videos: Story-based Marketing Tools
In the past ten years there has been a growing demand by small businesses for cheap, quick and affectively marketing videos created for the web. Specifically these video include or are entirely made up of motion graphics and animation as
Freelancing: Networking Isn’t Scary! Really!
I've always been a big fan of people, but when I was younger I was also a lot more shy then I am now. I was one of those quiet, gentle nerds in high school who was intimidated by boys,
Freelancers – You’re providing a service!
I've been reading and thinking about this topic a lot lately. The economy that was devastated in 2008 is recovering, but a lot of people have been shifted to doing service work for others. But when I say "service work"
Freelancing: Cash Flow is King
I thought I'd talk a little bit about the ins and outs of making freelancing easier and less stressful by structuring your invoices and finances in a way to make your life better. Cash flow as a freelancer is usually a