> did an art plc because I wouldn't get enough points to go to college> careers counsellor has mandatory "try convince the kids to go to college and not just live on unemployment"> tells me why not get the dole and get to go to college> turns out being poor, having a single mom and going to school in ballymun means I'm "disadvantaged" so get paid to go to college > do an art plc > one day don't get susi payment, didn't show up for a whole month> realize I'm wasting an opportunity and show up. nobody is there, work is paid out. I just brought a pencil and notebook. teacher tells me she thought I dropped out, says it's not too late and she will get the examiner> I just walk out before she gets back> am told I did so little work that there's no way I get into illustration course> am asked if I even give a shit. realise top late that I do> inspired.jpg> maybe I can be something, someone > repeating a plc means no susi, would have to pay to go and work my way through it> have a bitch of a life drawing teacher who made everyone cry, loved it. she took me seriously> ace the year, get better at art> join violet clovers > git gud> ai takes off in final year, illustration is dead. already was on its knees> get invited to thanksgiving dinner some person in my year I hardly knew thanks to covid's roommate was throwing> explains to me that ireland has an animation industry > ty tax credits> tells me about skillnet, basically susi again> make myself a lesson plan> make portfolio of 10 for final project > get told I'll fail for not doing an emotional project, stupid non skill based college> would rather fail a class then work in a coffeeshop > gov did a report and found colleges weren't training people well enough to get into the industry > pay for me to do an internship with animation studio> win, win, win> I get work experience, studio gets free labour and no risk, gov finally makes me a taxpayer and not a tax burden> been working since
>>7725984Pyw?
>>7725987Not gonna self dox with studio work but here's one of the drawings I did to get my first oneIdea for learning was > copy professional layout 1 to 1 from a show (I picked owl house)> do more studies but only glance at the reference. hold a mental image of it but keep it off screen. draw a rock using its shape language and general placement but don't copy it exactly> after studies, use same shape language and style but draw places you know (one posted was my attic where I drew the image> then places you know but from memory to start to take more liberties, allows you to abstract and change it more> then places you know in theory, eg a hospital waiting room, but don't use any reference at allBy this time I was ready to be a junior. Drew about 10 bgs in total
>>7725984>join violet cloversis this is it? is this THE gmi server?
>>7725984how profilific is ai usage in the irish animation industry?
I'm dead interested cos I've been churning away at putting together an animation portfolio for the past couple years. Scored a couple gigs doing music videos but nothing ongoing, picrel is something I slapped up for an anon in the animation general.>What type of animation do you do, Puppet rigs or handdrawn?>Working in advertising or series?>How much animation experience did you have when getting your foot in the door?>Any tips on applying for animation work without contacts? Local jobseek website has no leads, is finding local studios and cold-calling with a portfolio viable? Any intel from co-workers of how they got into the industry?
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>>7725984What's your endgame?Do you have a passion project you'd like to lead one day, or do you just want to draw?
>>7725984>Any tips for figure drawing? I like to watch anime animators & manga artists drawing on Youtube and it looks like animators draw a lot faster.
>>7725995>western shit*YAWN*
>>7725995grim
>>7726046Gets used on the Vis dev side but not at all in production. Very big anti ai sentiment from the artists and because so much stuff is done with vector ai can't do it anyway
>>7726073I do backgrounds and have done vector and raster ones. Usually Photoshop but am drawing them in toonboom rn. Knowing the software is the biggest skill gap to hiring people.Don't try invent a style for your portfolio, you aren't even a junior yet and that's an art directors job, instead copy a style and do your own stuff. If you don't aim too high and show you have the skill to be consistent and can do what they'll need a junior to do with the software they use, you'll get a job. Eg if an animator, pirate toonboom and do walk cycles and lip syncs.
>>7726125Failed colaiste dhulaigh plcRepeated at ballyfermotPicked wrong and did illustration at NCAD
>>7726225Truth be told I'm too extroverted to be sitting behind a desk all day so I'm hoping to get into pitching and be a show runner. Would love to do a classic writers room. Make something that's fun to make yaknow, I love shows where you can tell the guys making it are having a blast
>>7726436Nice that you ended up in NCAD, I'm only a selftaught maybe mid-high beg so I haven't a clue of anything industry related but if I go to an arts course how easy would it be then to go through an internship into a studio?
I'm working on an LLM that interfaces with animation software directly to produce output. Do you think the animators in your field would be willing to work on such a thing if it paid a respectable wage?
>>7726943People do want certain tools, like for instance we had to manually vectorize and seperate out a shitton of complex raster concepts. There is currently no tool that can do that and it was a boring ass job. The issue is there are strict file and layer layout requirements so unless you have worked in the industry or have a client you will solve the wrong problem. If you look for pain points to fix im sure people would be happy to use it>>7726936You need >to show you can do the exact job you are applying for >that you know the software they use>to not aim too high and failat that point so many people who are artists have failed you stand out and will have decent odds. I got my internship thorugh skillnet ireland. The animation, vfx and games one runs twice a year. just hyper focus on exactly what they do in production for the exact role you want
>>7726943Kill yourself
OP I did layout drawings as a hobby for a while. You got socials I can DM you at? Im curious what you think of my stuff
>>7725984>susi>plc>join violet cloverswhatMan. I hate how the government gets those apes through all those programmes and shit and I have to somehow carve out 3 hours of the day to make the magic happen.
>>7727945>>7727973PYW
>>7727973SUSI is an Irish government grant for people to go to college. Usually failing a year means you don't get it either anymore at all or for that repeat. A PLC is a post leaving certificate course, the leaving certificate is high school in Ireland. It's similar to college/university but is usually lower level and gets you into a university/college.I don't know what Violet clovers is but it's probably an art school or studio. Refer to the image op posted as an answer to your paragraph.
