I have been browsing this board for almost 4 years, i now go to an art university in Canada and my goal is to one day pitch my show to cartoon network or nickelodeon, you guys have always been honest with me.I have my art portfolio and after i finish my uni i wanna get more serious about it.Do you think i can do it?
>>7912524>Do you think i can do it?No, but no fault of your own. TV networks are circling the drain, and Cartoon Network was rapidly deteriorating even before that. There's probably more market in streaming services.Also, you might have to work a few years farther down on the totem pole before being able to pitch a series. Getting a job as a boarder or animator is a more realistic start than jumping right into a leadership position.
>>7912559yea cuz Rebecca sugar was storyboarding for adventure time and his bf for venture bros
>>7912524Not that it was ever easy to get in, but isn't that part of the industry completely filled with nepobabies nowadays?
>>7912567hey OP here, one of my ideas to get into the industry was to prepare my portfolio to show to artists in comic cons or fan expos you think that would work?
>>7912566I wasn't referring to that, but rather that the president of CN is the same dipshit who tried to push a bunch of live action programming on a cartoon channelIt's only a matter of time before CN is dead, as if constant reruns of TTG wasn't enough to do it
>>7912559but here is the thing im more of a comic artist or character designer and i dont really do animation... do you think i should now that im in Uni? i know JQ the creator of regular show first got famous by his short animation
>>7912570so... you think i should make my own show on the web like speedoru? (he created punch punch forever on youtube)
>>7912524It took zach hadel until his 30s to get his show on adult swim, and he was independently successful in animation and well connected with a good reputation. In addition, he had a novel, visually interesting idea. Not saying it’s impossible, just highly unlikely and difficult.
>>7912524>>7912584It is probably unironically easier to become a comic artist and become successful enough that you get offered a show.
>>7912591yes desperation also plays a role, op should watch king of comedy, lots of people do these half assed "pitches" and dont factor in how it looks from the perspective of the other guy. Prove yourself first and worry about being a "professional" later, or dont take my advice op, do what you feel like, I'm a nobody and am just giving my limited perspective.
>>7912601hes right OP kidnap Dan Schneider, and then force them to make your show
>>7912524>Do you think i can do it?I hope you are AT LEAST a jewish Black transwomyn with vitiligo on a wheelchair and hands like crab pincers and half your face melted off and special pronouns I've never seen before, otherwise NGMI if you don't look like a Cronenberg monster you're too privileged and a literal Nazi for even trying.Unless of course you live in California and daddyś got money and you suck jew dick at Calarts.
>>7912591Yeah thats sorta what im doing for my comic, basically writing a storyboard for a movie. Really I've just structured it and shot it like a movie cause im more of a movie guy than a comic guy, which has helped me understand where i wanna go with my story, and how to write the beats. Odds are nothings gonna come over it, which im fine with,
>>7912524I saw on Cartoon Network the other day they start Adult Swim at 5pm on weekdays now. I don't think kids cartoons actually get made anymore anon
>>7912524>Do you think i can do it?The biggest issue isn't your talent or your pitch - it looks like both CN and Nick are getting the can.The American animation industry as a whole is going through it pretty badly at the moment, because of a series of fairly terrible business decisions; often making shows that were profitable but almost entirely unprofitable, because they couldn't make or sell merch for the shows; making shows that appealed to an audience outside of their target demographic, thus exasperating the merchandising issues; and terrible show time tables, such as essentially turning themselves into 24 hours channels for Teen Titans GO! and Spongebob, respectively.The final nail is that their parent companies just do not seem to care about them, or animation, and are seemingly quite happy to kill off what remains of these husks.Luckily there are other means of distributing and making cartoons, like pitching to streamers or going indie, but they're both less reliable and seemingly less accessible than the old networks.So we can evaluate the art of your portfolio and pitch when the time comes, but who knows how this shitty market will be at that time.I wish you luck.
>>7912570>the president of CN is the same dipshit who tried to push a bunch of live action programming on a cartoon channelStuart Snyder left in 2014
>>7912571>my goal is to one day pitch my show to cartoon network or nickelodeon>i dont really do animationWell, which is it?Why is it your dream to make a cartoon, but not animate?>>7912706I'd heard Michael Ouweleen was part of it, and Atoms cited him as the primary reason a lot of animators left CN
