Friday, May 14, 2010

I have not posted in a while so I here I am.

Ive been trying to redesign my website for a while now. I took time off to work on the stencil animation and a few other projects. So even though I had posted images of my "new" site awhile ago... I've been trying other ideas. The images at the top are in the direction I'm going now.

The main problem I have (other than people confusing my bosses drawing for mine- although it says I only drew that backgrounds and colored them) is that people don't understand what it is I do. My site (like many artists sites) have several categories. It is very understandable. I animate so I have a page for my animations, I storyboard so I have a page for that and so on. I thought that a jack of all trades thing was fine. It not even all trades. As an "animator" you have to be able to do a variety of things because animation work is always scarce. I always thought having a site that says I can do one thing is like saying "i only have green apples." So that's why I and most artists try to show all the ways they be employed. It's not like "Cat Sitter" is a category.

Since my Yellow site is confusing I have been directing people to my vimeo video page lately. Only one gig has come of it, but It's nice that site the says "hey I make animations." I've done illustration work, but I've never seen myself as an illustrator. Yet it is still a category on my site.

What I want to do is direct films, commercials and music videos, but I have little experience with live-action and well since I can draw I might as well try to make money that way. I've thought about trying become an art director but not sure how to get into it. I can also drive...commercial vans with expensive equipment. I can ride a bike. I just learned how to make and use wheat paste. I have found that by not practicing my sax for 3 years or more...i sound like a beginner. So that idea is out.

Well, here is the title page I designed but was told that it's a better idea to start on my film and animation page. So I thought I'd show it anyway. oh those are actually photos that I scanned. Except for the top one. I know it doesn't make sense.

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