Everton Sebben
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Or you can export a XML file to import into after effects.
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Man, im having the exactly same problem here. Did you find any answer yet? \\o//
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Hi Mark,
Yeah, thats it! I remember that in the beginning i used to feel more creative than now! Hahah thats because i had spare time to experiment, discover, with no strings attached. Doesnt need to be a reel. Could be a short film, short sequence, intro titles, something inspiring.
Good luck!
Best!
Everton.
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Hi Mark,
I see, you feel frustrated. And you are right about almost everything. To start, you really need to build up a good reel. With no reel, you are no one. At the time i wrote the first post in this thread, i was a freelancer. Now i own a business, still on the same field: audio and visual pieces. Focused on education now.
You have a point about networking. But networking its also = job done. One happy client, could be the owner of your near grocery store, that will bring you more clients. Thats what happened to me. I started freelancing for regular people – not companies. But even knowing lots of people, you need to show them something. With no reel, its hard to believe that you will deliver what the client needs.
Its important to me that everyone that works for me, makes money. I never, and will never put someone on a job to work for free. I have a small studio (tujale.tv) – but i know that big agencies do that. Ive worked for free in the beginning (i had a part time job in the tv field already, but i had to build a computer graphics reel). I can say to you that since a did a whole succesfull job, then another, i was ready to charge for it. After 2 free jobs – thats all i did – 2 free jobs. Everything else after those 2 was paid. This is a mix of good sense of doing business, sense of justice, balance between those relationship skills + skills to deliver what the client needs.
Build up a reel. Put your heart and soul on it. Publish online, be part of behance network, put your work on the web. You did well studying. Now its time to learn the real life gig, and go for it. If you feel sad, not creative, or even without the ”drive” for motion graphics, maybe you are in the wrong field. Consider that. You are already lucky enough cuz you could go to a university and get your degree.
And you are right not working for free. Every work must be paid. Thats the way i think.
If you deliver, you must be paid. Can you deliver?
Best!
Everton.
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Diffuse depth is killing you. Try ‘1’ and see if the results look good enough for you.
Cut the stochastic simples in half. If you find it still looks good, good for you.
GI takes too long to render anyway:)
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Go go go!
Im a motion designer today – im 32 – at 17 i was an audio operator at the newsroom but already studying design. Then i started as an editor – wich took me to the cg department as i could ‘see’ things coming together. My work as a motion artist started at 23, and now, almost 10 years later – only now, i feel i got it. Its not easy to stay alive and happy while you watch sooo many beautiful things that are done by zillion others marvel artists out there!! But i keep going and still trying to apply the best of me – if i can have some really original going on – i realize this ‘original’ thing has tons of pieces of others work and creation!
If you feel you love art, curious about how things are done, how machine works..you have the heart of a designer. If you know Goethe and his color teories, you can make a good use of that. Observing nature and how it works its a good start i guess. Studying new technologies makes me very inspired too!!
If you mix web development with all that motion skills, then you can have real power i guess – html5 is so powerful today – the sky is the limit.
Good luck!!
Everton Sebben // freelance motion designer
https://cargocollective.com/evesebben