Thanks to Alec East, Creative Director at Do Tank Studios and editor of the Shooting People Animation Network for listing the group. Shooting people is a terrific noticeboard site aimed at the US and UK indie film community. Well worth joining.
We also got listed on the University of the Arts noticeboard Good place to check out part-time and 'first' job opportunities (ie some of them don't pay that well but good for first experience). Occasionally a nugget gets listed (you know a gold nugget and the deadline for entries was yesterday).
Today I've posted on the AWN Forums which already brought a new member going by the name of Bentos: check out his showreel which is interesting and funny especially the Sumo Tony Blair bit. The AWN database is an International infinite resource for animators and the industry (if you didn't already know :)
Comments:
I can live with interesting and funny, I guess it's not exactly an exercise in Wildean wit or Shakespearean depth. # posted by Bentos : 2:04 PM, April 25, 2007
Aw, I'd say every OTHER post was about rugby.
What can I say, it takes up a lot more of my thinking time than animation (dayjob) and most of the guys who read the blog are blokes from school.
There are a couple of musings on advertising, politics and stuff though. I'm a veritable renaissance dude.
I wonder how many rugby playing animators there are out there? Probably quite a few more 3D guys than 'traddies'. # posted by Bentos : 9:14 PM, April 25, 2007
Hello again!
Well you know what springs to mind: make animations about rugby!! It's written in the stars! It's your niche! # posted by Frankie Sinclair : 9:25 PM, April 25, 2007
"Hi I just left a comment in reply to your comment! But what's the system? I get an alert when you comment because of the monitoring system, but do you get an alert? Or do you just have to check the site again?"
You leave a comment on my blog.
I've spent hours following the links from blog to blog.
Here's a good starting place:
http://sandwichbag.blogspot.com/
then leave a comment on their blogs! Monster!
There's already a perfect animation on rugby, the scenes in Asterix in Britain. I like the emphasis on punching people as part of the game. # posted by Bentos : 9:54 PM, April 25, 2007
