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The Worst Thing About Being a Freelancer

Life as a freelancer (of any kind) can be tough. It’s based around the idea of waiting for someone to choose you. Pick you. Almost all artists experience that reality. Think of actors. Their whole world is based around waiting for …

Best Animation Film Festivals for Submitting Your Animated Short Film

After finishing our third animated short film Tasteful, we knew we wanted to go all in on festival submission. I’ve had some experience with free or cheap festivals when I submitted Lift Up in 2014, but with Tasteful I wanted …

Making an Animated Short Film – The Making of Tasteful

I’ve recently released my 3rd animated short film Tasteful, and I decided to take some time to write about all the steps behind making the film, from start to finish, explaining them as simply as I can, so that even …

Big Surprise…

Next week we are releasing a brand new course I’ve been working on in secret for quite a while, and today I wanted to tell you all about it. There are also 2 cool surprises. Keep reading. I’ve been making behind …

Read This if You’re Low on Motivation For Your Personal Project

Feeling a bit low? Can’t bring yourself to work on your business/project/art piece today? Here’s a thought for you: Many times when we’re working on our own projects, be that at home, a coffee shop or at the park, we …

The Misunderstanding of Job Security (Investing in Yourself)

Why do you want a job so bad? “You know… Security.” What kind of security are you talking about? Putting your financial fate in someone else’s hands feels safe to you? This rant is aimed at entrepreneurial types, as well …

Flash Animation is now Animate CC Animation – Course update

We have finally updated our Flash Animation course to reflect the name change Adobe implemented a while back. The course is now titled Animate CC Animation. Here are the update details: Changes The course itself hasn’t changed much. It didn’t …

Should Your Film Be Animated or Live Action?

Before you decide to make an animated film, here’s a question to ask yourself: Does it have to be animated? If the answer is no, then you might want to consider making it a live action movie instead. Now, I’m …

Making an Animated Film by Yourself – Can You Do It?

Many people consider filmmaking a collaborative sport, and in most cases it certainly is. Making live action movies is virtually impossible to do all by yourself. You can’t act, shoot and direct at the same time. Not well, anyways. Animation …