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Posted:
May 7, 2008, 4:46 PM
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How to get your art noticed
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I am at a point in my life where I need a change! I have always had a talent to draw funny and original cartoon characters and finally with some push from family and friends I have decided to try and get my art noticed. I am not looking to make a million dollars overnight, just looking to make a start somewhere but I have no idea how or where. I am 29 and have a wife and child and I know its gonna be hard....wish I lived somewhere like cali. but I am in Chicago so that may help being in a big city, right now I am just lost. Any advice or help would be AWESOME!!!
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Research Guru
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May 7, 2008, 11:15 PM
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You need a change? You and I both!
My backgrounds in writing, not drawing, but the same advice is probably good for both of us: think local.
Yes, Chicago isn't a big center for animation like L.A., the Bay Area (or Vancouver!) is, but there are some animation studios in your area that you could try. Here are a few that I found online:
Calabash Animation
www.calabashanimation.com
Clay, cel and computer animation. TV specials, shorts and commercials.
AGA Digital Studios, Inc. (Schaumburg)
www.agadigital.com
3D Computer Animation, Digital / Visual Effects
Bix Pix Entertainment
www.bixpix.com
A full service clay-animation studio where original work for television and independent clients is created from conception to completion.
Day 1 Studios
www.day1studios.com
3D computer animation
Dreamation Studios
www.dreamationstudios.com
A 3D, CGI animation studio with creative, technical and production capabilities focused on creating the next wave in animation feature films, television, merchandise and multimedia.
Inde Digital Animation
www.studioronin.com
A boutique animation and special effects house.
Pat Bradley Animation
www.patbradley.net
Specializing in 2D cell and Flash animation.
Toon Ranch
www.toonranch.com
Animation production.
Of these, I'd suggest approaching Calabash Animation first -- one of its releases, Stubble Trouble (2000), was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Film (Animated).
You could also approach some of the many advertising agencies that are still a big part of the Chicago scene. Dr. Seuss had ad agency contracts (not in Chicago, though) long before he drew and wrote the first of his many books.
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