After over five years of freelance I'm in denial that it's completely burnt me out. No harm in looking for a part time job or long studio contract to cut down on all of the business management every day of freelancing requires.
@wilczus2225 жыл бұрын
Do what's best for You Crowne! You deserve the best working conditions seeing how much You give to the community.
@TonikoPantoja5 жыл бұрын
There just needs to be a healthy balance. Some fulltime and freelance just to change pace here and there. Even if I decided my whole time to be freelance work, I'll itch back to work within a team.
@Reg3e5 жыл бұрын
Two of my favourite people in the same place (❁´◡`❁) That said, 5 months later, I'm still in Chapter 2... (っ °Д °;)っ
@nenidetic5 жыл бұрын
@@cuber759 why
@lennoxkayson10183 жыл бұрын
you all prolly dont give a shit but does anybody know a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
@elbdot5 жыл бұрын
This video came at a PERFECT time for me because I started to look for full time jobs today and I was already thinking about maybe sticking to freelance jobs longer because the first studio I called today told me they only hire freelancers for concept art to do their jobs from home. But I REALLY want to work in a team and I have zERO friends in my area who work in the animation industry and I REALLY want to finally meet people like me and work on a project TOGETHER! Your video definitely inspired me and reminded me that I started looking for full time jobs because Im tired of working alone at home and I want to meet people and make new experiences! So I will definitely keep going and looking for other studios! Thanks for the video, Toniko!
@kdvr7665 жыл бұрын
Yeah being a free lancer is lonely but then again i dont do well with crowds
@legofan10145 жыл бұрын
Hi, do you know the name of the studio? I'm looking for a full-time job, too.
@garrettviewegh6772 жыл бұрын
Social media, school, and finding like-minded people with the same interests as you on platforms like Facebook is a good way to make connections and new friends. If that’s what you’re looking for. In todays “digital age” there’s plenty of resources and platforms you can use. Depending on who you are/ask, it may require going out of your comfort zone when it comes to making friends online.
@boopydoop4915 жыл бұрын
This video is MASSIVELY helpful for a kid going into animation school this coming fall like me. Thanks so much!!!!!
@ahsanhayat82175 жыл бұрын
hey fellow, which animation school are you going?
@Drapendudel4 жыл бұрын
Man, I wish you had some stuff on your channel. I’m kinda curious what the level most beginning students are at.
@KhanhNguyen-dg9rl2 жыл бұрын
How's it going my dude?
@iwantmylifetobeinteresting91322 жыл бұрын
I am actually amazed how you guys can afford it QwQ
@jalenmacon5 жыл бұрын
As someone who wants to have his own business, I definitely need to be able to do freelancing. However I'll start with working at a studio so I can improve my animation skills and learn how to create a compelling story
@Limbolots05 жыл бұрын
I hope you get famous
@yofu29694 жыл бұрын
How’s that working for ya?? Any success??
@corrinagaia5 жыл бұрын
I might enjoy freelance. So I can focus on my arts than whatever something distracting me. I have been self-taught on art since when I was little, didn't do much on my school years, but got back to drawing, so I can focus on what I wanted to do. Freelance can be something I like to do, but I need the right equipment if I want to go out to find my happy place to draw.
@inkydragon275 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate you posting this video, thankyou
@flatfacedcat5 жыл бұрын
Freelance work is "best" for me at the moment because I'm disabled and can't get to a work site in most cases. But I *really* thrive at work settings and with in-face interaction... I hope circumstances change eventually. I think there's so much to gain in-person settings.
@MelvilleG5 жыл бұрын
Working for a studio you improve your technical skills, you learn to draw more efficiently, but have no time to work on your portfolio. Freelancing you do a bunch of third-tier assignments just to get money, so you do not necessarily level-up as a professional. So how do you build a portfolio which can grant you access to a high-tier clients and studios? How to rip some time to evolve?
@Lulluney5 жыл бұрын
It's hard to pick, not because of personal preferences, but because you don't get to choose who hires you, especially as a newcomer. Many of my colleagues have to work both freelance and full time, swapping on and off as gaps in work open up. The occasional life style changes mean instability, but you do get to experience the good and bad sides of both.
@a.b.cooper48075 жыл бұрын
I will say for 3D artists, there are fairly affordable render farms you can send work to instead of paying for your own equipment and rendering yourself.
@koketsok15135 жыл бұрын
been considering freelancing,enjoyed the vid .It helped me get more informed as full time is dicey in my country
@Maxipandah5 жыл бұрын
I'm 22, fresh out of college with a bachelor's degree in Art Studio, and I'm creating an animation portfolio over the next few years. I don't really know what studios to look into tho for an entry level animator.
@soirema5 жыл бұрын
Wow, we in my country study until 24...Im 22 and got a job in gaming two months ago :) I highly advice to look for job in mobile gaming first, best at startup, they need people so badly that they will hire even people with no expirience
@clementthangtinkhum76904 жыл бұрын
@@soirema how do you find them?
@doryyonder15334 жыл бұрын
@@soirema howw
@Feldi5 жыл бұрын
"become a full time artist first" yeah... it's a bit hard when you a) have no chance of getting into the industry and b) live in a place that has nothing to offer for full-time artists
@Luke-lq9rn4 жыл бұрын
You can do it we believe in you
@JuliaFliess5 жыл бұрын
I'm working freelance because I cant afford to move where the industry is. The loneliness aspect of it is definitely getting to me, but I signed up for some classes and that helps somewhat.
@ValdemarDeMatos5 жыл бұрын
Julia Fliess if your budget and way of working allows you can also try to spend part of your day work in a coworkers place.
@JuliaFliess5 жыл бұрын
@@ValdemarDeMatos I dont think we got those where I live, but it's worth checking, thanks for the suggestion
@ArcadianCatharsis5 жыл бұрын
It's funny cause that's how i imagine doing, getting in fulltime style, getting beter at drawing, and gathering some ideas for future projects and in future start my own projects
@kjkcomics4 жыл бұрын
"In the age of today, that's not always the case" Oof- that hits harder now than any other time before. Picked this up because I'm graduating college to hopefully get a job to be a junior animator... during the corona virus outbreak. They even canceled the graduation ceremony for this spring.
@CallMeSheyzie5 жыл бұрын
I've been working fulltime for two years since graduating animation school, and working freelance is my long term goal; mostly fueled by the long transit into work every day (hour and a half each way - think of all the work i could get done with those three hours!). This was very helpful for me, thank you!
@RobotsWithKnivesCartoons5 жыл бұрын
I've only worked freelance and I really wish I could do studio works. I feel like I am a terrible boss for myself, but I feel like I might be too much of a generalist to get a spot in a studio. I did get my start in animation doing personal projects.
@kingcabbage95025 жыл бұрын
You are a treasure to animation, never stop being amazing!
@caittoons Жыл бұрын
I really love your videos and channel. Watching this definitely helped me give insight and the idea that honestly im happier doing freelance.
@Mortal_mushroom5 жыл бұрын
Found this video extremely helpful! Learned that I’m more of a freelance artist than a full-time artist
@jsk-art2 жыл бұрын
Recently was lucky enough to start doing full-time freelance animation work after spending years in the food industry. Self-taught animator who managed to get a contract for two animation projects (each about a minute and a half long, the first of the two I did all the visuals for including storyboards and character design and I'm credited as the director as well) which essentially gave me a few months of full-time paid work with plenty of time to line up projects for when that final deadline hits. (since then, I already have maybe 5 more projects which are 30 seconds each for the winter months, but still waiting on the final confirmation on those). These have also been my first "professional" animation projects, and were for a relatively small media company who previously was more focused on live-action videos, but recently wanted to start doing some animation projects as well. For a long time, my starting goal was to get some freelance animation work on the side, and still work part time in the food industry, just while I built up my portfolio and was able to show more animation projects that were actually from working for someone else, not just my own independent projects, but with everything working out so quickly, it was an easy and somewhat necessary switch straight into doing full-time freelance work. I thought at some point I'd like to get a job in a studio, but in switching straight into full-time freelance, I realized how much I like it so far. As long as I'm able to keep lining up projects, I really like being able to work from home and set my own schedule. I like being able to decide my rates, and if I don't like what I'm making currently, have the ability to adjust my rate for my next project. I like being able to do the kind of work I want to do, and that I get first say in the projects I'm working on and the companies I'm working with. So for now, as long as I can maintain it, I've decided to just do freelance full-time. It helps, too that by virtue of being animation work, the projects are longer, and I only need to find one or two new projects a month, if that. It also helps that I live in a city with a very well-connected animation industry, and all the studios in the area (plus most of the serious freelancers) have a monthly animation event to meet up, as well as a discord server, so it's like networking on easy mode. Plus, if I ever get sick of freelance work, by then, a lot of these studios will have seen my work already and know who I am. The biggest downside as of now has been the 30% income tax for people who are self-employed and as a result, having to raise my rates, and lose the public insurance I'd been able to get while working in food-industry.
@LmaoMeowz3 жыл бұрын
I’m mostly using my art for 2 things right now, to make a personal project of mine and for exposure + funding for what I _really_ want to do (gaming). I’m currently too young for a fulltime job but if I havent made enough by then i’m hoping to work in a studio for a while. This definitely helped me make up my mind!
@artbyjibs3 жыл бұрын
Nice work on these very professional videos. Great art, narrating and editing. Best on internet so far.
@audreym8233 жыл бұрын
i honestly really like studio work! i dont have any creative ideas im particularly attached to, i just like to draw, so i dont mind doing other peoples ideas. in fact, even at my non art related jobs, id always be distracting my coworkers by drawing silly things and bouncing ideas off of each other for goofy characters and stories. only doing freelancing is just too stressful (and lonely!) for me, and i do better with a schedule and a good idea of my duties for the day.
@theloniuspoon2 жыл бұрын
thank you for this this was insightful i actually thought being full time would be easier
@DAVIDHERRICK9 ай бұрын
As a freelancer, there are other aspects that are necessary; gathering clients, self-promotion (advertising your skills), paying for your own healthcare and insurance, answering calls and replying to messages, bookkeeping, accounting, organizing business expenses in addition to your personal expenses, filing taxes (that's a really big and time-consuming responsibility!), and organizing your time efficiently. There are many aspects to freelancing that go far beyond the creative part.
@didigameboy5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience!
@shazdraws5 жыл бұрын
Amazing video
@ghostie77905 жыл бұрын
Love this thank you! I feel inspired
@avsdesign494 жыл бұрын
Toniko voce é fodão! parabens ! sucesso! obrigado pelas dicas!
@henreebee65614 жыл бұрын
Really great advice, thanks Toniko!
@MrChambers5 жыл бұрын
This is a great video, thanks so much for the advise!
@Alsyoutubeaccount4 жыл бұрын
It seems a lot easier to find freelance work than to get hires by a studio though? At least I feel like even though I’m a pretty decent artist, I know the fundemantals, and always improving, am building a following etc. I’m still kind not quite at the level to have a competitive portfolio for a studio. However I am good enough that I could start doing commissions and maybe some freelance work soon. Right now I’m living at home so I need to start making money as soon as possible so I can get my own place (again. Had to move home after covid left me unemployed)
@yen_bm5 жыл бұрын
great stuff. thank you for this video!
@ellenzhang62765 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about this ! Always inspiring, encouraging and super timming:)
@ahsanhayat82175 жыл бұрын
toniko a big fan of youu from pakistan, your work is soooo good, you are my inspiration
@thewonderfulwolfe62325 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad this video showed up for me! I'm at that age where the pressure to start looking for schools and figure out what I want to do for my career is high. I would love be involved in the animation industry in some form but have been given a lot of mixed signals on which direction I should take. This has helped me tremendously, thank you!
@isaac123742 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I started uploading videos on KZbin again
@El_Andru5 жыл бұрын
Thanks my man! Really helpful for a young animator like me. (Btw if you know Keely Prop, give thanks to her, she sent me here)
@clevachloe69884 жыл бұрын
Are these all animations/storyboards yours?? Some of these are really magical!
@marytheshortcake Жыл бұрын
Hello, Mr. Pantoja! As an aspiring animator from the Philippines, I was very encouraged by you after hearing you have experienced working from home (in the Philippines). I'm a teen, but I am worried for my career as an animator. Maybe you can give an advice for your next video for aspiring animators like me who wants to get/work in the animation industry but can't go to other countries and have little to no animation industries in our own country? I feel like it's near impossible to be allowed to work from home as a junior/new animator in an industry unless I am insanely good... Also, how do you get gigs or projects when you're free grad and is supposed to find immediate work? Not sure if you'll see this haha Regardless, I am very grateful for the videos and free lessons you put here in KZbin! They have helped me a lot, especially your tips about drawing faster, animating live action films to have better storyboarding and knowledge, and being decisive with my art by avoiding hairy sketches. I hope you'll make more videos and help young artists like me! Thank you!!
@rociolinares2085 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video, but I still have my doubts. I'm a self taught illustrator, comic artist and animator so yeah, no credentials at all. For me, finding a full time job at a studio is hard. So I asked a couple of people how to get a job at a studio, they said, you gotta go freelance first so people get to know you. But now I need to build a reputation through a full time studio job, but again, in order to get that, I need to have a reputation as a freelance?? What way would you recommend to a self taught??
@vampireknight183904 жыл бұрын
Hey You don’t need reputation to postulate in a studio You need a portfolio and a showreel that’s all They will determinate if they hire you on your skills not your reputation As a freelancer you want reputation because your more likely to work on several project at the same time Finding new projects all the time can be time consuming so you need employers to come to you and not being constantly searching That's were reputation is vital As a fulltime artist on a studio, your project are given by your superior and you don’t have to search for projects That’s also the safety thing that is mention on the video As a freelancer the amount of work you have is variable so are your incomes, not in a studio
@rociolinares2084 жыл бұрын
@@vampireknight18390 Thank you so much for your answer. I'll work on a portfolio then :)
@Silver01Son5 жыл бұрын
It's too hard to choose!
@MasterOfDoK5 жыл бұрын
thank you
@its_nukatron5 жыл бұрын
I need a bit of advice, I'm pretty sure I can't go into the industry by internship (graduated with art degree like 10 yrs ago). Is my main choice, if I want a full-time job, to make a good enough impression on someone in the industry with my work online/portfolio at this point? I've tried freelance and I don't mind it so much, but I want the experience to be with others in my field and learn new things from them.
@AchHadda5 жыл бұрын
07:00 show what is it ?
@frasiersdead3 жыл бұрын
what studio is that? the architecture/landscaping is so beautiful!
@transpixel37572 жыл бұрын
One year later "My definition of fulltime has changed "
@keninkenap61815 жыл бұрын
Agreeeeed
@diegoviamonte18402 жыл бұрын
subtitulos en spanish please
@walterdaduck85775 жыл бұрын
did you animate the damkeeper?!?
@TonikoPantoja5 жыл бұрын
I worked on the show dam keeper poems, i will post my animation reel on that sometime!
@rafianimations91884 жыл бұрын
1:48
@rainar935 жыл бұрын
Worked 3 years in studios and I have been working last year as freelancer. I agree with all you said. I thought I would have time to work on personal projects but exhaust myself more than working office hours😅
@marky_studio5 жыл бұрын
You live here in Philippines?
@thegreathowdini5 жыл бұрын
Are you half Filipino?
@zixaa5 жыл бұрын
Were not being lazy if were working a full time job! That was poor wording and contributes to people over working themselves! Work to live, don’t live to work