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The Best Places to Post your Showreel or Portfolio to get it seen

I have put together a brief list of what I consider are some of the best places to upload a reel in order to get it seen by peers and clients alike, as well as get constructive criticism - I include the motion exchange of course.

The breakdown can be found here http://dazpix.co.uk/blog/20placestpostyourreel/

What do others feel are good places to get work and kudos? It would be good to put together a de

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Added by Darren Marshall on March 15, 2010 at 8:24am — 2 Comments

10 Tips on applying to a mograph job - Repost from Mograph

This is a repost from a thread over at mograph.net. Some good stuff listed here, so I thought I'd share:

1- the link to your reel / portfolio should be one of the first things that is seen on your cover letter.

2- make sure your link works.

3- in your cover letter, be brief, be to the point, and for the love of all things holy do not gush about what a perf… Continue

Added by Harry Frank on March 13, 2010 at 10:45pm — 1 Comment

Collaboration

I've recently really started to get into the idea of working with new people, trying to meet new creative challenges and of course picking up some new techniques.

I have no concrete ideas as yet, but I'd love to hear from you if you have any plans of this nature - particularly something a bit longer than I'm used to producing and with a real narrative to get stuck into.

Comments and ideas to the usual addresses please!

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Added by Dan Lucyszyn-Hinton on March 10, 2010 at 5:57pm — 8 Comments

Motion designers needed

The Media Group is looking for Midlands-based motion designers with availability between mid-April and mid-May this year to work in-house on corporate and sports motion graphics for the web and DVD. Experience with the following tools is essential: After Effects CS3 Photshop Illustrator Cinema4D R11 (including MoGraph and AR3) And experience using these tools would be preferable: Premiere Encore Syntheyes 2008 Could any interested parties please message me (including a link to your reel and… Continue

Added by Dan Lucyszyn-Hinton on March 10, 2010 at 6:39am — No Comments

Who is your favorite motion graphic studio?

I am putting together a list of the best motion graphic studios. Please respond by stating your favorite companies and a link to their site.

Thanks,

Jeff
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Added by Jeff McIntosh on March 9, 2010 at 9:43am — 3 Comments

Currently Seeking in Chicago! - Motion Graphic Artist

SolidLine Media is a full service production house in downtown Chicago. We are currently seeking a full time staff motion graphics artist. Applicants must be able to work in a team setting under tight deadlines and will be required to create innovative and fresh high-end designs for our clients. A complete understanding of Adobe Suite / After Effects is a must. Any 3DS or Cinema 4D experience is a plus. Please only interested and qualified "Motion Graphics Animators" need apply. Highly skilled r… Continue

Added by Mike Petrik on March 9, 2010 at 8:54am — No Comments

Designer Guidelines

1. Never engage in an argument or oppose the person who holds your cheque; he/she is probably more concerned about the outcome of your design than yourself.
永不与付款给你的人争论或对抗，他/她们肯定比你更关心设计后的结果。

2. Things are not design oriented; your design will first and foremost be used to deliver a message to the market for your client, before it is an item of personal artistic expression.
作品并非设计主导的，在为艺术家表达自己之前，你的设计首先及主要为你的客户用于传递一个市场信息。

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Added by superpanda on March 7, 2010 at 7:47am — No Comments

8bpc & 16bpc & 32bpc

8bpc & 16bpc & 32bpc

在製作動畫的時候，我們有時會看到這幾個字眼，8bpc、16bpc、32bpc，雖然好像知道他們是甚麼顏色深度之類東西，但是又有點搞不太懂，所以這篇就來簡單講一下他們之間的差異。bpc這個東西真的要解釋起來還滿囉嗦的，而且會變得很像學術論文，既然我們是做"藝術創作？"的，那就還是憑感覺來做吧。

bpc

簡單說：
8bpc = 2的8次方 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2=256
16bpc = 2的16次方 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2=65536
32bpc = 2的32次方 2x2x............................................x2=4294967… Continue

Added by superpanda on March 7, 2010 at 7:27am — No Comments

New site, new header, new ambition

It's been nearly a week and my old blog pages are slowly metamorphosing into the portfolio of work the domain was originally meant for.

I successfully took the layered PSD used to create the images into AE and animated into a looping Flash header that, frankly, I'm pretty proud of.

Only web design content is available and the navigation is still be worked in, but things are beginning to take shape nicely.

http://www.alt-realit… Continue

Added by Christopher Kirkman on March 3, 2010 at 12:13am — No Comments

CARNE Issue Dos

Carne Issue 2 is now available for download. Check it out.

carnemag.com/

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Added by Kyle Brosius on February 26, 2010 at 7:17pm — 3 Comments

Health Care coverage for Freelancers

Since I sometimes double as a political activist, I was wondering if any of you U.S. based artists have trouble getting affordable health insurance for yourselves and/or your families? If you are a freelancer and have health coverage, who do you use?

I personally support a family of four and my HC premiums are ridiculous and my insurance covers very little after deductibles, etc.
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Added by Harry Sherman on February 24, 2010 at 11:28am — 1 Comment

Free Resources, Downloads, PSD files, Articles and More.......

Hi All,

There are lots of free downloads to make use of for motion graphics artists and visual effects artists, as well as designers and storyboarders. Check out the new site http://dazpix.co.uk/ and subscribe to the blog http://dazpix.co.uk/cat/blog/ to make sure you don't miss anything. The resources section will be updated regularly with all kinds of useful stuff, so check it out.

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Added by Darren Marshall on February 22, 2010 at 4:54pm — 1 Comment

Looking for comments about the IRS, 1099s, MBO, and more…

The IRS has been cracking down more and more on companies that hire 1099 workers. Being a 1099 worker myself, I am very curious about the subject. I've already been told by an agency that they no longer hire freelancers unless they are incorporated. I know others have been told the same.

I know what it comes down to is the IRS classification of an employee vs the real-world definition. Basically if you work on-site on someone else's gear under supervision, you're

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Added by Paul Conigliaro on February 22, 2010 at 1:14pm — No Comments

Redoing old Projects. Asking for trouble?

@Aaron Mustamaa.... is wondering if and when it's a bad idea to redo old ugly projects.

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Added by Aaron Mustamaa on February 21, 2010 at 4:47pm — No Comments

LA3D Meeting Friday, Feb 26th

Is anyone planning on going to this? Royale makes some amazing stuff, and I think it would be worth hearing what they have to say. I've never been to an LA3D meeting. Is it worth it?

Check the link:

http://la3d.eventbrite.com/

www.weareroyale.com

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Added by Kyle Brosius on February 18, 2010 at 7:47pm — 5 Comments

Looking for 3d animation experts for upcoming medical animation projects

Looking for 3d generalist/ animators to work on upcoming medical animations. We are located just outside of Philly. www.3fx.com Onsite is preferred but offsite might work. Previous science/pharma animation experience, organic modelling/motion, particle effects are a plus. Cinema 4d and Maya preferred. Please contact me if interested. Continue

Added by Joel Dubin on February 18, 2010 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Searching for an Internship in Portland, Or.

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone had any need of a post-production or mograph intern for this spring in Portland, Oregon?? It would be for credit and I'm not expecting to get paid, just looking for some industry experience. I graduated in 2004 with a BFA but went back to school last year for a Multimedia Certificate. As far as program knowledge goes, I have experien… Continue

Added by Ruth Pierich on February 16, 2010 at 5:46pm — No Comments

Iphone Advertisements Survey!

Hi guys!

I am conducted a survey on two iphone ads that I have created!
Some feedback would be appreciated, if you have 5 minutes to kill!

Part 1
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Added by Thomas Simon on February 15, 2010 at 1:21am — No Comments

Studio 1099 Crackdown

A studio owner I was working for was lamenting about getting screwed with by the IRS for having so many 1099 freelancers, and now I heard that a lot of studios in LA are dealing with the same thing. WTF is going on? Continue

Added by Alan Hettinger on February 14, 2010 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Making It Look Great 7 - MoGraph Unleashed

Making It Look Great 7

MoGraph Unleashed – Real-world Cinema 4D MoGraph workshops

Released today, comprising six tutorials with nearly 8 hours of training for Cinema4D. Focusing on the MoGraph module but also covering general Cinema4D workflow and techniques.

To find out more and see previews of the tutorial results, please visit Motionworks.

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Added by Tim Clapham on February 13, 2010 at 4:52pm — No Comments