If you've never had an epiphany, I highly suggest you try having one. It sounds like I'm trying to get you to try drugs. "Dude have you had an epiphany? You should try it. It'll change you're life. I'll even hook you up with one for free to test it out to see if you like it."
I had an epiphany last night while I was trying to find internships. Every internship that I applied for called for a portfolio. If you want to intern as a creative for Marvel, you need a portfolio. If you want to intern for Adult Swim, you need a portfolio. If you want to intern for Disney, you need a portfolio and you also need to sign a contract that tells Disney your soul belongs to them. ( Not really. But you never know.) Anyway, I'm sitting here wanting to apply to these places but I'm missing a key piece...dat portfolio. So, I start thinking, I have hardly anything that I'm extremely proud of to put into a portfolio. Then I got all sad. *cue that theme when Charlie Brown mopes off screen* awwww poor me right? BUT... whenever I'm down, I find any way to bring myself back up again. So, I started reading my all time favorite book Kevin Smith's Tough Shit. I swear this man is my spirit animal. I started reading and something stood out to me that snapped me out of my funk,
"In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all your dreams in life."
That right there snapped me out of my funk and got me thinking. Why mope that I don't have a portfolio? I need to just do it. Make something I'm proud of from start to finish and make it portfolio worthy.
***EPIPHANY***
So, I came up with this idea to make a monthly hashtag project.
The idea behind the monthly hashtag project is to make a short animation from pre pro to final project. And to keep myself accountable, I'd update my twitter page with the hashtag of the month. That way people (who actually care) can keep up with my process, they can follow the hashtag, AND if they so choose, they can join in with the hashtag of the month. That'd be cool! This whole monthly hashtag project helps me make a solid piece to start a portfolio, it helps me crank out an animation to put out on the inter webs, and it also engages my followers by having them see my progress and extending an invitation to take part in the hashtag of the month. Pretty bad ass if I say so myself. *cue Don't Stop Believing."
Look for it on the monthly hashtag on Twitter and Instagram. Join me! It should be a good time.
If you do want to join me, I'll look into gathering some of them up and putting them together in one video that I'll post to Youtube.
Feel free to email me or Tweet me because that's my second home. It's nice and cozy. Just got a new couch and everything :)
Enjoy the rest of your fap break!
Tommy
Twitter - @AhReAnimate
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