For those who want to be bored by my life ...
The delay on the contest is simply a result of my work situation. I was supposedly out of work several weeks ago but the IRS unexpectedly requested documents and they needed my brain a bit longer. Friday we finished that and I was officially 'gone' again, then I managed to snag a side job creating a web site for one of my former bosses which will give me one more weeks pay. I will finish the contest, I'm just scambling checking out all kinds of jobs and freelance work.
In the meantime I am going on Wednesday to interview and take a test for a game tester position. It doesn't pay well but there is apparently a ton of overtime which will help make up the difference. One of the students who graduated a few montsh before me started as a tester and was able to transfer to the art department as he met people and he applied for an unadvertised position -so worth a try.
Next weekend I meet with an Art Director who is working on a new Saturday morning cartoon. He is related to a friend of mine who mentioned me and he offered to meet me. I'm hoping for a job - don't particularly care if I start as the guy who makes coffee- but even some advice and further contacts won't hurt.
Another Art Director invited me to an event and introduced me to some directors with several animated shows and we were given an invitation to visit some studios - not sure if it will materialize as these are busy people but they say yes and he did forward them links to some varied work I did.
Other than that I have made some contacts for freelance work from lots of places, I'll eventually publish a list just so that anyone else looking might see some sites and industries they haven't considered who hire peope from coloring books, kids card games and so on. Non of these will be enough to live on by itself but might help provide some stability.
Finally I am going to spend this week doing some simple animations to post. I've mostly focused on static art but have toi show this producer that I understand the animation basics.
Now you know some more unimportant facts about me -oh and I need a hair cut and new shoes very badly.
Oh, the 'hackers' part of my subject? Somebody hacked animationblogspot.com and so my art and musings are gone - hopefully they can restore it as I used this site as a one of my references to show some of what I can do.
