First of all Happy New Year to all those people not reading this page! May it be a productive one for you all! With that said, now to explain the second half of the title. It occurred to me the other day when thinking about doing my next post that I should have a look back through my early posts. This usually serves as morale booster as progression over time begins to become clear. When looking at my very first post however I was reminded of the reason I started using a blog in the first place. I wanted this blog to read as a "How I did it!" sort of thing. Now I no I'm not alone in getting a job in the Animation industry and its certainly an achievement a number of my class mates have all shared. But If anyone were to ask "How did you do it?!" and its something many wide eyed animation students have asked, I know, having been in the presence of some awesome animation superstars in the past. But anyway, if someone were to ask what I did and what steps I took, each post on here showed my process month by month, week by week and at some points daily updates. Finally I'm at a stage in my working life that is noteworthy, at least to a humble fellow student looking for work.
Flicking through, if I had to summarize the core points that were important in achieving my goal it would be that through persistence of learning and a continually growing drive to succeed got me through. The act of remaining passionate about my goal hopefully showed not only in the amount of posts on here but also the content. I noticed that over time the written content became gradually more and more positive and more enthusiastic about new findings in my studies.
In the end my job was offered by a fellow college student, playing into the age old saying "Its not what, but who you know". It was certainly true to some extent in the sense that I saw the job on his Facebook Wall.
So it's fair to say this year, is the first in a good few that I have suceeded in completing all the goals I set myself this time last year. If nothing else, this job will bring me the experience needed to continue in my animation career.
All the best for the new year guys!
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