09-17-2015, 03:34 PM
Forget the hub sites like elance or freelancer, unless you are willing to work 8 hours for 50 bucks or less. There is no way around it, if you want decent clients you have to be proactive and approach them individually yourself.
Get into a habit and do some research online for an hour a day and gather a handful of potential studios, companies and projects that seem promising (even if there are no advertised roles or jobs) then send them an email saying you are available. Do this every day for weeks until you start getting work.
Conventions are great for folio reviews and getting contacts, so you should be getting out there with your stuff, just to make contacts. You are very very lucky living in the States so close to so many great cons, so you should be taking advantage of them. In NZ I have to do everything online pretty much.
Get into a habit and do some research online for an hour a day and gather a handful of potential studios, companies and projects that seem promising (even if there are no advertised roles or jobs) then send them an email saying you are available. Do this every day for weeks until you start getting work.
Conventions are great for folio reviews and getting contacts, so you should be getting out there with your stuff, just to make contacts. You are very very lucky living in the States so close to so many great cons, so you should be taking advantage of them. In NZ I have to do everything online pretty much.