09-13-2013, 12:33 PM
I'm having a bit of a dilemma at the moment and I was hoping some of you guys may be able to help me out. I'm a freelance illustrator/animator, but I'm pretty new to the whole thing and I've found myself in a bit of a tricky situation.
I'm still in contact with the animation school I studied at, and they keep e-mailing me about potential freelance jobs, which is awesome. But the jobs they're sending are either poorly funded or they're a lot of work for very little money. I know we all have to start out with crappy jobs, and that I also have the right to turn the jobs down, but I'm stuck between taking these bitty, poorly paying jobs in order to earn a bit of extra cash and turning them down and trying to get a better paying job. Seeing as I don't have a lot of experience these jobs are good things to put on my CV and are good experience.
I suppose my question is, at what point do you stop taking the rubbish jobs and start hunting down the better ones? How do you create better connections in the industry when you don't have any?
I'm still in contact with the animation school I studied at, and they keep e-mailing me about potential freelance jobs, which is awesome. But the jobs they're sending are either poorly funded or they're a lot of work for very little money. I know we all have to start out with crappy jobs, and that I also have the right to turn the jobs down, but I'm stuck between taking these bitty, poorly paying jobs in order to earn a bit of extra cash and turning them down and trying to get a better paying job. Seeing as I don't have a lot of experience these jobs are good things to put on my CV and are good experience.
I suppose my question is, at what point do you stop taking the rubbish jobs and start hunting down the better ones? How do you create better connections in the industry when you don't have any?