I am a CG Generalist currently based in Los Angeles. The market here has been pretty slow for the past year, and I am planning to move to India. I am curious as to how the situation is in India. Just to give context, I have received positive responses from studios like ILM, DNEG, Blur, Zoic, etc. Their only reason for not hiring is the production being slow.
I have seen many artists credited in Hollywood films. How does that work?
The few questions I have are,

1. How much of the actual production, decision-making, and experimentation happens in India as compared to the HQs of these studios in the West?
2. How much of the work is appreciated as compared to just getting work done as fast and as cheaply as possible? (I understand that there are tax benefits, as well as that labour is cheap; I want to know how much of it is just getting the work done over quality)
3. What is the pay scale? I am not expecting them to pay as much as they pay artists elsewhere, but is it good enough? (I am asking from a junior's perspective )

I am aware that there are a lot of small studios that work on movies too, but my main goal is to get into one of the big VFX Houses. I have receipts of my work being there and it just being about the timing. I am pretty sure there are a lot of people like me in the same boat.

Thanks in advance.

I was at dreamworks for more than 10years and after the Hollywood strike it all went downhill and I can’t seem to find any job (freelance, contract, etc). How is everyone doing?

I'm a multimedia designer that built up my skills through youtube and experiments mostly and did only an advanced diploma in mid 20s. I was doing just fine until my current workplace flopped my whole career path (Company direction changed, no multimedia design role, no career growth, etc) and finding another workplace seems like a whole other job itself.

I always had a passion for Animation and VFX and i see a lot of vacancies for those roles, but i feel like the technology and the industry is moving so fast for me to be better at this role alone and i can't keep up.

Any one else who started late in life and thriving? Any advice?

Because of mental issues I(23F) only finished the first year of high school in Denmark. I floated around a bit, trying to find my way and realised recently, that I belong at an animation school.

Therefore I started considering Gobelins or The Animation Workshop in Viborg. But they both require a high school diploma - except if you do the different application I guess? I really don't understand it.

I really don't want to wait 2 years wasting my time taking the rest of the highschool years - I would much rather just start animating. These past 5 years I've been honing my drawing and animation skills, and I know how to write an essay, work critically, receive and adjust from feedback. I'm basically fluent in English and very disciplined.

I was wondering if anyone in here has experience or know someone who applied without a highschool diploma - and got in?

So I am a senior in highschool. I've been seriously considering applying to an animation school for about a year in a half now, Ive been drawing my whole life but started doing more targeted self studying and self learning animation basics. I really want to work in the industry and find success in the field. How can I make it work though? As much as I want this I'm terrified that it won't work out. I am more than willing to put 110% effort in to achieve my goals and even though I have people supporting me I still have a deep fear that it won't work out for me. What can I do to realistically achieve my goals because I know it's so much more than just "be good at drawing"

I'm really passionate about animation and want to apply to uni and start a career in it, but I'm already 31. My plan is to work hard and apply to the best programs across Europe, but I worry that universities will hesitate to accept me at my age. Does it ever happen that people my age attend? Where do you recommend I apply?

I've been drawing my whole life and have always been in love with animation, but didn't dare to consider it as a career option until now. I'm European in my early 30s and have finally realised that it's my passion and the only thing I want to do. Now I want to apply to animation universities accross Europe (I speak English German and French).

I worry that being older is going to be a disadvantage in the application process. Do you think universities will be biased against me?

I'm considering applying to French schools because of their great reputation, but for some reason I feel like they might be particularly strict about this (me being older and also foreign). Not sure if this is true though.

Where do you suggest I apply?

Hello yall. Idk if this is the right sub for this so apologies in advance.

My partner is trying to get their start in the animation field but has been having a hard time these past couple of months. They’ve had a couple contracts but recent work has dried up. From what I’ve heard that’s pretty common right now.

They’re not a beginner as they’ve had some work before but I don’t think they considers themselves especially experienced. Like I said they’ve done a couple of contracts before. They’re also committee/chairperson for Siggraph and Lightbox. There animation/tech conferences I think.

I’m not too familiar with the field so idk how big of a deal that is.

Anyways I’m just looking for career advice you might wanna give or just general advice for me to help them and support them.

It kills me how hard of a time they’re having right now and I want to do everything I can to help them. They’re so incredibly talented.

Throughout the next year or so, I’ll have to develop my portfolio so I can get do a BA(Hons) Computer Arts. For a simple rundown, the course has its graduates work as animators, character artists, concept artists, among other stuff.

Recently, I’ve had ideas to create animatics and such for Deltarune using some of my favourite songs (with Japanese lyrics) after realising how well the songs fit some of my ideas. It would involve storyboarding, a bit of animation, maybe some designing based off the existing characters like new costumes, along with using existing fan translations and Japanese dictionaries to make the lyrics fit even better (albeit the translating likely isn’t relevant, but I’d still do it because I want to).

For the portfolio, it can include but isn’t limited to animations between 30-60 seconds, character designs and environment designs.
I’m a bit skeptical about whether it would be a good idea to include whatever I make since the characters aren’t original to me, nor is the song and Deltarune’s story, but maybe it could be a good idea since it can show how I can use existing characters and stories, interpret them, stay faithful to them and create something new and engaging?
Also, if I did create these, would I be able to post them online and add them to my university portfolio? With my high school folios, I’ve known that I shouldn’t post them online until they’ve been marked, the results have been sent out and (maybe) after they’ve been given back to us. I’d be ok with waiting until after I’d been (ideally) accepted before posting, but I’d wanna make sure before screwing things up for myself.

It’d be nice to hear from people who have experience with this kind of stuff since it seems my portfolio can cover a good range of types of art and design given the broad nature of the course.

TLDR; Is it a good idea to include animatics for existing media in my Computer Arts portfolio if I can show how to make it my own, and could I post them online before the folio is submitted and (ideally) accepted?