After 5 long years as the Design Manager/Senior Designer at my job, I got laid-off on Monday
Our stock took a major hit, like most tech stocks did, however our company felt that in order to stay somewhat alive, they felt it was time to release those of us that were paid well.
...so that meant myself, and 4 of my junior animators.
Leaving 3 juniors to be run by some errant project manager who knows nothing about what we did/do, or how to achieve a quality spot.
Oh well, not my problem anymore
A shame really, but as I have been laid-off many times before, I was prepared and I got away with all of my spots backed up on a portable drive array
...sadly 2 of my juniors didn't have such good luck, and are now getting screwed out of their hard work.
So, the same day I got laid off, I filed for unemployment, I got my most recent Motion Design reel cut, transcoded, and uploaded to my site, and using the new Adobe "Buzzword" I was able to package-up my cover letter and update my resume.
It's interesting how motivated you are when you know you have nothing to lose, hehe...
** Now I can concentrate on producing my Effects reel.
Which brings me to my request from our kind community:
NOTE: Please do not confuse this as pandering or spam for personal monetary gain, you guys know me better than that
It's just a kind personal request from one artist to another...just on a larger scale, hehe.
If ANYONE has ANY Ntsc or Pal D1/SD or even HD footage they shot themselves, or has the rights to use, AND you are willing to allow me to use part(s) of it, and to be credited as such in my Effects reel breakdown, I would LOVE to talk to you about getting a clip of it as I have no cam equipment to shoot with myself.
...just asking
If you feel up to it, and you have a camera, feel free to shoot something interesting, be it a simple locked-off establishing shot of the side of a building or a freeway, or a cornfield.. I don't care
Heck move the camera and shoot complete strangers, or the storefronts in a shopping mall, whatever, maybe I could use it.
Anyhoo, if you can or would like to help, please email me or PM me your email information so I can get in touch with you and we'll go from there.
I'll still be here at Sm, but more in "lurking-mode" till my next job comes along and/or I get my effects reel done and out to dvd.
Thanks again all, and I hope to be employed again soon as I had some REALLY great tutorial ideas...
Until then.... take care.
Izzy
Motion Design: www.ragecg.com
Effects/Post: www.doitinpost.com
