Hi all

I’m a self taught freelance storyboard artist for advertising in his fifth year of struggle in an industry that no longer bothers to train or groom anyone like it used to. In this field you are on your own and there is little to guide you in skills acquisition and finding connections. It’s the fuzziest of fuzzy edged jobs.

I always meet deadlines (They are short and brutal) and work pretty much every hour of the day I have available to me at improving my skills and speed.

The only thing is I have trouble guiding myself to the best thing to do at any given time and also have real trouble finishing personal projects. Once the motivation of money goes away my work intensity drops off and I start to follow every impulse I have. I never have completely finished a project done strictly for myself. I will start innumerable things but rebel at finishing. Some of the problem I have is frustration about my inadequate skills and some is boredom.

Lately the need to pay attention to personal projects as a way to open doors for me to both make more money and fulfill myself creatively has become acute. The passing of my father, the birth of my only child, and turning 50 have brought me up from my youthful reverie rather rudely.

So I’m coming here to hopefully learn to get my crap together.

Can anyone point me at anything helpful?

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So I’m coming here to hopefully learn to get my crap together.
Can anyone point me at anything helpful?

Sure thing.
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Take your pick

A major step forward would be to stop spamming newsgroups.

Your story - with the knowledge that you are a spammer - will get you contempt, not help.

And another abject failure will damage your fragile ego even more.

The word 'integrity' springs to mind; look at what you've got, what you can be proud of; not what you are visibly failing at.

And breaking the TOS of 50+ newsgroups will make you no friends in this life.

Get your act together and stop using 13-year-olds methods of trying to scam others.

Many people haven't yet woken up the fact that Your Digital Footprint is Your Resume.







[ Message was edited by: g1smd 12/11/2007 01:41 pm ]