am working on the second!

It's hard work to freelance, lots of time hunting the next job, less time actually working on your craft haha. Been hunting around for a studio job but they are few and far between due to the decrease in active studio projects.

Do you do hand-drawn animation as well? Who are your influences and inspirations?

Animation styles I can do either, 3D or 2D.

John Kricfalusi and John Lasseter would be two of my more modern and well known inspirations. One because he wrote his own rules and really challenged what was considered "kid" vs "adult" cartooning. And the other because his ability to craft stories he wanted to tell and stand up to the Mouse.

data driven web development

leverage your 3D skills and help build a virtual reality web

My friend Mark basically invented an OS to do that, although he isn't, its still around its called meme.

Miyazaki and love what we see the human hand create(Princess Kaguya takes my breath away and "The Wind Rises" is similarly beautiful in a different way). The issue I have with 3D are the colors and I see these 2D models become so comparatively utilitarian(my opinion) when transitioned to 3D. It feels like we're trying to scrape the human impurities from them when I'm not ashamed to be human.

I'm an emcee and if we can figure something out.

to Singapore. That place terrifies me but that's another matter entirely.

This is what happens when you don't care about people and only see profit as the bottom line. We need to reverse the Supreme Court decision that established Shareholder Primacy or another "Citizens United" decision will happen again even if the new Supreme Court throws it out.

by not telling DUers where they can get a copy of it, you know.

Put a link in your signature line and get rid of those graphics. If people can't find your new book, they can't buy it. There's no rule against linking to your own efforts on DU, especially in your signature line.

Show me where I can find your book. I buy books.

You must be very talented. I know there is a market for what you do...sounds like you are on your way. If I could pass anything on to my kids, it would be resolve and determination. You keep going even when it seem hard. Good luck to you. Can you tell us the name of your book?

in the science/biomedical/legal arenas?

I work in PR/media relations, and I know many people who specialize in creating 2D/3D illustrations and animations for scientific, medical and legal purposes.

Do you have any interest or experience in this field? Are you a freelancer?

If so, I can recommend several companies.

Animation is a tough gig right now. As you know, the industry has changed and wages have drastically decreased. So many big feature films outsource their animation.

Best of luck to you. Let me know if you want some leads in those biomedical/scientific animation arenas. I know that may not be your area of expertise, but if so, let me know.

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Moved out to California right afterwards and have been in the struggle ever since.

Join a union apprenticeship.

Apprenticeship programs are a good way to learn a valuable skill set.

That is amusing. That "you can be anything you want to be" speech is complete bullshit. It implies a level playing field and that level playing field does not exist. That is not my opinion, that is a certified fact. The poor and/or disenfranchised have no realistic opportunities for success.

A 5 minute Google search is all it takes to realize the game is fixed.

For example: if you trained hard for a year, next year you could take the city firefighter test and make a sweet salary with great benefits.

In any capitalism economic system, somebody has to be the loser working menial jobs. That is the way it is.

that in a Capitalist society, someone has to be the loser. Not everyone can be a winner under that system. Minimum income and higher minimum wage would help, but then the country wouldn't be Capitalist anymore.

It's one of the most dangerous jobs there is.

I smell a whiff of repub 'anyone can make it' talking points....

Poster is right, boomers are the entitled generation.

I agree though, its not always possible to attain your dreams but that doesn't mean you can't make good money. You have to keep moving on and forget about job security until you find your niche. Life long careers at any company are a thing of the past for many people now. Corporations look lout for the top executives and top investors.

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I'm not here often but you've managed to rack up a pretty impressive # of posts. What do YOU do to justify your lifestyle of internet warfare? Given all the paid trolls maybe I'm in the wrong line of work.

Your empty bootstrap garbage is a cancer in this society, and a pretty stark example of your privilege.

Could make my life successful. If that is what you are waiting for you will be perpetually disappointed.

Right now we have companies that are rewarded for graft and money laundering and illegal trading by paltry fines that they know they can pay and still make a profit.

Rewarded for shipping jobs overseas.

I would rather have a leader that wants to move manufacturing back to the states. I would rather have a leader that bends an ear to unions and not Corporate America. The shareholders get enough attention from everyone else, it's about time that we got someone in the executive branch that is willing to pay attention the American people.

"Pull your bootstraps up"? Are sure you are posting on right forum? Or wait maybe I am not on DU atm.

at age 30. I know it's not cool to say that to someone but it's true.

that they were at least on your side. I'm old enough to remember that. (65)

I'm am a hard core Democrat but I never thought about that when I struggled through my 40s. I believe Democrats help people in need but at the end of the day I never felt like the person in power affected my efforts to have a better life.

In your previous post when you said

"In my darkest, poorest years(and there were many)I never thought that a politician could make my life successful. If that is what you are waiting for you will be perpetually disappointed. "

You were talking about back before Reagan, supply side economics mentality, NAFTA, H1-B visas, etc, fucked over everyone with a good skill set which could be out sourced. I understand why you don't get it.

souless.

I don't want kids, but if I did, I can't imagine how I'd afford it. I actually have a "decent" job compared to most of my friends. I have a master's degree and a better job than most of the people I know my age. Still, I live in a one-bedroom apartment and I don't remember the last time I was able to make a savings deposit. I am just getting by. At my age, my parents owned a home, had me, and my brother was on the way. I can't fathom anything like that.

Going Tiny and self-sustainable? If we can get our necks off their leashes we can further demand what needs to be done and see it achieved.
It's like that saying about a man/woman who has nothing to lose is the most dangerous one of all, I say this regarding equal chances of committing violence or dedicated to the path of Ahimsa.

It may allow you the leverage to enable where you really want to go...even if it takes a little while.

Drive an Uber, make jewellery, write blogs, house clean, personal trainer, pet sitter.

If you fill your down time with a passion, but charge people, you can build up that savings.

I freelance for a medical publishing company on the side. That has allowed me to pay off some medical bills, but not much else.

I'm glad you're doing that.

Over time, things will get better. Keep the hope up!

positions than I am, so I feel like I have no business complaining. But this OP really hit home, so I had to chime in.

There is hope.

We all can do this. Times are a changing.

People need time to think, meditate, to absorb data. What you are suggesting is for someone to keep so busy they can be hoodwinked. I know you don't mean this intentionally but it's the end result, keeping so busy. I'm letting myself be more distracted than I should using some social media and need to unplug and deep think.

The "side work" everyone needs to learn is how to code and use Meshnet as well. If you don't think you have time, "find it!", even at your job because those in power wish to destroy the Internet as it stands now, to end Net Neutrality and make forums like "Democratic Underground" a dream. This includes learning how to code to protect your privacy on the Internet, learning how to set up Tor to cover yourself if you find yourself wanting to whistle blow on your Corporation without getting burned by the government for it. Oh and to obviously avoid being blackmailed as well for some petty sexual act that the puritanical people of your area might take umbrage regarding. Here's a link to a cheap burner PC you can possibly use for privacy: www.getchip.com/ . It's a $9 PC that def. has some power under the hood and it's price allows you to dispose of it if need be.
Oh and ALWAYS read, I could suggest certain books but sometimes the oldest books, even in fiction, historical or not, you can find the most certain relevance. I'm thinking about trying to learn Quantum Physics, specifically Quantum Entanglement, I want to figure out how a force field might be created and have some practical ideas for it's use.

I mean I could cite that the current American elite see the American middle class as no more than the Yangban(nobility) of Korea saw the average person in the past(not really human or a concern). The same goes for the Heian-Kyo era Japanese nobility seeing the common person as not very different. They gave terms like Eta(Filth) for some(the Burakumin). The same goes for Marie Antoinette and what she said to her people preceding the "French Revolution".

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clothes. Kids wore hand-me-downs from older sibs and cousins.

People sure as hell didn't hire limos for proms; if you had, people would have said you were out of your mind.

Most kids had to share a bedroom with at least one sib. Many families had a one-bathroom house.

Yes, prices have gone up up up.....AND ALSO people's expectations are higher.

that the standard of living of your parents is never going to be yours. Wes gots ours


Smh

Things could be much worse, look at the plight of the Hong Kong cage people.

if I lose it. Hopefully it won't come to that!

allows them to lie and to see you lie low at their feet, to the 18th Century beat, be a miner no more is the score.

Things get better then.

It can happen out of the blue, just live your life and you might find that special person where you least expect it.

If I meet someone, great! But if not, better to be single than be with someone just for the sake of being with someone.

My hubs is the love of my life...in some years I carried him...in other years he carried me ...sometimes we just limped along hand in hand...but we had glorious years too...just having him made any situation better.

But , it's Ohio- so if you don't mind that it's an option.

There are decent homes for 50k in Michigan. A friend of mine bought hers for 22k and spent 10k over two years. It's now a beautiful home.

In Texas, brand new big homes go for 100-150k.

FHA only takes 3.5% down. Saving 3-5k is an attainable goal.

doesn't actually afford you a better chance.

And there's other states.

They moved to the "outskirts of Boston".

Why compare your situation to theirs when you are unwilling to do what they did?

could live...

Then they got married in my grandpa's backyard. Year later my mom quit smoking, 9 months after that it was my sister then a few years later I ruined it for everyone.

You said, "thats where two young students could live."

I take that to mean that the area was "cheap" (your word).

If I am correct, your parents found a place that they could afford. Do the same! Lots of people commute long distances because they want to live in their own home.

Do you really want a home? If so, you can do it. Maybe you don't. No problem with that either. I'll tell you this though, if you absolutely needed to, like your Dad did, you would. You got what it takes. You just gotta want it.

The percentage of people who telecommute is rising exponentially. Soon services liberalisation will let corporations have their employees telecommute from anywhere all around the globe. Also, they will let them have them work anywhere.

that will mean a lot more subcontracting. Wages will fall a lot more.

Our client is looking for an Illustrator to create an image that he can use for a T-shirt design. This is an offsite assignment.

We are looking for talented Illustrators that have a style that leans more towards realism. (ie: not comic, cartoon, etc. )

The client would like to have a vintage picture turned into an illustration. Hours are limited so we're looking for a confident artist that can get started and complete this project quickly.

Must have samples

Submit resume (and samples if applicable) to: Dallas6@jobalert.creativecircle.com
30+ days ago - save job - original job

http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2ebc53e76395d481&q=Illustrator&l=Dallas%2C+TX&tk=1ah9sb6bvafhnd2g&from=web



Animator
Cyanide & Happiness - Dallas, TX
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Graphic Designer (full time)
Stevens Transport 184 reviews - Dallas, TX
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Graphic Designer
CHEERLEADING.COM - Dallas, TX
$20 an hour
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Creative Imaging Artist l Dallas, TX
TracyLocke is looking for an experienced artist to join our Creative Imaging department.

Creative Imaging artists are responsible for for bringing creative ideas to life for some of today’s most popular brands.
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Graphic Designer
A to Z Printing & Promotions - Richardson, TX
$16 an hour
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is mostly a scam. My daughter is also an illustrator and has applied for over 100 jobs there and is qualified for all of them. Two interviews, no offers in 4 years. The only real jobs seem to be on craigslist. Those are mostly part time or contract, but at least they seem to be real.http://www.indeed.com/forum/cmp/Creative-Circle/s-your-take-Creative-Circle/t303153

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Five years in Virginia we able to buy a nice 1500 sq. Ft. House with 1 1/2 acres for $133,000. We were in our 40s and 50s when we got married. I only worked part time because of health issues. It's doable.

Also, the US (and other developed countries, but it seems especially the US is now being expected to do this, ) is basically committed to give away a bunch of jobs by really bad ideological choices that we've been pushing for 20 years to help major corporations make money overseas. Visualize a huge debt that they expect us to pay back by opening up big chunks of the economy to foreign competition that cannot hep but be a lot cheaper than us, largely by virtue of the burdens already put on us by them.

All the firms from the developing countries will have to do is put in lower bids and be qualified to do the work, we will have to let them do it. It may push wages down to very low levels. At the same time, governments are prohibited from making changes which would lessen the burden on people, by means of entitlements given to multinational firms to preservation of whatever regulatory state that existed at the time of the signing of whatever the applicable trade agreement is.


So, we wont be able to say, give lower interest loans to students unless they are being given now- and the risk to student of going to school and not getting a job will increase as automation becomes more ubiquitous- that is the backdrop to all this, the vanishing of jobs, especially unskilled jobs but really, all jobs will be effected.

We wont be able to change health care because all these foreign firms that are supplying the doctors, nurses, and other services will have invested in it and to free ourselves we would have to compensate them for "their" lost expected profits in the future, first.

To avoid this we would have to be putting in carve outs now.

My boyfriend helped me build mine. For years, we only worked on the house a few weekends a month and it was really fun. I built it as I had the money. One year, I had the foundation poured, next year we framed it, etc. My neighbors live in straw bale and tire (earthship houses). There is a movement now for container houses and small houses. The thing about building your own house, is you get to be creative - I love my house.

That's impressive.

I can still barely make ends meet.

I made a post above about it.

Look, I understand your predicament. I felt that way only a few short years ago. There is hope. There are ways.

Sometimes you have to radically change to grow.

Living without hope sucks.

about town and sort of 'oversee' and whatnot. Am I right?

I am self employed.

I think you have a misconception of my job though.

A nice home in the suburbs costs as much in Michigan as it does on the coasts (not including NYC, LA, etc.)

$50,000 will buy you a dump in a dangerous part of town. Expect to pay $150,000-$300,000 for a modest "starter" home in most parts of Michigan.

I know the area very well. Charlotte has cheap homes that aren't "dumpy".

The "dumps" you speak of are the types of homes I grew up around in Baltimore.

You buy what you and your family can afford and Michigan's "dumps" are much safer than Baltimore "dumps".

Under 100k.

I think you can find a decent house out of 52.

Some are around 50k.

Metro Detroit and Metro Grand Rapids are pricey.

Answer especially to somewhere like Texas...gawd help you!

The entire economy is being disrupted and will NOT benefit us. There is nowhere to go in essence, so buckle up and start working locally.

and in the lower peninsula north of say the line from Bay City to Holland?

And we have cheap houses in decent areas. Dated houses ...take some work...but good bones.

I live in a cheap part of Michigan and you can't find a decent home for 50k here. You'd be hard pressed to find anything for 50k here.

And it costs money to move. People can't just up and move.

If it wasn't for his dad and I being willing to pass on the property before our demise he wouldn't have a home either, and as things are now neither would I.

It's very hard out there for our young and it breaks my heart.

If the election isn't stolen Bernie will be a very real step forward.

I am thirty year old male with no college degree. My wife is twenty eight and also has no degree.

I am three classes away from my Associate's at which point I will start my Bachelor's. My college has been paid for with military funds and public grants.

We have three children, ages 8, 6 and 4. All are in public schools.

We own a home in another state which we rent out to another family and we live in a rental in Michigan.

I make $55,000 a year. I contribute to a 401K and an HSA. I have health coverage through my employer. I am in upper level management for a health care company. My wife's earnings contribute to the other half.

After high school I enlisted in the Army. When my enlistment was over I joined a company as an hourly employee and worked my way up over two years to management. I then transitioned to health care and started over, first hourly and then as a supervisor and finally landed where I am now.

We also own two cars which we are current on.

We are not left wanting. We have food, shelter and entertainment. We coupon and try to spend minimally when possible.

Don't ever give up. You can get to where you want to be.

Best wishes.

that all it takes is necessity, hard work and sacrifice. The trifecta for success. You are well on your way if not there already.

Mine is happiness. The poster I responded to seems quite content. I believe his actions got him there.

You're wrong though. And you have a bad habit of putting words in other people's mouths.

people in financial bondage. Sold my home 12 years ago. Been living in a condo since. Absolute freedom. It was much more affordable than a home...all utilities included in condo fee, safe secure, and get offers almost weekly inquiring if I want to sell. Before I bought my home, I lived in a garden apartment where I raised my kids through high school. The rent included all utilities, own washer/dryer/dishwasher. Walkout patio with huge playground and picnic area. It was wonderful and gave such freedom. (1970-1994). The house was a nightmare, always having something to fix, taxes, neighborhood council, shoveling snow, cutting grass...
Able to save lots of money now once we sold.

Be your own guide, don't be brainwashed by standards others set. But if it's dream...go for it! Good luck.

I consider it treading water while someone is trying to push your head down and drown you. You do remind me something, I wish there was a not-for-profit real estate company. THAT would help make things a lot more affordable for people to own homes.

However, another problem we have in regards to homes however is that they're no longer built for storage. They're so lazily made and they don't take into account the concept of open vs. closed space, or rather active vs. inactive space. IF we had more small houses that had a lot of inactive or closed space built into it, many people would be willing to buy smaller houses and they could afford them and they would likely be happy(imo).
The thing we, as human beings, don't tend to understand is that there is no type A or B organizational personality(imo), there is one with varying tendencies towards one or the other. The truth is chaos is intrinsic to the human being, it's a coping method towards change, to keep us from emotional breakdown. Some tend to overcompensate to combat this in-borne chaos(type A) while others slump into letting it overtake us more than we should(type B). I'm more guilty of the latter. This all being said, if you tightly control the active space, letting a LITTLE chaos seep through I believe you will be inherently more relaxed. I'm not talking about a big mess desk, rather a few things out of place. Keep in mind these are all my opinions in organization, coming from being a Daoist partially.

Having someone else getting rich off of me having a sheltered space. I guess I see it no differently than medical care really.

Sure someone else does the shoveling or the fixing, but you're paying the landlord to pay people to do that.

And you're not building equity for yourself.

I'm still a college student, but my older brother is your age, and just finished his residency in urology. He accrued about $70K of loan debt getting through college and med school, but just joined a partnership in a practice where he is guaranteed a very generous income (well into the six figures), and so doesn't see paying off his debt as a major problem. He pretty much gave up his 20s in school and training, but his future looks very bright. We did not grow up wealthy, but we are not poor either. Our parents didn't own a home until their mid-30s. So, depending on your path, it is still possible to succeed these days.

I have several cousins who are doing well in allied health fields and engineering. There are certainly good jobs out there, we just need to point young people in the direction of these fields, and provide education enabling those who desire advanced education the ability to achieve it.

with Obama, "Office of the President"


https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/?Keyword=Illustrator&Location=&homeRadPublic=public&search=Search&AutoCompleteSelected=False&CanSeekStatusJobs=False

most of them have over 400 applicants. Try searching on a site that gives you that information.

If you have another website for job search then share the link with the OP.

I'm not trying to diminish the intent of your post. I understand, I believe, what you are trying to say. But I think you must also be realistic about your expectations.

I have a 32 year old daughter, so I'm probably about the same age as your parents. I was a divorced mother taking care of a small child. I had to scrimp and save and push and demand as much as I could get at my job. I was lucky in that I always had a job, but I didn't make all that much. Just enough to pay the bills. I couldn't afford to buy a home, and in fact, didn't buy one until 5 years ago. It was never a big deal to me. I had an old vehicle that constantly broke down, and I can remember sitting at the kitchen table many, many nights after my daughter was in bed, trying to figure out which bills to pay and which to try to hold off paying.

Be thankful (which I believe you are) that your parents helped you get a start. Be flexible as to employment and be assertive. This county still IS the land of opportunity, but you have to work your ass off to find that opportunity. I applaud your idealism, but get real, too.

I spent the 1970s in graduate school, and I came out with my degree during the Reagan recession, which meant that I had to patch together a living as an adjunct during the school year and a clerical and industrial temp for three years until a full-time job (but year-to-year) opened up in my field. After two years of insecurity, I got a tenure track job and was denied tenure.

That was when I went free-lance, and it has not been easy. I have made as little as $50 a month and as much as $8000 (once), but I have been below the median household income for the past few years.

There are many of us 1940s and 1950s types who never had a chance to be smug fat cats. We did have it easier as young people. I went through graduate school on fellowships that no longer exist. But a lot of my peers have been thrown on the scrap heap at age 50 or so and foresee only struggles from here on out.

You have more in common with that set of boomers than you know. Don't assume that just because your parents lived the affluent life that all of us did.