Lessons Learned in the Trenches of Animation Studios

For SalukiCon 2019.

Transcript

1. Lessons Learned in the Trenches of Animation Studios Cassie Soliday www.casassy.com
5. #1 How to be creative on a schedule
6. Here’s what a production schedule looks like:
7. #2 Find your process
8. • Outline A road map for your story or idea • Vomit On the page (and emotionally, if needed) • Revise Ask yourself what’s working and what’s not, then fix it in the next version • Refine Plus it! Make it better! • Repeat Ask yourself what worked with this process and what’s not, then fix it on your next project!
9. #3 Simplify everything
10. Tracking your progress helps you recognize how how far you’ve come even though you may still be far away from achieving your goals! A writing portfolio goal simplified into baby steps:
11. #4 Tell people what you want
12. To reach your goals, try tracking your submission and feedback requests!
13. #5 Know your “Why”
15. Q&A Translation for cats: ”Meow”
16. Thank you and have fun creating!