In our marketing lesson, Mike mentioned that having Twitter, LinkedIn and Linktree are very useful for animation, so I made all three.
I have noticed how useful Twitter is just from seeing how up to date Kahenya is between finding speakers for us all, and all of the links he has been sending about animation opportunities, such as Disney careers internship. I think if I had known about it sooner, I could have prepared myself for a show reel.
I think it was a good idea to use a photograph from 503 as it shows my most recent project. I think including both softwares and more informal passions was good because it shows what company I also really like as well as what I aspire to learn.
What I need to do next is just find as many animated influencers as I can.
LinkedIn
I think that the social media which confuses me the most would have to be LinkedIn. at this point in time, I'm not one hundred percent sure how to use it effectively as a student. But I think that I have tried to include enough necessary information about myself as I can.
I found that when I added my 5 skills, you really can't exaggerate them. I thought putting down Maya meant that I could use the basics if asked, but I was sent a quiz about Maya and what you would use in any given situation to get a 'certificate'. I didn't earn the certificate which was a bit of a realisation that I am definitely not at a professional standard, even in the basics. (I do feel like I knew some of the answers, just not the names of the actions). I was surprised by the tutorials and courses offered to me when I failed, though. So I'm looking forward to finding other hidden features in the interface that a student can use, more than making a digital CV.
I found the about a little intimidating. I don't feel like I know enough about my future plans to write a lot about that, and I do not have much experience with work. I think that including my college grades is worth a lot to me personally, mostly to show I am not from a long history of animation education. I also think my work experience is worth mentioning even if it isn't animation related, but I'm not sure if that was the right place to put it.
Next I need to connect with more people and possibly start posting. At least with Twitter, I semi know how to follow and interact, but I have no idea with LinkedIn. At least I managed to find a job advert for a gaming studio and it gave me a good idea for a personal task I could do to improve my portfolio.
The job was asking for someone with an ability to animate similar actions in this style and design characters. I think designing a character and animating it to react in these actions would be a good practice task.
Linktree
I don't think that having premium for Linktree is necessary, though it would be nice to be more personal. I think with my current following, not many people will need to access my Linktree who haven't already done so before. I would like to start commissions but I had the issue that I wasn't sure which account to start it on, professional or my fanart/personal. So I think putting it on Linktree would be great.
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