So yeah, ask almost anything? Hmm.

I initially decided to become a lawyer but with my experience as an animator, I wanted to change that. So now, I plan on being an animator and hopefully in one of those fancy studios.

If I become an animator, I know I'll enjoy it, all the fun time animating. Though, how much will it profit?

If I become a lawyer, it's gonna be one boring day trying to defend a case. It can spit out a lot of cash though.

Please, help me decide. To all experienced animators who've taken the animation course, how much will your job pay you? Will it suffice? Have you given the necessities of your and your own family?

This is the first time I've gotten serious with my future...

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So yeah, ask almost anything? Hmm.

I initially decided to become a lawyer but with my experience as an animator, I wanted to change that. So now, I plan on being an animator and hopefully in one of those fancy studios.

If I become an animator, I know I'll enjoy it, all the fun time animating. Though, how much will it profit?

If I become a lawyer, it's gonna be one boring day trying to defend a case. It can spit out a lot of cash though.

Please, help me decide. To all experienced animators who've taken the animation course, how much will your job pay you? Will it suffice? Have you given the necessities of your and your own family?

This is the first time I've gotten serious with my future...

Youre still 3rd Year bro calm down
Imaginne being on Universal Studios animating 3D stuff like Oz the Great and Powerful. That's how it feels like.

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Youre still 3rd Year bro calm down
Imaginne being on Universal Studios animating 3D stuff like Oz the Great and Powerful. That's how it feels like.

Problem is idk how to do 3D...
I still have to learn that...

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Problem is idk how to do 3D...
I still have to learn that...

But still it's part of animating
Have you ever saw the intro ng Juan de la Cruz? That Juan in action thing was made in flash obviously, and that's how it feels like imo.

Animation is not a fun job. You would be working 16 hours a day 7 days a week for months on end, doing the same thing over and over and over again. It is also ludicrously competitive which makes it low-paid if you manage to get a job at all. You'll have to be seriously good and you'll have to absolutely love what you do. And you will need to learn 3D. Almost all modern animation is 3D. It's most similar to pivot, so I hope you're not too attached to your resizing. The default advice from stickpage is: enjoy this as a hobby, but don't try going pro.


If I haven't dissuaded you, try to find a copy of Mayan. I can't remember if it's free or not, but it's a decent 3D animation program to get started on. Your first animations will be crap, because you're basically learning something new from the beginning, but you'll improve quickly. Tawnik was able to make this after about a year working in 3D:



According to his facebook he's now an animator at Vatra Games, whatever that is. Something in the Czech Republic, presumably. His status updates are always in Czech and facebook's translation is patchy at best, so I can't tell if he's happy or not. I'm pretty sure he had a toothache recently, but the link between animation and dental problems has never been conclusively proven.

So it can be done, but you basically need to start working towards it now.


In terms of lawyering, I don't know what the job market is like for lawyers in the Philippines. Over here the jobs are well paid but there are waaaay more people applying for the jobs than there are jobs available. ie. you probably won't get a job, but if you do it's great. If it's easier over there, I'd say go do that.

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Animation is not a fun job. You would be working 16 hours a day 7 days a week for months on end, doing the same thing over and over and over again. It is also ludicrously competitive which makes it low-paid if you manage to get a job at all. You'll have to be seriously good and you'll have to absolutely love what you do. And you will need to learn 3D. Almost all modern animation is 3D. It's most similar to pivot, so I hope you're not too attached to your resizing. The default advice from stickpage is: enjoy this as a hobby, but don't try going pro.


If I haven't dissuaded you, try to find a copy of Mayan. I can't remember if it's free or not, but it's a decent 3D animation program to get started on. Your first animations will be crap, because you're basically learning something new from the beginning, but you'll improve quickly. Tawnik was able to make this after about a year working in 3D:



According to his facebook he's now an animator at Vatra Games, whatever that is. Something in the Czech Republic, presumably. His status updates are always in Czech and facebook's translation is patchy at best, so I can't tell if he's happy or not. I'm pretty sure he had a toothache recently, but the link between animation and dental problems has never been conclusively proven.

So it can be done, but you basically need to start working towards it now.


In terms of lawyering, I don't know what the job market is like for lawyers in the Philippines. Over here the jobs are well paid but there are waaaay more people applying for the jobs than there are jobs available. ie. you probably won't get a job, but if you do it's great. If it's easier over there, I'd say go do that.

Supposed to go to work at Universal Studios as Pro Digi Artist and 3D animator but suddenly this came. Well, yeah in Philippines job marketting is actually somehow unorganized. E.g. If the counter ran out of coins, the give us candy. Damn. Lawyers arent giving a fuck about this.

Well I have to agree with you though since I just observed how almost everything digital takes years to produce, like Shadow of Colossus game something or Harry Potter.

we discussed almost about this on this tread: hope you find it useful
http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?49122-Professional-outlets-for-animators

Whatever you do in life, don't get into a career of a job you think you'd hate simply because it pays well. Would you rather be rich but dread every night, not wanting to leave your bed in the morning to drive to work in your sports car, or would you rather be middle-classed or even a bit poor, but happy and doing the job you love?
In a thing like animation, the only limit to how good you are is how much you're willing to practice. It's not how much "talent" you have, because talent is just pursued interest. With enough practice and learning there's nothing stopping you from being ridiculously good at animation. Or anything else that you might want to do.

To be fair, you'll probably change your mind on what career paths you want to go on a few times, but that's totally fine. You're young and you have a lot of time to make your decisions. But seriously, do what makes you happy, because not enough people know how to be happy in the world.

What's to say you can't do both. Taking a course depends on your priorities. You can animate and sideline as a part-time lawyer or vice versa. But regardless, that endeavor still requires that you get certified as a lawyer so no matter what you're gonna have to study it sooner or later.

That's not to say, choosing one course forever locks you in that career path forever. Throughout my life I've seen people who make drastic 360s because of their passions. The most extreme was an IT chick who became a nun. And recently I have a friend who's a bank executive but wants to leave that life to become a game developer. The course merely supplements you for what's to come, but you can always opt to supplement yourself once you have enough of an income or passion to do so. Life is all about trial and error anyways so when you're there and you think Lawyering sucks then change lanes and move on. Of course that won't be instantaneous, but the option is out there. The crux of your decision should be on how easy it would be to switch to that endeavor. Will studying law early make it easier for you to fall back into law if you began to animate? Or would studying law later in life when your mind has steeled itself from the harshness of adulthood be more beneficial?

But a word to the wise: Life is unpredictable. The passion/income thing is only half of the formula. My uncle grew up with a fine arts degree and began animating early in his life. He also drew stuff on the side (worked in an Aluminum firm part-time and drew designs on their glass) and did photography. Later on, he decided to open his own computer store (still part-timing in drawing) slash Board Gaming Den for teens in the area. One night burglaries in the area caused his computers to get stolen in the middle of dawn, driving him to bankruptcy. He's now working for my other uncle at a Powdercoating Plant as an Operations and Financial officer. And he's happy about it because at this point in time he's already married with a kid. His priorities now are just focused more on raising his kid and providing a nest egg. But it was a wild ride as he shifted careers. And he did enjoy it.

So enjoy your ride while you still have time.