Before animation you ran art tutorials?<\/b><\/p>\n
Before animation, I was doing \u201cHow To Draw\u201d videos, and before that, for about five or six years I was doing tech videos. Talking about the newest phones, doing reviews etc. That never really took off, but it\u2019s still something I\u2019m very into.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m interested that your practice has been really driven by social media. How did you transition from the tech videos?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The tech videos were what I initially got into, but then I saw that animation was becoming something really big, and I thought, \u201cWell I’m good at drawing, I might as well figure this out.\u201d I did not expect to do as well as I did.<\/span><\/p>\n I’d been drawing forever<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n When you started animating, did you feel that you’d found your niche?<\/b><\/p>\n Honestly, not really. It\u2019s something that I do, but it\u2019s not something that feels sustainable for me or for my mental health. It takes a long time to produce animations by yourself, so it’s one of those things for which you need to have a team if you want to make something serious. I would like it if I was big from tech, or maybe even blogs, I’d prefer that. Because longevity-wise, my career in animation may not last long. It\u2019s very hard to consistently create.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s interesting though that the thing that\u2019s hardest for you, is the thing for which you have the biggest following.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n It\u2019s not the hardest for me, it’s just that it\u2019s too time consuming. I’m really good at animating. I’ve talked to a lot of Disney artists and they’ve said, \u201cYou\u2019re up there, you’re very, very good and you’re using your talent so minimally; you can do so much more with it.\u201d It\u2019s something like a gift and a curse, being really good at something and then it not being something that feels sustainable. The thing I do love about animation is that you can create whatever you want.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Also, part of what makes it a love-hate relationship is that it\u2019s so hard to get paid. You need to really be making long form videos to make money. At the beginning, when I was chilling, living with my mum and not worrying about money, it was fine. But when you\u2019re out in the real world it\u2019s different. With animation, it’s like there’s a deadline that you need to post at least once a week. Those posts that I can create once a week are only 15 seconds long. So it’s very tough unless you have a team.<\/span><\/p>\n What do you look to for inspiration?<\/b><\/p>\n Every animator, and every movie that comes out, basically. Not just animation either, because most of my inspiration actually doesn’t come from animation, it comes from reality. I love movies, and I get super stoked when I see a big movie, Top Gun or something like that, seeing the different angles they use, not very many cartoons will do that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Animation is copying reality, so if I only look to cartoons I\u2019ll see cool things, but sometimes I need to see something crazy cinematic, to encourage me to go nuts. <\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/kingscience-5.jpg\")
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