28May
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Wow, has it been a long time since I last posted on here! So much has happened since the last time. Let’s see, I went out to California ( which was a cross-country drive). I lived out there for a month. My great friend, Adam gave me a place to live while I tried to get a start in the visual effects scene in Santa Monica. Unfortunately, that never really came to light. Instead while I was out there something else happened. I kept working as a freelance web/graphic designer. I found that I really enjoy this work. The fast pace and much faster turn-around sucked me in. I have found that I actually have a love for design and learning design.
Anyhow, after spending the month out there and loving all of the time. It is gorgeous out there. Here is some advice. If you want to get into the movie/commercial/tv animation industry and you don’t live around LA, move there. Dont worry about not having work yet. It will come if you are there and putting yourself out there. Just find a way to survive financially. That’s all. Anyway, I figured out I wanted to be with my wife back in Ohio much more than living in LA without her, so I decided to come back to Ohio and pursue motion graphics/animation and graphic design to survive in Ohio with my beautiful wife instead of trying to break into animation in LA alone.
I’m so glad I did. I have been able to enjoy our beautiful yard. We’ve planted so many plants and the yard looks amazing. Plus, I’ve had the chance to pursue graphic design and web design, which right now seems to be working out very well for me. After a few months of searching and uncertainty, I believe I am on my way to inner peace and happiness and this time it’s all alongside my amazing wife. Oh, and I can’t leave Bella out. It’s made me so happy to be home with her too where we can go play in the yard or go for a walk.
Life truly is amazing. You never know what God will throw your way next. That is what makes it worth living!
08Feb
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Well it has been quite a while everyone. I wish this was not the case as my hope is always to keep this updated bit alas I have been slacking.
Well I have been very busy with multiple things. I thought I was going to teach at our local college here in Columbus but that did not work out so now it looks like I will once again be moving. I cannot yet say where but my hope is that it will dramatically help with getting employment in the VFX industry. And speaking of VFX I have been using and learning much more such as camera tracking and compositing and I have started modeling again which is really a lot of fun! Well that’s about it on the little update. I once again hope to keep these posts more updated. So, until next time.
- James
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01Oct
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Finally, after four days of moving, my wife and I are completely moved out of the old apartment and into our new house! We went over and picked up the last item (a futon) last night and drove it over in my little Honda Civic. That was a lot of fun driving over brick roads with a trunk open and a futon matress and frame hanging out. It was actually pretty funny as we bounced over the bricks. It was also a little sad leaving what we had been calling home for over a year now, but I am so glad to be done with moving! Its great not to be moving heavy washers and dressers. I have to thank my friends Jon and Emily, who helped Allison and me so much with moving. We will have to return the favor when they move in a few weeks. Now I need to still get that hot tub cleaned up. Its starting to cool down here very quickly and I would love to use a nice warm hot tub at night after work. I was just thinking about my pal, Adam, who is out in L.A. now. I hope he is doing well and hopefully on the trail to finding a sweet 3D modeling position at a studio. There will be more on this later, I’m sure. For now I just wanted to wish him good luck.
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