Flexing ye olde Aesthetic muscle

Dude,
Its Sunday and currently weighing the stress of the coming week. Few things happening, not sure in what order. Had an interview postponed (yet again but nothing surprises me). So Red Man is well on its way, I have a still for here but forgot to transfer it to my Laptop (tomorrow promise.)

Thought Id share something with the film graduates; Diva Films (Diversity in Visual Arts) has a Graduate Fellowship programme, so if you like such films as Dance 3D and Kidulthood, get a placement with them. Of course I could go into the fact that you are a retard for loving the aforementioned films, but we digress. I'm applying tomorrow, and see what happens The due date is the 18th I think so you dont have much time.

http://www.divafilms.co.uk/

Get it in! Currently making animation title sequence for a music video. Apparently it has a band, a guy in a straight jacket, a broke back mountain cowboy, a lime green Muscle Car and all set agains an industrial wasteland. ah Dirtbag work. Neo western graphics. John Bass is my hero. So you will get two stills tomorrow.

Sum up,
Image reasearch, brainstorming, drinking Whey Protein, secretly plotting your demise and listening to:



Peace,

The Diary of a Freelancer: the Contract

I told you all I'd be dishing out advice.
In a business where being screwed royally is as naturally occuring as cave formations, you kind of need to protect yourself. If you are as trusting as I am, you tend to want to trust the maniacal utterances of a dirtbag Managing Director or "Creative" Director. Don't. Get some one paper, and signed, no matter how small the job is. This is to make sure you are iron clad, whatever the outcome.Emails- detailing parameters for a job...you think that would be enough, but electronic data can be more easily altered...therefore there is deniability. A signed contract less so. Due date, amount to be paid, what needs to be done, all should be addressed.

Dont get me wrong there are some honest bosses out there, that stand by their word and pay up what they owe. I love those few, and they get my best work. Whatever you do, always do your best, and if you see a company acting shifty, divorce them. To tell you the truth I don't always follow my rules...stubborn yes. I'm in contention at the moment with one particular company. Well they were a company. Latest victim of the Credit crunch? No...more like poor financial handling. They either give me the ring-around or dont respond to emails. Meh. As much as you get screwed however, you remember, the work is yours. Sign everything you put out.... one that is visible, the other embeded somehow and made a part of the design in the image (if possible). Thats what I do with my story art, illustrations and film.
Get it. Good.

Sum up,
Never put a company's needs above your own. You can tell alot about a man by how he runs his business. And if your boss is a righteous asshole, you, unlike other employees, have the privilege of severing all ties.



Grazie, douche-fag.