Self Promotion

My business card. For the upcoming end of year animation exhibition I created and ordered 100 business cards using vistaprint. I designed the card with previous animation art and put a picture of my final animation on the back. I've kept the card simple, made the print easy to read and to the point.

At expo I handed out a decent number of my cards and the feedback I received on them was encouraging and positive. I will contuine to use these cards to promote myself and my work.

I've entered my work into competitions, for example my early artwork was entered into the Manga Jiman competition. Despite not winning I was invited to the private ceremony in the Embassy of Japan in London. There I got to meet other artists and I found it to be learning experience as well as an enjoyable experience.

In 2015 I entered my animated work into an Cinevana - London under the One Minute Story category. Currently it has been accepted into the festival.

In 2013 I did a collaboration with another animator to produce an animated awareness animated short for the charity Restless Beings. The animation I worked on was chosen to be screened at the live charity event.

I 2013 I was fortunate enough to receive a bursary award of £1,500 by the Helena Kennedy Foundation. I consider this a great achievement as I was able to continue on with my education and aim for an academic career in the future. The awards ceremony was up London in The House Of Lords. It was an inspiring event and I got to meet Baroness Helena Kennedy in person and hear testimonies of people who have previously received the award and gone on to achieve success in the working world.

I am currently a part of a number of social media groups

Facebook HFK Award Winners (closed group) The purpose of the group is to -Meet socially -Exchange ideas -Post opportunities including jobs etc -build a deeper relationship with the Foundation

- Twitter (an online social networking service) - Animation Community of Artists http://www.animatedbuzz.com/ Training/Job Opportunities For my future prospects I will be looking into volunteer/intern/apprenticeship positions. Whilst wanting to working in the creative industry I have had to consider real goals and areas of interest. The areas I am interested in are animation, design, advertising and marketing, sales and admin. With the following resources I will seek out opportunities. Trainee Finder http://traineefinder.creativeskillset.org/trainees-seeking-placements/ Creative and digital media apprenticeships https://www.gov.uk/creative-and-digital-media-apprenticeships Creative & Digital Media http://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/sector/creative-digital-media Animation Base http://www.animationbase.com/

After attending a talk at a convention I emailed the speaker.

David Varela David Varela is a freelance writer, producer, creative director and narrative designer. https://davidvarela.wordpress.com/

After the event I emailed David Varela via his official website. I asked him for his person experience and insight about the creative industry. These are the questions I asked and the responses I got.