Starting Your Career as an Artist

So, you’ve decided you want to become a professional artist! Well…now what? Being an artist in the entertainment industry can be an exciting and fulfilling job, but it can also be extremely competitive and difficult to break into, making trying to get your foot in the door a daunting task. In this webinar, artists Stephen Silver, Pablo Carpio and recruiter Dawn Yamazi answer your questions about how they got their big break, what studios look for when hiring new artists, and what steps you can take to have a successful career in the industry. Hosted by Maureen Fan and Bobby Chiu. ▶ Attend weekly webinars like this with a Schoolism Subscription! Schoolism's SUMMER SALE is on only for 6 more days!☀️ Get over 30% off a 1-year subscription and get access to all 50 Art Courses and weekly LIVE webinars! Sign up for Schoolism's newsletter to get email notifications for more free public webinars like this ▶ FOLLOW Dawn Yamazi Pablo Carpio Stephen Silver Maureen Fan Bobby Chiu ▶ ATTEND LightBox Expo🌟 Meet the artists behind your favorite movies, animations, games and illustrations this October 14-16, 2022. Tickets at ▶LEARN - Check out the BRAND NEW Schoolism site! Subscribe during the SUMMER SALE to get OVER 30% OFF of a 1-year subscription from now until July 11, 2022☀️ A Schoolism Subscription gets you access to exclusive Schoolism Webinars and immediate access to ALL 50 Courses, including:⁠⁠ ✅ Digital Painting with Bobby Chiu ✅ Speed Sketching Animals with Bobby Chiu ✅ Environment Design Workout with Nathan Fowkes ✅ Creating a Gallery Show with Nathan Fowkes ✅ Storyboarding for Feature Animation with Alessandra Sorrentino ✅ Painting in Procreate & Animation in LumaFusion with Nikolai Lockertsen ✅ Book Illustration with Marie-Alice Harel ✅ Foolproof Concept Painting with Airi Pan ✅ Felines with Terryl Whitlatch ✅ Gesture Drawing with Alex Woo ✅ Faery Workout with Iris Compiet ✅ Watercolor Fundamentals with Gonzalo Carcamo ✅ Introduction to Visual Development with Victoria Ying ✅ Visual Development for Television with Chrystin Garland ✅ Drawing Workout with Iain McCaig ✅ Starting Your Journey with Cody Gramstad ✅ Story Driven Illustrations with Djamila Knopf ...and more! Questions from the audience: 3:17 How did your careers start off? 6:40 Dawn, how important is it for artists to go to art school? 7:37 Pablo, did you have a clear direction of whether you wanted to go into games, animation, etc.? 14:34 What would you expect from a more seasoned portfolio, and what would be the tie-breaker when choosing between 2 porfolios of similar quality? 21:54 Do you have and recommendations for preparing for art internships? 24:40 How should artists think about rejection and reapplying to studios who have rejected them in the past? 34:28 Is there an age limit to enter the animation industry? 36:35 When you're starting out your career and you're looking for advice, what is the best way to network with other artists? 46:09 For someone who is not living in the US or the country where the studio is, is it really important to be in the US in order to apply for jobs there? 54:25 Do you have any advice for artists living outside of the US who want to get job opportunities in the US? 59:34 Can you highlight some common mistakes you see and some things that really stand out to you when you're looking at portfolios? 1:10:04 Do you have any advice for someone who is already in the industry but is trying to change disciplines within it? 1:15:34 What are your best tips and advice for recent grads/starting professionals out there?