Meeting Recap, 03/09/12

Hey guys!

We hope everyone found our meeting on Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews extremely helpful. I know it got a little long winded there. ;)

Here are the two handouts we passed out during the meeting:

Career Services Packet
Page 1: A list of upcoming Career Services events! Very helpful.
Page 2: Resume example
Page 3: Words to use when writing a resume
Page 4: Cover letter example
Pages 5-8: Helpful books that Career Services offers!

ASC Packet
Page 1: Intro
Pages 2-9: Helpful Hints and Tips
Page 10: Charlotte's notes on writing resumes
Page 11: A helpful resume flowchart by Charlotte
Page 12: Resume example

And a few general notes:

- Remember, everything is subjective.  What works for one job may not work for another. There are no "right" answers. Cater your resume and cover letter for a specific job and go with your gut! Get lots of opinions from peers and faculty.

- Keep in mind the difference between a resume and a CV. A CV is a comprehensive list of all of your achievements in reverse chronological order, while a resume is the best of the best. Some studios prefer one over the other.

- Get lots of eyes to look at your resume. Read it out loud. This will help catch typos!

- Be knowledgeable about the job you're applying for! It takes several minutes to look up a website and skim over the contents, and it could really pay off during an interview.




Thanks everyone! Enjoy your Spring Break! We won't be meeting on the 16th or 23rd, but come ready to learn on the 30th. Andy will be giving a demo on puppets in Harmony!

Link of the Week!

So I failed at posting the link of the week this week, my bad. So I'm late but I'm just gonna give a link to a good head modeling tutorial on youtube for anyone interested in character modeling :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac4qV2uIF3Q

sorry again for being late this week!

michelle

Meeting Recap, 03/02/12

Hey guys!

Quick Note: This is a reminder that Rafael Rosado will be the visiting artist on April 9th at 11AM in Canzani. He's is currently doing freelance work at Universal Cartoon Studios, working as storyboard artist at Hasbro/Woodbridge, and artist/co-creator at First Second Books. We highly recommend everyone attend!


Rafael has a new book coming out April 10th! Watch the trailer here! The faculty would like to see about ordering copies of the book in advance, so that they would be available for purchase at his talk. It would be an EXCELLENT opportunity to discuss the book with the artist himself and even get it signed! How cool is that?? 


If anyone is interested in picking up a copy, please let one of the leaders know!! There's more info on the Facebook page. :)





At our meeting this week, we went to go see The Secret World of Arrietty! :)

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Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! See you all next week for a talk on preparing to submit applications for internships!

 

Meeting Recap, 02/24/12, Bethany's Foot Tutorial

Hey everyone, here is the foot tutorial. I'm sorry it took me so long to compile everything. I hope this is helpful!

Link of the Week!

Hey guys! I got you something, it's really awesome, really special, and just for you, it's the LINK OF THE WEEK!!!


The Link of the Week this week is a link to the blog of Andreas Deja!

Now, you may be asking yourself...
"But Rico, who is he, and whats makes him so special?"

WELL! I'M HAPPY YOU ASKED! He studied under the 9 Old Men around the same time as other animation top dogs Tim Burton & John Lasseter! In short, he's one of the legends! He's animated some of the most famous villains such as Jafar, Gaston, AND Scar!  He packs his blog full of original Disney art, concepts and character sketches, from Madam Medusa to Mamma Odie! So be sure to check it out!!!