No skilled artist wants to hear this
Summary
TLDRTony Koua, con más de 10 años en la industria de la animación, discute cómo la suerte juega un papel crucial en el éxito, más allá del esfuerzo y la habilidad. Explica que la suerte puede ser estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado, como durante la pandemia cuando la industria florecía. Aboga por la importancia de las redes y la construcción de conexiones, y cómo estos factores pueden abrir puertas que de otro modo estarían cerradas. También destaca la importancia de desarrollar habilidades y encontrar tu propia voz en el arte, para destacar y atraer oportunidades.
Takeaways
- 🎯 La suerte es un factor importante en el éxito de la industria de la animación, además del talento y el trabajo duro.
- 💼 El estado actual de la industria de la animación en Los Ángeles es incierto, y muchos artistas talentosos están desempleados debido a factores fuera de su control.
- 🎓 Las conexiones y el networking son esenciales para conseguir oportunidades en la industria, a menudo más que el portafolio o las habilidades.
- 💡 Estar en el lugar correcto en el momento adecuado puede marcar la diferencia en la carrera de un artista.
- 🚀 A pesar de que hay artistas que tienen múltiples trabajos, esto se debe a sus conexiones y a la red que han construido a lo largo de los años.
- 🎬 Los proyectos cancelados pueden afectar negativamente la carrera de artistas talentosos que dependen de esos trabajos para crecer profesionalmente.
- 🎨 Desarrollar una voz y estilo propios, además de mejorar las habilidades, es fundamental para destacar y atraer oportunidades.
- 🌱 Participar en talleres, eventos comunitarios y plataformas en línea puede ser una vía eficaz para establecer conexiones útiles.
- 🛠 Trabajar duro no siempre garantiza el éxito, ya que la suerte y las circunstancias juegan un papel importante en el desarrollo de la carrera.
- 💪 Aunque la suerte influye, el trabajo duro también puede aumentar las posibilidades de éxito, creando hábitos productivos y manteniendo la consistencia en el esfuerzo.
Q & A
¿Cómo describe Tony Koua el concepto de suerte en la industria de la animación?
-Tony Koua describe la suerte como estar en el lugar correcto en el momento adecuado, lo que brinda una ventana de oportunidad. Señala que la suerte juega un papel crucial en el éxito, y que factores fuera del control de los artistas, como las decisiones del estudio o las tendencias del mercado, también influyen.
¿Por qué Tony Koua cree que es incorrecto atribuir el éxito solo al trabajo duro?
-Tony Koua cree que atribuir el éxito únicamente al trabajo duro es ignorar la importancia de la suerte y las circunstancias. Señala que muchos artistas talentosos y trabajadores siguen sin empleo debido a factores externos, como el estado de la industria, lo que demuestra que no todo se reduce al esfuerzo personal.
¿Qué rol juegan las conexiones y la red de contactos en la carrera de un animador, según el video?
-Las conexiones y la red de contactos son fundamentales en la carrera de un animador. Tony Koua menciona que muchas oportunidades le llegaron por recomendaciones de amigos o colegas de proyectos anteriores, lo que resalta la importancia de mantener buenas relaciones laborales.
¿Cómo afectó la pandemia a la industria de la animación, según Tony Koua?
-Durante la pandemia, la industria de la animación prosperó, con muchas producciones aprobadas y oportunidades para nuevos talentos. Sin embargo, después de la pandemia, la situación cambió drásticamente, con menos oportunidades disponibles, lo que refleja la naturaleza fluctuante del sector.
¿Qué recomienda Tony Koua para 'aumentar el factor suerte' en la carrera de un animador?
-Tony Koua recomienda que los animadores trabajen en aumentar su 'factor suerte' a través de la creación de redes, conexiones y la participación en comunidades. También sugiere asistir a talleres o clases impartidas por profesionales de la industria, lo que puede facilitar el acceso a nuevas oportunidades.
¿Qué papel juegan las escuelas y los programas educativos en la obtención de oportunidades en la animación?
-Tony Koua señala que algunas personas obtienen oportunidades porque asistieron a escuelas con programas que permiten a los estudios reclutar estudiantes. Sin embargo, también menciona que asistir a talleres más económicos y redes en línea como Discord pueden ofrecer una vía alternativa para construir conexiones.
¿Cómo ve Tony Koua el concepto de 'voz' en el desarrollo de la carrera de un animador?
-Para Tony Koua, la 'voz' de un animador se refiere a los temas, ideas y motivos que reflejan su identidad personal en su trabajo. Cree que desarrollar una voz única, además de las habilidades técnicas, es crucial para destacarse y atraer oportunidades laborales.
¿Qué importancia le da Tony Koua a los proyectos personales en la carrera de un animador?
-Tony Koua destaca la importancia de trabajar en proyectos personales, como cortometrajes, cómics o pruebas de animación, ya que estos pueden mostrar la creatividad, habilidades narrativas y estilo propio de un animador, siendo tan valiosos como el portafolio formal.
¿Cómo influye la suerte en la carrera de un animador, según el testimonio de Tony Koua?
-La suerte influye significativamente en la carrera de un animador. Tony Koua reconoce que muchas de las oportunidades que tuvo fueron gracias a conexiones y circunstancias favorables, aunque también enfrentó mala suerte con proyectos cancelados o problemas con visados.
¿Qué consejo da Tony Koua sobre cómo abordar el trabajo duro en la animación?
-Tony Koua aconseja que el trabajo duro puede aumentar el 'factor suerte', ya que no solo genera hábitos productivos, sino que también puede hacer que otros noten el esfuerzo y ofrezcan oportunidades. Sin embargo, señala que no siempre el trabajo duro garantiza el éxito, ya que otros factores también juegan un papel.
Outlines
🎲 La importancia de la suerte en la industria de la animación
Tony Koua comienza hablando sobre la importancia de la suerte en la industria de la animación. Reflexiona sobre su experiencia de más de 10 años y cómo factores fuera de nuestro control, como el estado de la industria o decisiones de los estudios, pueden afectar el éxito de los artistas. Koua destaca que, aunque el talento y el trabajo duro son importantes, la suerte juega un papel fundamental al estar en el momento adecuado y con las conexiones correctas.
📉 La situación actual de la industria y el impacto de la suerte
El autor menciona cómo la suerte ha afectado a muchos artistas talentosos que, a pesar de su habilidad y esfuerzo, se han quedado sin trabajo debido a la difícil situación actual de la industria. Compara esto con artistas que, gracias a conexiones pasadas y redes establecidas, tienen múltiples trabajos. Koua también menciona su propia experiencia, donde no necesitó actualizar su portafolio porque fue recomendado por contactos previos.
🎬 Oportunidades y proyectos cancelados en la industria
Koua reflexiona sobre proyectos en los que participó que fueron cancelados, afectando su carrera, y cómo la suerte jugó un papel en estos casos. Además, cuenta anécdotas sobre su participación en proyectos exitosos como 'Blue Samurai' y 'Invincible', donde las conexiones y las recomendaciones de amigos fueron cruciales para su participación. Aunque reconoce que la suerte le favoreció en ciertos casos, también sufrió de mala suerte en otros momentos de su carrera.
📚 Consejos para mejorar tus oportunidades: redes y conexiones
El autor ofrece consejos para aspirantes a la industria de la animación, centrándose en la importancia de las conexiones. Recomienda participar en talleres locales y comunidades en línea como Discord, ya que muchas oportunidades de trabajo surgen a través de estas redes. También sugiere mejorar las habilidades personales y desarrollar una 'voz' artística propia que permita destacar entre los demás.
🛠️ Desarrolla tu estilo y habilidades artísticas
Koua aconseja a los artistas explorar temas y técnicas que les interesen genuinamente, ya que esto les ayudará a crear un estilo único. Destaca la importancia de los trabajos personales y cómo estos pueden ser tan valiosos como un portafolio. Recomienda crear cortometrajes, cómics o pruebas de animación para demostrar habilidades narrativas y creativas.
🏋️♂️ El trabajo duro y sus limitaciones en un mundo desigual
Aunque el autor reconoce que el trabajo duro es valioso, también señala que no todos tienen las mismas oportunidades o circunstancias. Menciona casos de artistas con privilegios que pudieron avanzar en sus carreras más fácilmente, mientras que otros enfrentaron obstáculos significativos, como procesos de visa restrictivos. Koua concluye que, aunque el trabajo duro puede aumentar tus probabilidades, la suerte sigue siendo un factor crucial.
🎯 La relación entre el esfuerzo y la suerte
Koua cita a Jhead Guaris, quien dice que el trabajo duro puede aumentar el 'factor suerte'. El esfuerzo no solo genera oportunidades, sino que también ayuda a desarrollar hábitos productivos que pueden aplicarse a otras áreas de la vida. Koua cree que tanto el esfuerzo como la suerte son importantes, pero también depende de cómo las personas aprovechan esas oportunidades. Termina promocionando recursos para aprender animación 2D.
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Keywords
💡Suerte
💡Meritocracia
💡Red de contactos
💡Pandemia
💡Cancelación de proyectos
💡Nepotismo
💡Visa
💡Industrias creativas
💡Comunidades
💡Trabajo personal
Highlights
Luck plays a significant role in success within the animation industry.
Being at the right place at the right time can create opportunities.
The animation industry's state can greatly affect artists' livelihoods.
During the pandemic, the animation industry thrived with many opportunities.
Some artists get opportunities due to school connections with studios.
Knowing the right people can lead to opportunities in animation.
Success is not solely based on hard work or meritocracy.
Many skilled artists are currently unemployed despite their talent.
Having a full-time job and multiple freelance jobs is possible due to connections.
Recommendations from past colleagues can lead to new projects.
Having a network from previous experiences can increase your luck factor.
Bad luck, such as project cancellations, can also happen to anyone.
Visa issues can prevent talented artists from taking opportunities.
Personal projects and student films can help get noticed in the industry.
Building your skills and voice can make you more recognizable in the industry.
Making personal work can be as valuable as technical skill.
Hard work can increase your luck factor by building productive habits.
It's important to recognize both good and bad luck in the industry.
Hard work and hustling can lead to opportunities but are not guarantees.
Life isn't fair, but building productive habits can open doors.
Even with connections, having a proven work history is important.
The speaker encourages learning hand-drawn animation and finishing animated shots.
Transcripts
[Music]
hey guys it's Tony koua and today I'd
like to talk about luck I've been in
this industry for over 10 years now I've
seen it dip and Rise multiple times
within the span of time it's hard to
gauge what the future of the animation
industry here in La is but to think that
one success is only about how hard you
work or based on meritocracy is someone
who lives in a bubble no skilled
hardworking artist wants to hear this
but luck matters a lot so how would I
describe luck or what count as luck the
way I would describe luck is being at
the right time at the right place and
that in return gives you a window of
time for that opportunity during the
pandemic the animation industry thrived
there were a lot of Productions a lot of
things were being green lit and a lot of
opportunities came for people who wanted
to break into animation now it's the
complete opposite and of course these
are things that are usually out of your
control this could be the state of the
industry Studio decisions that affect
the livelihood of artists and animators
the times and Trends here and there
there are people who got opportunities
because they went to a school that had a
program where Studios would visit the
school and recruit students there could
be cases where it's all about knowing
the right people at the right community
that allows for opportunities I would
say be careful of people who say they
worked super hard or hustled to get to
where they're at specifically talking
about quote unquote success uccessful in
the industry and I think in most cases
this is true however they could have
been in a circumstance where things
worked in their favor this could be
during at a time when the industry was
booming and there were more venues for
animation related opportunities or they
just knew people some people were
privileged and had easier having access
to certain resources or not being
affected by circumstances outside of the
medium whereas there are others who had
more obstacles to come through now I
know a lot of people would scoff at me
saying that hey it's all about skill
it's all about work that you produce and
that part is true but I would also argue
look at the industry now and look at how
many hardworking artists there are who
are super skilled super talented who
have the Merit to do good work have been
out of a job for almost over a year so
when I hear other animators talk about
how much work they put into get into
where they're at and they kind of
compare themselves to other artists who
they feel are slacking or can't get a
job it just comes off as ignorant so
look there are many artists in the
animation industry right now that don't
have a job a full-time job and these are
all hardworking highly skilled artists
who may all have varying levels of how
much they hustle or how hard they work
to get to where they're at but the state
of the industry right now is so freaking
weird that there's a huge pool of these
people that don't have work but that's
not to say there are no jobs in the
animation industry here in Los Angeles
there are people not only do they have
jobs but they have multiple jobs doing
freelance left and right while having a
full-time job on top it's because these
people people have connections from past
experiences and they have an established
Network in most cases you have to reach
out to people to get work or sometimes
someone that you've worked with
recommends you for a project and that's
how you can get an opportunity to be
truthful to you guys there was a time
where I didn't update my portfolio for
many years but that's also because every
time I wrapped on a project I was
recommended to another project or I
would be placed into a new production
without having to show my portfolio to
prove that I was capable of it and a
part of that is because I had
connections and I had a network from
previous experiences so in that regard I
had a bit of luck and I will acknowledge
that but have I also had some bad luck
absolutely and as we've established bad
luck and luck these are all factors that
are out of your control so for me for
example I've been in multiple canceled
projects that I've been involved with
and these were feature films that had a
lot of potential but because of Studio
interference or some other reason those
projects would get shelv there were
times where I had these really cool
amazing opportunities that would be a
boost in my career but I couldn't take
it because they found out that I had a
Visa a Visa that they weren't willing to
work with like when I was working on
bluee Samurai for example I thought it
was going to be Niche and kind of Fade
Into Obscurity I'm glad I was wrong by
the way it became an Emmy award-winning
show that won multiple Awards a lot of
people were talking about it I joined
the show because I was already internal
with Netflix and I had friends that
recommended me with Invincible I had a
friend that became a director on that
show and he asked me if I wanted to
become a part of that production despite
my skill level being established in the
community definitely helped my chances
these were projects to have people that
I've worked with in the past or that are
friends of mine who would actually
recommend me to be a part of the
production that they were in you can
call it nepotism but if you think about
it that's how many Industries work it's
about knowing the right people or being
in the right community and if you
already have a working relationship with
someone in the past and they want to
bring you in the expectations are
already set now going back to the topic
of canceled projects or projects that
failed there are a lot of Highly skilled
and hardworking artists that have been
in similar situations and I do believe
that their careers would have been
different if these projects that they
worked on kicked off I think I'm running
out of advice to give to people trying
to break into the animation industry or
just general animation advice I could
give because the more I Venture into
this industry in this medium the less I
know and I find myself repeating the
same piece of advice over and over again
with just different wording advice is
hard to give because I do not want to
come off as ignorant but the way I would
approach this is that it's me giving
advice to myself and what I would do the
first one I'd recommend is to build up
your luck Factor so I'm going to talk
about things that are realistic and that
a lot of people can do so things like
networking building connections taking
initiative to be part of communities or
community events and of course these are
skills of their own a lot of the
opportunities I got were because of
people that I've worked with in the past
recommended me for future roles or
people that I met at an event or at
certain communities wanted to
collaborate with me or work with me call
it knowing the right people call it
nepotism this is an industry that
depends on the relationships with other
artists and creators so some people
build connections through going to
school and school is expensive so I
would recommend if you wanted to go to
an educational space with a lot of
students and teachers I would say look
at online workshops or local work shops
and it's something that's very common
here in La a lot of people go to
Workshop style schools instead of whole
degrees and here in La a lot of those
Workshop classes are held by teachers
that are currently working in an
industry and that could be a way for you
to make that connection with the
teachers and your classmates who may be
your future co-workers look into online
communities like Discord servers and I
think a lot of people get their anime
work through Discord servers as well I
would also encourage you to just keep
building your skills and your voice
skills are like jaason ship or how you
execute certain things or how you
utilize a technique or methodology the
way I would talk about voice is like
themes you want to explore subject
matter that you want to talk about like
when you see people's personal art you
kind of get a sense that there's a sort
of theme or sort of vibe that they're
going for and it's prevalent in a lot of
their art so besides skill also explore
your voice explore subject matter that
feel genuine to you explore themes ideas
and motives that reflect you as a person
when your skills and voice become unique
and strong there will there will be
higher chances of people knowing who you
are you being unique and them reaching
out to you I do think that still working
on your own voice and your own skills
are good habits that continue over time
and is still very valuable I personally
don't think that I would have gotten
work in my earlier days just with my
story portfolio alone I got it through
my own student films I got it through my
own personal work so if you're off
making personal work I recommend you to
think about characters and story putting
them in scenarios you know making little
Comics or narrative pieces and if you're
an animator make animation tests
regarding your characters or your
stories make a short film maybe
storyboard it make an animatic of it
edit it put it to music put it to sound
it shows the type of stuff that you're
into and I think that's just as valuable
as skill so I would be careful listening
to people who say they got to where
they're at because they worked super
hard and did more than what was expected
of them first of all I think it's kind
of weird to measure what is considered
hard work because to some people a lot
of the definition of what hard work is
is different maybe the person talking
about how much they hustled or how hard
they worked it to get the opportunity
that they wanted maybe it was a good
time for the industry maybe things were
looking good or the landscape was
different some people may have had
circumstances that gave them way more
obstacles whether the artist is disabled
or their foreigners trying to secure a
Visa and for people who went through the
Visa process of trying to like secure
that it's super restricting or
other people with rough luck there was a
time I had to talk about how much I was
struggling or how much work I put into
something but then I was told I wasn't
doing it right I wasn't doing enough or
that people would tell me if they were
me they would have done it completely
differently now the point I'm trying to
make is that I'm not here to say hard
work is useless and I'm not a fan of
people who use their bad luck to
generalize their failings in the
industry because I personally also think
that it's not a good look some people
may have been privileged or had good
luck some people not so much some people
will work hard to get what they want
some people will work hard and not get
what they want life isn't fair but can
it build great productive habits and
open you doors absolutely and even when
I had friends that brought me onto the
same production as they were in it's not
just because I was friends with them
they know my work history they know that
I can turn in work in time and they know
I can put in the work they also saw me
appropriate for the type of show that
they were in now going back to the
conversation of hard work or working
hard or whatever that is if you feel
like you working hard or hustling gives
you a sense of purpose I'm in full
support of that I'm kind of like that
too and I'm always doing something on
the side outside of my full-time job
because I feel like there's a part of
that that is kind of self-fulfilling as
jhead guaris once said on his Twitter
hard work can increase your luck Factor
not only does it make you stand out and
that people will reach out to you for
certain opportunities but it also builds
like productive habits for yourself and
that's the thing you should just do
stuff for yourself and that type of
stuff can transcend into other parts in
your life so whether you're given good
luck or you have to deal with hard work
it's about how you decide to utilize
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