hmmm... why did I quit Disney... complicated, that is... it was a combination of things, but I guess the short of it is that I got restless after a while. Sort of lost the fire. I'm glad I got out when I did, because the studio shut down 1 year later, and I heard the morale level during Brother Bear was pretty low. I'm glad I wasn't there for that.
I am an illustrator at heart, and I'm glad I got the opportunity to see if I could succeed as a freelance illustrator. Of course, now that I've been out for... 6 years now, the animation fire inside me (the one that I had when I applied to Disney in the first place) has been re-lit and I'm chomping at the bit to animate again. Go figure. In hindsight, I guess I must have gotten squashed by the neverending clean up department. Love Clean up and all, but I think I was built for something different. Like animated shorts, TV animation and/or character design. Those things get my motor running. I was happy in clean up for about 5 ... 5 1/2 years (I worked there for about 7 years), then I began to daydream about doing something else... I've been working on re-developing my animation style/skills, so I can hopefully re-enter that world some day. It's tough, though, because I'm super busy as it is with my illustration career, and raising a family, etc.
anyway, hope that answers your question. There were a few more reasons than that, but that was the main one (restlessness).
Jim had good timing. He got out of Disney while the gettin' was good.
(Jim already told you that , but as someone else who was there at the time , who didn't have the foresight to get off a sinking ship, I just thought I'd back him up on that)
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Kewl! May I ask why did you quit Disney?
hmmm... why did I quit Disney...
complicated, that is... it was a combination of things, but
I guess the short of it is that I got restless after a while. Sort of lost the fire.
I'm glad I got out when I did, because the studio shut down 1 year later, and I heard the morale level during Brother Bear was pretty low. I'm glad I wasn't there for that.
I am an illustrator at heart, and I'm glad I got the opportunity to see if I could succeed as a freelance illustrator.
Of course, now that I've been out for... 6 years now, the animation fire inside me (the one that I had when I applied to Disney in the first place) has been re-lit and I'm chomping at the bit to animate again. Go figure.
In hindsight, I guess I must have gotten squashed by the neverending clean up department. Love Clean up and all, but I think I was built for something different. Like animated shorts, TV animation and/or character design. Those things get my motor running. I was happy in clean up for about 5 ... 5 1/2 years (I worked there for about 7 years), then I began to daydream about doing something else...
I've been working on re-developing my animation style/skills, so I can hopefully re-enter that world some day. It's tough, though, because I'm super busy as it is with my illustration career, and raising a family, etc.
anyway, hope that answers your question.
There were a few more reasons than that, but that was the main one (restlessness).
OH! so cool, love how he blinks
Clinton -
Jim had good timing. He got out of Disney while the gettin' was good.
(Jim already told you that , but as someone else who was there at the time , who didn't have the foresight to get off a sinking ship, I just thought I'd back him up on that)
Hey, Jimbo, your Flash animation is looking good.
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