Reply #29: Well, you've been everything else!

[Lorien]

;-)

At the moment I'm doing what I always dreamed of doing; writing and illustrating children's books. Sadly, it's not a career one can survive on, so I have to keep illustrating for Disney too (the merchandise and collectibles market pays pretty well). Last animation job I had was as a studio supervisor on an Adam Sandler film for Sony. I actually really enjoyed being a manager, despite the fact that the movie was fairly awful. Key to good studio management; 1.) hire competent people, 2.) let them do their jobs! I'm pretty good at that end of the business too, but I feel that I really don't have the luxury of wasting the artistic talent I was given (and my friends and family won't allow it either).

My other favorite job; teaching a portfolio class at a local college. I helped a few of my students to finally get their dream jobs, and that made me feel really good.