>>105520811But it's a very different ballgame than the 90's. Simply by being talented and putting your work available online, you ALMOST (keyword: almost) have equal footing in people who are actually sending out their portfolio to studios. That is to say, people who AREN'T applying for a job have a good chance of getting one just because their work is good and available to view. People who are looking for work have to compete with people who aren't even running in the race.
If you are a good animator and constantly use the #animation tag on Twitter and Tumblr, you WILL gain a following. Maybe not like, 100k or something overnight, but it's about as guaranteed of getting noticed as doing fanart.
If you look up a lot of Nick, DisneyTV, and CartonNetwork people, a large chunk of them are young 18 - 21 year olds who never went to college and got hired because of a web comic or because the showrunner liked their online work. It's actually really fucking pressuring for those artists who did put themselves in debt and seeking for work getting beaten by younger folk who never even submitted their resume.
