So I was laid off from my job 6 weeks ago and I just fee like

>>18103950
TL;DR version. How can I get my life in order after being laid off?

>>18103990
What job did you have?

>>18104030
Technical/Production Artist for a company that made slot machines. Although my job was more like taking the graphics and movies from the games made for the casino floor and resizing them to fit the templates for the company's mobile and facebook apps.

Thing that sucks is the job description for a production artist or a technical artist is totally different than what we did. My dream job is to do something with illustration or concept art or storyboards, but while it'd be great to get that, I need a job asap so I'd like to find one that was at least similar to my last job.

>>18104062
That's another thing I should add, I feel like the key to getting my dream job is to keep drawing and building my portfolio, but I'm constantly running into art blocks. Im always seeing great professional work all over my social media so it just leaves me uninspired and discouraged and makes me feel like I can never stand out from the crowd.

>>18104068
If I was unemployed again I would be applying to many, many jobs every week. My last successful job acquisition took over 100 applications and required me to apply to the same place three times and do two interviews.

If you can't work at home go to the library to work, and try to be productive for eight to ten hours a day five days a week.

I was applying for jobs for a whole year and three months after college, and I was unemployed the whole time. Now I make 120 grand a year. Things just take time.

>>18104110
> things just take time

I'm well aware they take time. I just wish my parents and boyfriend would understand this. I just feel incredibly anxious and under pressure. I'm tired of being told I'm not being proactive enough when I'm putting in at least 3 job applications a day and writing a new cover letter for each one.

>>18104062
>>18104068
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>>18103950
Damn you sound like a female version of me to a tee apart from ever having a job and partner. Well I used to be a weed dealer and made good money if that counts. Everything else though spot on. It's 417am here now and the 4xhan is slowed down but I still feel drawn here out of some disillusion that I'll find something.

There would be a huge market for a storyboard artist in video production. You need to reimagine your past job and how it can apply to the jobs you want.

>Skilled Production Artists
>Knowledge of handling copyrighted material
>Work in a variety of resolutions and aspect ratios
>Managed media for corporate social accounts

Do 3 portfolio pieces for jobs you want. Look for Social Media Gigs. Realize you can't afford to move into NYC by yourself, and certainly not until you get a reliable source of income. New York is incredibly competitive, so if you're not full time employed, your job is to keep yourself active. Every job you don't apply for is a failure to yourself, but but realistic about what you're qualified for. Learn to take the sting of rejection off.

Rebrand yourself and then fake it til you make it.

>>18104110
Shit, I've been there. I was a software dev with no exp and I had to look for work with no avail. The lowest point in my life was I failed to get a non-paid intern position at some no-name shit company. I had to take a year of odd jobs before I got enough money to get back to school and get into co-op.

Since then, with just 3-4 years of experience until my belt, I get non-stop contacts from recruiter wanting me to switch over to their shitty company no one's heard of.

>>18104125
That was incredible helpful, thank you.

I guess that may just be the nature of this industry. I'm not sure what else I could look into from here, since the only think I've loved to do all my life was draw, and it's the only thing I've spent my time and energy in so I'm not really sure what I can fall back on. I'd love to work for a AAA animation studio like Disney or DreamWorks but that's a dream I'd have to really work hard at to get there. I was approached several months ago by someone pitching their cartoon to Nickelodeon and they asked me to storyboard the entire pilot. The client has yet to hear back whether or not the show has been greenlit, but I'm crossing my fingers that Nickelodeon would at least give me feedback on my storyboards. What sucks is I can't put them in my portfolio if I wanted to apply to other storyboard jobs due to NDA but I guess I could always create some on my own until there's any word whether the show was greenlit or not.

I guess at this point, all I can do is just keep applying for jobs that seem like a good fit for my current skills and wait it out. The issue I have is just making the people close to me understand.

Good luck to you and may something better come along.

>>18104152
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>>18104203

Doing the storyboards for this commission was the first time I've done a storyboard project. I've done comic book work though so I did my research on how to actually create storyboards by looking at work from other storyboard artists like Sherm Cohen or Natasha Allegri.

I've definitely found a love in it, but what sucks is I can't put them in my portfolio right now. I guess I'll just create some original ones on my own time.