woa,
if it wasnt for undertale, i probably wouldnt have my job? i applied to my current studio over a year ago with a storyboard test i had done for Disney TV the previous year. i didn’t progress with the disney job because of location reasons, but the director who contacted me for the test found me through the UT animatic I made. once i applied and supplied the test i did, our director was like LOL START RIGHT NOW. if it wasnt for undertale i wouldnt have made the UT themed animatic, and i wouldnt have done the test and i wouldnt have had anything Good And Decent to show when i applied since i was working as a janitor at the time and had zero motivation. now i work full time in the animation industry as a storyboard artist…. all thanks to Toby and fanart….. if someone tells you that you cant live a life doing fanart as an artist, vomit on their shoes and then walk away. its perfectly fine.
Same dude. I got my first job in an animation studio a few years ago, but it wasn’t even in animation. I lost the job because I couldn’t keep up dealing with it and finishing college ( with a graphic design graduation because it was the closest I thought I could get to digital art) so I lost so much of my motivation. A while after I went through some heavy family problems that only made it worse, but in this moment that I needed the most, Undertale came up and filled me with passion, drive to create, motivation to study again, show what I could do. So in another studio, with a bunch of fanart, I studied more then ever, applied myself, and now I work in a project in a studio I’ve been dreaming to work through most of this journey. It will always mean so much to me.
I got my two current animation jobs and my previous design job through Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sonic, and Ghost Rider fanart. Fanart is a BOON in this field – it gives you something to be passionate enough about to do good work. Nobody cares what it’s fanart of – if it’s good work, that will speak for itself.
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… Okay that’s actually kind of clever.
Other pro-tip; before you save as PDF, change the font size to 1 so it takes up as little space as possible and doesn’t make any unsightly text gaps.
Advanced level: put it in a text box behind your actual text and it won’t be visible at all.
That’s kind of brilliant. And I don’t see how it’s “misrepresentation and fraud“. It doesn’t force anyone to hire you it just brings your resume to their attention.
How to put “wrote fan-fiction” on your résumé:
Leveraged an inventory of established fictional character and setting elements to generate a disruptive custom-curated narrative entertainment asset.
I worked in HR, handling applications and interviews, and if someone turned in that string of techno babble nonsense, I would have rejected them out of hand.
A resume doesn’t need to sound fancy or overly technical, it needs to tell us why we should hire you.
“Independent novelist/writer” is more than sufficient here. If you want to express the skills that fan fiction taught you, something like, “creative writing, editing, and publication,” will get you a lot further than… Whatever that just was.
A resume should be tailored to the position, if you can afford the time and energy for that. But if not, then just think about what writing got fandom taught you. How to respond to criticism, how to present a professional pubic face, how to correct punished mistakes, creative thinking, project planning, persuasion via emotional leverage, html formatting, office suite fluency.
There are a lot of actual, marketable skills that go into fan fiction.
How to put “I was in a zine” on your resume
Writer:
- Published short fiction stories for anthology collection
- Able to write short fiction within a designated word count for layout purposes (900-1500 words, 1500-2000, 3000-5000)
- Wrote short articles for independent publication
- Assisted with editing short stories for publication
- Able to reduce or expand written content based on layout needs
- Able to check for basic spelling, grammar and syntax
- Familiar with Microsoft Office and Google docs
Artist:
- Produced full-colour digital illustration for independent magazine
- Able to produce digital illustrations optimized for both online and print display
- Produced full-colour 2-page spread for art anthology
- Published 4-page short comic in anthology collection for charity
- Able to transfer traditional art to digital illustration
- Illustrated the cover (always brag if you’re on the cover) of an independent art publication
- Familiar with professional illustration tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint and stylus tablet
Merch artist / graphic designer:
- Designed 2″ clear decorative double-sided keychain charm as bonus sale item
- Designed 5″ x 6″ sheet of graphic stickers included in art anthology
- Able to design bold graphics that are measured for laser cutting production
- Designed layouts for 65-page art and writing magazine, focusing on (art placement, text layout, etc)
- Able to keep layout design simple and in accordance with the project director’s chosen theme
- Created promotional art, icons and banners tailored for social media sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc
- Familiar with professional layout and design software such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
Running a zine
- Produced an independent art and writing collection for sale / for charity
- Managed (10, 20, 30) independent artists and writers out of over 500 applicants to create a short-run independent magazine
- Worked in online sales and social media promotion selling an independent comics anthology
- If it’s really spectacular you can brag about specific numbers
- Our book raised over $4,000 for charity in under six months of production
- We sold over 750 copies in two weeks of online sales
- Produced a digital PDF and printed version of anthology, mailing to recipients all over the world
- Communicated with printers and manufacturers of plastic accessories and paper goods, assembling professional packages of our merchandise for mailing.
- Built a custom digital storefront and navigated professional market and payment systems including Paypal and Tictail / Bigcartel / Wix etc
- Created promotional events to boost sales, including raffles and giveaways over social media
- Organized participants through mass emails and use of social media posts on tumblr and twitter
- Familiar with organizational software such as Microsoft Excel, Google spreadsheets and Trello
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OH MY GOD whyyyy did no one tell me you’re supposed to send thank-yous after interviews?? Why would I do that???
“Thank you for this incredibly stressful 30 minutes that I have had to re-structure my entire day around and which will give me anxiety poos for the next 24 hours.”
I HATE ETIQUETTE IT’S THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE THING FOR ME TO LEARN WITHOUT SOMEONE DIRECTLY TELLING ME THIS SHIT
NO ONE TOLD YOU???? WTF! I HAVE FAILED YOU.
Also:
Dear ______:
Thank you so much for the opportunity to sit down with you (&________) to discuss the [insert job position]. I am grateful to be considered for the position. I think I will be a great fit at [company name], especially given my experience in __________. [insert possible reference to something you talked about, something that excited you.] I look forward to hearing from you [and if you are feeling super confident: and working together in the future].
Sincerely,
@mellivorinaeTHIS IS A LIFESAVING TEMPLATE
YOU ARE WELCOME
My brother got a really great paid internship one summer. The guy who hired him said the deciding factor was the professional thank you letter my brother sent after the interview.
should it be an email? or like a physical letter?
email, you want to send it within a few hours at max after the interview if you can so it’s fresh in their mind who you are.
Confirmed! I interviewed for a job right after arriving in NY. The interview went incredibly well, and I went home and immediately wrote a thank you letter and put it in the mail. I had a super good feeling about this interview.
I didn’t get the job.
However, a few weeks later, I was called in to interview with another editor in the same company, and I did get that job. I found out later from the initial editor (the one who didn’t hire me) that he had planned to offer me the job, but since I didn’t follow up with a thank you letter, he assumed I didn’t really want it. He offered the job to another contender–but when he got my letter in the mail shortly after the offer had already been made, he went to HR and gave me a glowing recommendation. It was based on that recommendation that I got called in for the second interview.
So: send an email thank you immediately (same day!) after the interview. If you’re feeling extra, go ahead and send a written one too. OR go immediately to a coffee shop, write the letter, and return to the office and give it to the secretary.
Either way, those letters are important.
Pro tip: If you really want HR to develop a personal interest in your application, publicly thank them on linkedin. Just make a short post telling your network about how X recruiter really went above and beyond to make you feel welcome, or about how be accommodating and professional they were, or whatever. Make sure to use the mention feature so they’ll get a notification and see it.
Flattery will get you everywhere… and public flattery that might make its way back to their manager, doubly so.
Obligatory plug for one of FreePrintable.net’s sites: ThankYouLetter.ws. They have a whole section with interview thank you letter templates, and a page with specific tips for interview thank you letters. (There are also tons of other letter templates if you browse around a bit.)
As a former professional recruiter and recruiting manager, I confirm, especially for entry-level positions, where you are competing with oodles of people. This little thing can make a difference. Also the fact that, maybe, you took time to google the “interview etiquette”.
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