Beth Lewis - looking for chara design work!

She/her. Character designer/art director for television animation. Currently open to work. Professional inquiries: [email protected]

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@Justinoaksford Bi woman & character designer in the television-animation industry, here! https://t.co/1z8OGQbZeh

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As someone with an emergency doctor for a spouse, I can confidently say this is the exact opposite of who you want wrist-deep in your vital organs.

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

You know what, I don't want the guy popping open my chest to have a well-rounded life, I want him to be a surgery obsessive who never thinks about anything else.

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@Rhyfel4815 @AllyMalinenko The library I work at is connected to a community hub that includes a swimming pool. The amount of children's books I have to remove from inventory because they get damp is such a waste.

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@focusfronting I've experienced both sides. I would 100% take the Canadian system over American.

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@NicoColaleo My sympathies. 18 years of constant chara design work for me, then practically nothing since 2022. I hope it gets better for you.

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@heyyitsraine Yellow.

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@sayit_verbatim I still remember the first time I noticed one of the final spiders in the fade with fear names, is named something similar to, "ironically enough, spiders." Lost my shit.

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@sanitarypanels I was on British Airways, one seat open next to me. During lights off, woke to a man with his pants half off, groping around my seat & legs. A flight attendant was nearby and heard my panicked noise. Guy was drunk, lost from the bathroom, and claimed he dropped his phone.

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@eviniznfangirlu @jonnysaysOMG Was going to post this one, myself. Good choice.

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@potatofarmgirl Anyhow, my point is, I'm seeing a lot of runaround on us industry vets the past 2 years. Sorry to hear you're also struggling.

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@potatofarmgirl I, too have 20 years in art direction and chara design. However, I've been getting the opposite. "Oh we just think you're over qualified." If I'm applying for the job, am qualified to do the job, and am willing to do it for your budget... that's odd.

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@Tales2Astonish_ Oh hey, a scene I drew. I was always taking the bi-flavored shots.

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@pk_kenzie Ugh, same. It's so shocking to go from working as a designer on so many big things to waking up one day and realizing you haven't had steady work in nearly 2 years. And I'm old, so not sure where to go from here. Sorry for what you're going through.

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@kaitsnod Unfortunately I've had zero luck from my LinkedIn experiences. Not a single bite. However, I was under the impression that the open jobs there were mostly just required postings that were usually being filled within studio.

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Nearly 2 years without full-time chara design work. Everyone says it's the current state of the industry, but it feels like my time in animation must be over.

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Are any of you in the animation industry within the UK? If so, could I please pick your brain for a moment?

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@lilaswang @sheeprilyn Same. Haven't even gotten a single bite in chara design.

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@sheeprilyn June 2022 was my last full-time day as a chara design supervisor. I've given up all hope of remaining in the industry as of last month.

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Dipping my toes into DnD design, starting with my husband's half elf, warlock-cleric. Incoming nonsense level armor.

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It was Roosterteeth, btw. I even remember the producer's name.

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I was contacted for freelance chara design for a well- known studio. We agreed on rates, starting date, and completed my tax forms/NDA. Then nothing. I never got a response from the producer for all 4 of my inquiry emails, but she had plenty of time to post on Twitter/Insta.

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@katlyyons I've definitely been considering transitioning out of the animation industry into tattoos. Do you happen to have any particular posts about how you got started?