Todd Egan

Motion Designer in Progress #mograph #forhire

[Cristóbal Valenzuela @c_valenzuelab]

A huge part of getting good at anything is simply making a lot of stuff. I mean volume. Repetition. Doing things over and over again.

Especially when you’re starting out, you think the people who are good must have found some secret. Like they’re more talented, or more confident, or they know something you don’t. But usually, what they’ve really done is make far more work than you realize. Probably things no one has ever seen. They might not even want to share it because it's bad. They’ve gone through draft after draft, project after project, attempt after attempt. They’ve made enough things to get strong.

That’s the most underestimated aspect of greatness. Quantity leads to quality. You do a large body of work, and inside that body of work, you begin to notice things. You notice your habits. You notice your weaknesses. You notice what keeps failing, what keeps working. You cannot learn those lessons just by thinking about the work. You only learn them by making the work.

And a lot of people quit too early. They make a few things, maybe even a few dozen things, and because the work doesn’t yet look the way they want it to, they decide they’re not good enough. But that’s not what’s happening. What’s happening is that they’re still in the process. Trust the process. More than anything else, especially when you suck and it’s painful.

You have to give yourself permission to make a lot. To make imperfect things. Bad things. Things you feel ashamed to show. Because every finished piece is teaching you something. Every attempt is building judgment. The people who get good are very often just the people who stay in the game long enough to let the process work on them.

Keep producing. Make stuff. Many stuff. A lot of stuff. Put yourself on a rhythm if you can. The path is to work. Do more. Finish more. Learn more. Trust that you arrive at quality through quantity.

[Todd Egan @toddemotion]

Keepin ‘Old School’ alive🤘🏼#drawing #80s

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@eyedesyn There’s always something…

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This job interview is an opportunity for growth, and I won’t let it pass me by. https://t.co/QrpFuY4TM1 via @habitsguy

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Who me? #aftereffects #joysticksandsliders

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@GameStop @Halo @Xbox @Razer Is this a joke? Sold out already? I was on the site on time, logged in, ready.

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Another week on @Codecademy, another weekly target hit! My learning streak just keeps growing and growing 😎

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@NWSSaltLakeCity No smoke contribution from the local genius that burned 1000 tons of hay with a stupid firework last night? People 😣👊🏼

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Finished scene 🎬 #characteranimation #schoolofmotion #aftereffects https://t.co/V4zFwcWmv3

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Throw me a tween, Dolly! #characteranimation #aftereffects #schoolofmotion https://t.co/2nUHHAYBNl

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Tween-esque #charateranimation #aftereffects #schoolofmotionalumni https://t.co/n8vrVr0vMt

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Run, Olly 🏃‍♂️#characteranimation #aftereffects #schoolofmotion https://t.co/dZ39Sl66gU

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Keying a Walk...🚶‍♂️ #characteranimation #aftereffects #schoolofmotion https://t.co/79864116WA

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Tweening is sexy 💋 #characteranimation #aftereffects #schoolofmotion https://t.co/3EqdNO96Ph

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It’s all in the arms, Stretch. #characteranimation #aftereffects #schoolofmotion https://t.co/LwzDDtblPR

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Keying a jump with ‘Stretch’ #characteranimation #aftereffects #schoolofmotion https://t.co/IHHRxy0Yrd

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I just wrote a review on All Black 3-Pack https://t.co/0EkNcl4UKq via @yotpo

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@KylasaurusRex Drag a comp to snap to the left of the layers panel for easy access to pick whip between comps 😀

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Cool! #adobelife https://t.co/Ten7fawHgm

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Who are your heroes? #adobeaftereffects #expressionsession #schoolofmotion