Did many people see this Dear Sesame Street letter at Cartoon Brew?
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commen ... treet.html
In a related matter, does anyone know how to remove a profile at Aniboom? I've written Aniboom management with no results.
Sesame Street Letter
Moderators: Víctor Paredes, Belgarath, slowtiger
That's very interesting. I don't know all the legal ins and outs of this. But Bob Harper's comment on cartoonbrew resonated with me. In the exceptional case where an artist has already created animation that happens to fit the bill perfectly and is trying to get it on tv, this could be a good opportunity. Mikdog's Happy Land comes to mind! 
But of course that would depend on whether or not the artist retains ownership and rights over their work.
But of course that would depend on whether or not the artist retains ownership and rights over their work.
My response to the letter
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Hey Brewmasters, Grow up.
There are two types of animators. Those who do what they do to put food on the table and those who do it as a hobby. I have passed off information on jobs postings to pros. Most of them where company's producing ads for products. The Pro needs not to make anything to get the job, A PRO ANIMATOR has a show reel. The Pro know how to do a short one paragraph pitch. The Pro knows when to ditch and avoid high maintenance, low return clients.
The hobbyist makes toon's for fun. Spending hours making short toon's for him or herself. Having a day job, not worrying about if a dead line is met by a client that wanted it done yesterday. Hobbyist can afford to work on projects that may not get any award of any kind.
A contest of animation by it very nature is for the hobbyist and complain and cry that the producers are not accepting spec or freelance pitches is down right shameful. Are going to complain that film festivals don’t pay for your hard work, next?
Duey
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It hasn't come up on their website. Humm?
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Hey Brewmasters, Grow up.
There are two types of animators. Those who do what they do to put food on the table and those who do it as a hobby. I have passed off information on jobs postings to pros. Most of them where company's producing ads for products. The Pro needs not to make anything to get the job, A PRO ANIMATOR has a show reel. The Pro know how to do a short one paragraph pitch. The Pro knows when to ditch and avoid high maintenance, low return clients.
The hobbyist makes toon's for fun. Spending hours making short toon's for him or herself. Having a day job, not worrying about if a dead line is met by a client that wanted it done yesterday. Hobbyist can afford to work on projects that may not get any award of any kind.
A contest of animation by it very nature is for the hobbyist and complain and cry that the producers are not accepting spec or freelance pitches is down right shameful. Are going to complain that film festivals don’t pay for your hard work, next?
Duey
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It hasn't come up on their website. Humm?
super8--that's weird. did you try going to http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ directly? the date on the blog entry is 2/22.