After I had pieced together a showreel and updated my website, I was keen to get my work out there. One sad Thursday, I went through a list of 32 animation / production studios based in London. Whether they were on the look out for people to work for them or not – I was still going to send a brief introduction e-mail.

To my surprise, Christian Hopkins (Creative Director of Picturesmith) got back to me. We had a lovely e-mail exchange, he stated that unfortunately internships for this Summer were filled, but – he’d keep me in mind for next year’s internship.

He asked if I wanted to jump on zoom call to get a better understanding of where I’d like to fit within the animation industry. We talked about colour theory – as I am very passionate about colour – and suggested reading: ‘The Secret Lives of Colour’ – as I intend to work in the visual development area of animation. We also talked about the current programmes that Picturesmith is currently using – Adobe AE was a very popular topic and we talked about animating characters within After Effects. He also suggested a free programme called DaVinci Resolve as it is really good for looking at colour grading and editing.

Overall: I’m quite shocked that my introductory e-mail landed me a conversation with a Creative Director that I would love to work for. And even more shocked that he liked my work!

Update: We connected on LinkedIn!