ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 5
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 5
(Or: How to Strategically Attach Yourself to Future Success Like a Parasite)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE TEACH YOU THE TRICKS ART SCHOOL WON’T 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Expose the art school scam.
✅ Give you the actual secrets to surviving in the industry.
✅ Teach you that networking is less about talent and more about clinging to the right people like a desperate barnacle.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I have to suffer, you might as well learn something from it.
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(Unless you’d rather let your career die before it starts.)
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LESSON 5: NETWORKING – HOW TO BEFRIEND THE ONE STUDENT WHO WILL ACTUALLY GET FAMOUS
(Or: Why Talent Matters Less Than Knowing the Right People)
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🎨 SO, YOU WANT A CAREER IN ART? GOOD NEWS: TALENT IS OVERRATED.
If you think getting hired is all about “being the best artist,” I have some bad news:
🚨 The industry doesn’t work that way. 🚨
Instead, it works like this:
💀 80% of jobs come from who you know.
💀 15% come from being decent enough at what you do.
💀 5% are handed out by blind luck.
And the first group is where the real magic happens.
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🔥 HOW NETWORKING ACTUALLY WORKS (IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
Art schools love to use the word “networking,” but they never tell you what it actually means.
WHAT YOU THINK NETWORKING IS:
✅ Going to industry events.
✅ Talking to big-name professionals.
✅ Handing out business cards like a corporate try-hard.
✅ Cold-emailing recruiters with a perfectly crafted portfolio.
WHAT NETWORKING ACTUALLY IS:
🚨 Befriending your classmates (because one of them will “make it” and drag you along).
🚨 Casually hanging out with the right people until one of them gets a job and remembers you exist.
🚨 Becoming the “cool, reliable” person that people want to work with.
🚨 Getting hired by someone you met three years ago at a bar because they vaguely remember you as “that fun guy who animates.”
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🔥 HOW TO FIND “THE CHOSEN ONE” (A.K.A. THE FUTURE SUCCESS STORY IN YOUR CLASS)
In every art school, there is one student who is destined for greatness.
Your job? Find them. Stick to them. Never let go.
🚨 HOW TO IDENTIFY THE FUTURE SUCCESS STORY:
✅ They’re already working on real projects while in school.
✅ They have a work ethic that makes everyone else look lazy.
✅ They never complain about assignments because they’re too busy grinding.
✅ They somehow already have industry contacts, and nobody knows how.
✅ They talk about animation jobs the way normal students talk about drinking.
💀 WARNING: If you can’t find them, it might not be that there isn’t one—it might just mean IT’S NOT YOU. 💀
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🔥 HOW TO STRATEGICALLY ATTACH YOURSELF TO FUTURE SUCCESS
So you found the chosen one. Now what?
You need to latch onto them like a remora fish on a great white shark.
🚨 HOW TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE TO SOMEONE WHO WILL BE FAMOUS:
✅ Be useful. Offer skills they don’t have. If they animate, offer to do backgrounds. If they write, offer to storyboard.
✅ Be reliable. Always follow through. No flakes allowed.
✅ Be fun to work with. People don’t hire “the best.” They hire people they like.
✅ Help them with their personal projects. When they get big, they’ll remember you.
✅ Stay in their orbit. You don’t have to be best friends, but you do have to exist in their mental Rolodex.
🚨 DON’T BE A CLINGY WEIRDO. This isn’t about stalking. It’s about being a valuable part of their creative circle.
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🔥 HOW TO BUILD YOUR NETWORK WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL
Not every artist is lucky enough to sit next to a future Disney director in class.
If you don’t have “The Chosen One” in your immediate circle, here’s what you do:
1️⃣ Be a consistent presence in art communities.
• Online or in-person, show up, comment, contribute.
• People remember who shows up regularly.
2️⃣ Don’t just “network” with famous people—connect with people at your level.
• Everyone tries to befriend industry legends.
• Instead, befriend the up-and-coming artists who are at your stage.
• They will be the ones hiring in a few years.
3️⃣ Work on group projects (even unpaid ones, sometimes).
• Not all free work is bad.
• A small, passionate project with other talented nobodies can lead to real industry connections.
4️⃣ Help people without expecting something back immediately.
• Be someone who supports others.
• The best way to get people in your corner? Be in theirs first.
5️⃣ Be a fun person to work with.
• 🚨 THE INDUSTRY SECRET: People would rather work with a “good enough” artist who is fun than a “flawless” artist who is an unbearable nightmare.
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🔥 HOW NOT TO NETWORK (AKA: DON’T BE THAT GUY)
🚨 COMMON NETWORKING FAILS THAT WILL GET YOU BLACKLISTED:
❌ Only talking to people when you need something.
❌ Name-dropping to look important.
❌ Forcing your business card on people like a telemarketer.
❌ Thinking “networking” means “asking for jobs” (it doesn’t).
❌ Being an arrogant jerk who thinks they’re above collaboration.
Networking is not about “collecting people.”
It’s about building relationships that naturally lead to opportunities.
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: NETWORKING IS JUST MAKING FRIENDS, BUT STRATEGICALLY
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Success in art is 50% skill and 50% who you know.
💀 Your classmates are your real network.
🚀 If you’re likable, reliable, and helpful, people will remember you when they get their big break.
If you only focus on getting better at art but ignore who you’re meeting along the way, you’re missing half the game.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
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💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 6 – Gesture Drawing: How to Draw a Human in 30 Seconds or Have a Mental Breakdown Trying
(Or: Why Every Figure Drawing Session Attracts One Creepy Old Guy.)
💬 Drop a comment: Who was “The Chosen One” in YOUR class?
(Or, tell me the weirdest industry networking story you’ve ever heard!) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
