Work Load

[ErikDraws]

Hi AWN, I've been lurking for a while and this is my first post. I just started attending Madison Area Tech College in Wisconsin for animation.

Anyway, my question is, as a professional in the animation business (2D) what is the average work load? On average how many drawings does one produce per day? Thanks

[Ken Davis]

It really depends on the task.

I'm doing freelance storyboards right now--a whole 22 minutes epsiode on a 5 week schedule.
It blew a week doing corrections/additions for a previous show and am now wrestling with ruffs for a 35 page script.
I'm looking at a approx 450 to (gulp) 500 page 'board to complete in about 2 weeks from now.
That's 2 panels per 'board page, so to finish this job on time, I'll need to do about 40-50 pages a day, or about 80 to 100 drawings.
That included labelling/paste-up and such--art is ruff line art with some quick cross-hatching and or pencil shading. The odd key panels and establishing shots might have marker or ink work. I am to put characters on-model enough to recognized and locations blocked out--but I dispense with detail

The "usual" amount is about 20-30 pages a day.

My working day will run from about 8:30 in the morning to about 10-11pm at night--and THAT can be typical.
In all the many years I've worked in the biz, I've rarely had a "normal" work week--but then I've spent most of my career doing freelance work anyway.

[skinnylizard]

It really depends on the task.

I'm doing freelance storyboards right now--a whole 22 minutes epsiode on a 5 week schedule.
It blew a week doing corrections/additions for a previous show and am now wrestling with ruffs for a 35 page script.
I'm looking at a approx 450 to (gulp) 500 page 'board to complete in about 2 weeks from now.
That's 2 panels per 'board page, so to finish this job on time, I'll need to do about 40-50 pages a day, or about 80 to 100 drawings.
That included labelling/paste-up and such--art is ruff line art with some quick cross-hatching and or pencil shading. The odd key panels and establishing shots might have marker or ink work. I am to put characters on-model enough to recognized and locations blocked out--but I dispense with detail

The "usual" amount is about 20-30 pages a day.

My working day will run from about 8:30 in the morning to about 10-11pm at night--and THAT can be typical.
In all the many years I've worked in the biz, I've rarely had a "normal" work week--but then I've spent most of my career doing freelance work anyway.



Ken,

stop wasting time and get to work..




:D

[ErikDraws]

Thanks Ken, I kinda figured there would be overtime but I didn't even know what the "standard" work load was, to know how much overtime to expect.

so thanks for the preparation, I appreciate the response