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It’s a regular day. You’re sitting at a café sipping on your favourite drink when something catches your eye. You’re struck with inspiration, but you left all your drawing tools at home. Then, you remembered you had your tablet with you. Pulling it out, you realise that you don’t have an app that can help animate your idea right now. While it would be a good idea to wait until you’re home, inspiration is hot on your tail, and you want to draw right now.

Southeast Asian, or ASEAN countries, hold a variety of cultures, traditions, and talents that are loved by many. So, when they produce any form of art, it’s always distinct and different from the rest of the world. Namely, the animation industry is ever-evolving in this region, with titles slowly gaining global recognition. Malaysia, as the dominant hub for the ASEAN animation industry, supported by government initiatives, proves that with the right support, SEA countries’ cr

Learning animation can be overwhelming; there are so many things you need to learn and know before embarking on your first animation project. One might say to just join an academy and call it a day, but what if you’re just curious, an aspiring animator who wants to learn at their own pace?

Source: Canva Collection As a creative individual, do you sometimes find yourself being distracted from important tasks? Does your mind wander, thinking of new ideas? Well, you’re not alone! A study by Northwest University found that highly creative people tend to be more easily distracted than the average person. While distraction can sometimes aid creative flow, it doesn’t always help every creative task. Most tasks require deep focus and undivided attention. But as creati

Have you often found yourself stuck with producing new ideas? But the deadlines are nearing, yet no juice comes out of your brain. It might be a sign that you’re running low on your creative brain juice. Creatives, from animators to designers and writers, often experience this. If you’re in this situation, it’s time to step back and refuel your brain juice.

It’s no mystery that the creative industry is the backbone of so many amazing shows, advertisements, movies, music and more. There are no limits to what they can do, but because of that, with no clear boundaries, stress comes hand in hand with it.

Multitasking sounds like the key to productivity, but would creatives actually benefit from this? Or, in other terms, context switching, where you don’t work on just one thing but multiple tasks in one go. Unfortunately, it’s not as beneficial as we think.

'Doing nothing'—Have you ever had a day where you literally allowed yourself to completely rest?

Source: Canva Collection Managing time is more than just setting a timer and allocating time for a given task.  It takes a bit of analysis of your current working style and trial and error to find the right strategies that allow better efficiency and productivity, especially for an artist. In this article, we share the strategies that work and the right tools to help implement them. Table of Contents 5 Recommended Time Management Strategies Digital Tools and Systems for Time

First of all, congratulations on landing your first animation project! Whether you’re part of a team or a freelancer, your first animation project sets the stage for the rest of your career as an animator. Therefore, it’s essential to understand the structure of animation work to ensure a smooth animation creative workflow that supports your growth and doesn’t trigger loops of revisions.

In the morning, you join the sync-up meetings, then continue to finish your tasks while keeping in the loop with the recent updates. Afternoon rolls in; you rush to complete some social media posts to be published in the next few days. Evening comes, and you want to wedge in side-gigs to fill the time. Then, when you lie down, it’s almost morning.

It’s midway through the month. It seems like your team’s energy has depleted, as if they had run a marathon. But they are responding to fixes immediately and are always there to reply to chats and emails.

‘Crunch culture’ seems to be a common story for the animation industry or even the creative industry as a whole. It has become one of the contributing factors for creative burnout despite the passion for the arts. Surely, there are better ways to conduct animation projects without sacrificing creatives’ mental health, right?

Have you ever experienced days where, despite a restful sleep, you still feel tired or demotivated? You may be feeling some creative burnout, and sleep doesn’t really help with healing that. Unlike physical resting, creative rest gives us that spark of awe and curiosity that keeps us passionate and innovative.

Giving visual feedback needs to be approached with efficiency and precision. When executed effectively, it can elevate work quality and improve team collaboration. However, poor feedback can cause a domino effect that could potentially derail the entire project.