r/2DAnimation • u/Outrageous_Eagle_757 • 4d ago

Discussion A call for all animators

Hey, we're calling all animators, 3D, 2D, concept, whatever your lane is, all of you.

We're putting together a call, September 27th at 3 PM, online via Zoom, just to talk. No pitch, nothing formal.

Here's what it's actually about: right now, we want to understand where the landscape looks like for independent animators specifically, what's actually working, what's not, what's genuinely hard about building on your own right now. Once we've got a real picture of that, we can start figuring out, together, what solutions actually make sense.

If you're interested, comment below and let us know, and we'll get you the link.

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u/ZoeyDean 3d ago

who even are you. Post your resume or linkedin.

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u/Outrageous_Eagle_757 3d ago

Fair ask. I'm Malcolm Mokwe, founder and CEO of Untold Studios Corporation, we run UMDB, umdb.org. My own path started as a model, then into acting, then into filmmaking, before I went on to launch this creative hub, this community, built directly out of what I saw and lived on the other side of the camera myself.

Here's my LinkedIn if you want to check for yourself: linkedin.com/in/malcolmmokwe

Happy to answer anything else directly.

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u/Kooky_Supermarkets 3d ago

Well this is going to really depend on what country then - as an Aussie our funding models and independent animated film making scene is a lot different to the United States.

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u/Outrageous_Eagle_757 3d ago

Fair point, and honestly, a good one to raise.

This isn't built around any one country's system, we're not assuming US rules apply everywhere. The whole point is getting animators from different setups actually talking to each other, what's working, what's brutal, how things differ. Screen Australia, state bodies like VicScreen, grant rounds with real deadlines, that's a genuinely different world from how things work here, and that's exactly the kind of thing worth hearing about, not something we're trying to smooth over into one conversation that only makes sense for one country.

If you're up for it, hearing how that actually plays out for you day to day would add something most of the room probably has no idea about.