Mat Voyce

And he knew it was coming.

So I had a great chat with him.

as lockdowns were coming in and basically just said to me, where do you see yourself in the next year?

Do you see yourself here?

Do you see yourself going at it alone?

And I was very honest and I just said, I think I want to do this full time, this type animation.

I luckily, when I did make that leap, I had a year and a half worth of freelance backing and projects and almost funded behind me to then be like, you know what?

If it fails in six months or eight months,

then at least I've tried it, but I'm good for at least over half a year.

So it lined up pretty perfectly, really.

I tried to never let the freelance affect my day job because I loved the work I was doing there.

It wasn't like some of the other jobs I'd had to do in the past where I wasn't always 100% loving what I was doing.

And I really loved what I was doing at Analog.

So I never wanted it to affect me.

the day job and i thought it was worth busyness wise i am still a bit of a workaholic but i was working all hours of the day and working two jobs is never fun and it just starts to take its toll it was the right time and having that security and also having a great relationship with barry and the last boss made that whole transition like a thousand percent easier it really did

I found it quite smooth.

I was quite lucky.

And I think because I'd gone from working those two jobs and working full-on, like freelance and full-time,

When I had the gap to then go freelance and have almost have unlimited time, as it were.

It felt like very freeing.