This episode features Jackie Davis, the webcomic artist behind Underpants and Overbites. In our chat she shares how she figured out how to make a sustainable income off webcomics. You’ll also learn: *The not-so-talked about details of what quitting your job to pursue your passion is actually like *How Jackie deals with self-doubt *How Jackie smashed the perfectionist attitude while still making great art ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about Jackie Davis: Jackie Davis is the amazing human behind Underpants and Overbites, which is an autobiographical watercolour webcomic about her tiny life in Rochester, New York. Follow Underpants and Overbites on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/underpantsandoverbites Check out Jackie’s Website: http://www.underpantsandoverbites.com/ Support Jackie on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/underpantsandoverbites

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