Ben Buchanan and Matt Lloyd. Pivoting Careers, Motion Design, 2D, 3D, Community, Education and more. Both Ben and Matt moved into Motion Design later in their careers. Host Blair Walker discusses the challenges and rewards of doing so. They share how they have done so to become successful freelancers.   Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd 01.00 - Ben and Matt introduce themselves 03.30 - Ben has been a TA for School Of Motions Design Bootcamp 05.00 - How Ben reached out to Rich Nosworthy for tips on what to learn 06.50 - How Ben’s brother’s connection to Matt Von Trott eventually landed him a meeting with Jonny Kofoed of Assembly 08.25 - Matt’s biggest mistake early on: not understanding the importance of connecting with people when building a career 09.20 - Motion designers seem to be “falling over themselves” to help each other. See Matt’s blog about this. 12.00 - How doing tutorials can boost your confidence in the early stage of learning motion design 14.00 - FXPHD students’ reels tended to stand out because of the emphasis there on creating your their work using techniques they’d learned. 17.00 - How Matt started out learning C4D: Vertex Pusher Hrvoje Srdelic 22.35 - How passion for animation is palpable to people doing the hiring 24.00 - School Of Motions Animation Bootcamp course 27.00 - Finding the time to work on motion design around having a family 29.10 - Ben’s latest reel 33.00 - Ben and Matt talk about their plans for the future 36.30 - Ben is looking to create something “scalable” for the future, so he doesn’t have to be seeking freelance gigs “at 55”   37.16 - Pro Video Picks: Blender which is undergoing a huge upgrade thanks to the Blender Codequest   For Ben’s picks, see below 39.15- Inspirational Video: Looking Out My Back Door by  Ariel Costa Forms in Nature Anchor Inside Out Cosmos Laundromat Jamie XX Gosh Official Music Video   41.07 - Sources of Inspiration: Vimeo Dribble Mimicry, accents, voices, language   45.06 - Who should we have on the show? Sean Kennedy Mathijs Luijten   43.04 - Follow Lee Online: Ben: Ben.buchanan.io Matt: twitter, inkmotor.com   Pro Video Podcast Online: Blair Walker - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Slack Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Group Pro Video Podcast - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Website