Interview with Dreamworks Visual Development Artist Ahmed Gamal

My friend Ahmed Gamal, a Dreamworks artist, shares his insight about the visual development industry, perseverance and his long path to the DWTV vis dev trainee program. He was part of the first group of Vis Dev trainees at DWTV. Hope you enjoy! Ahmed's instagram:   / artofahmedgamal   Ahmed's website: https://www.artofahmedgamal.com/ 00:00:39 Introduction 00:01:45 CTN experience 00:12:17 Using Linkedin's Quick Apply to apply for jobs 00:14:15 Portfolio Advice 00:23:43 DWTV Visual Development trainee program 00:49:00 Instagram & Social Media tips 00:56:43 Advice for aspiring animation artists This interview was recorded in Nov 2017. Since then Ahmed has spoken at a CTN panel about his experiences working in the trainee program at DWTV. [Audio has some occasional blips - I had to re-record some of my parts because of microphone issues. Thanks for understanding! :) ] -----------------------------------   / kelseyeng32   https://www.kelseyeng.com/ Music by Ben Sound: https://www.bensound.com/