See the thing is this. Most people don't realise how much hard work it takes to do animations, yes it can be fun but lots of hard work and staying up all night even to do 2-3 seconds...well I should say good animations, and we all know time is money. I just put a $500 job on hold to work on my sample because I wanted this project that bad. I even made my sample over 15 seconds and worked my butt off to get this project. What I don't understand is why does this have to be a contest?
I have had my own animation business for almost 6 years now and clients see my skills on my website so they hire me. Maybe this thread should be titled Contest. It feels more like a contest to be on the Fox network or something. I just didn't know this was going to be a huge competition you know?