Since 2005, I am a freelancer. I spent 9 years of my life working at the comfort of home. I enjoyed that nature of work because it does not give me the pressure of waking up early in the morning and join the waves of commuters rushing in bus and train stations. I can't imagine myself taking a bath so early in the morning, dressing up in office attire or maybe in smart casual clothes, working eight hours in the office without even having the chance to take my noon day nap. Then in the afternoon, I have to travel once again and will be compelled to join the waves of commuters rushing back home. Oh, it's horrifying. Not to mention that I have difficulty crossing the streets. So, in my point of view, why wouldn't I want doing a home base job when it gives me all the freedom I want, manage my own working hours, drink as much coffee as I want and spend more time with my wife and my family.
So, how did my freelance career started. It was in 2005 when I worked as a freelance writer in an online academic-writing company. For me that experience was unforgettable. My clients were students from abroad who were looking for freelance writers that can work on their assignments and academic papers. The rate is a little bit low, but it is okay with me for as long as I can earn something while I do what I really enjoyed doing. It was an old professor who encouraged me to continue as a freelance writer. She always commended my writing skills. She did not say that I am a superb writer, but she always mention that I have the potential. I am grateful to her that she sees me as someone who can handle writing and that is something that makes me a little proud of what I can do right now.
Then after that, I fell in-love with Macromedia Flash(now Adobe Flash) and that was when my freelance career as a Flash Illustrator and animator begun. When I was a child, I would admit, watching cartoons was my favorite. I could remember myself arguing with my mother when she was asking me to buy soy sauce or fetch water when I was watching my favorite cartoon shows. Well, now I am starting to realize that it's bad. I traded obedience over watching cartoons. But I am positive that my mother has probably forgiven me of that childish attitude. And mind you, who among us would want to miss the climax of the story when the main character is starting his battle of a lifetime against the bad guys. We would always want to see how he defeated the annoying characters that causes troubles and chaos.
Going back to Flash, I admired how I Flash handled drawing and animation. For the first time, I have had the experience drawing my own character in the computer and make them move and interact to one another using flash drawing tools and key frames. I would not forget the first flash animation I have watched. That is "Maritess and the SuperFriends". The animation is not that great, but the presentation is so unique, the story line is funny, and it relates something about the experiences domestic helpers abroad in light and hilarious way. Well, this funny flash animation caught my interest and from there, I was motivated to learn flash animation more and more.
During those days, I spent almost everyday doing simple projects in flash. It was some sort of training for me to see the capabilities of flash in terms of handling animation. Everyday, I learned new things until one day I received an e-mail from a friend looking for someone who can do dress up games in Flash. It was something I have not done before, but I told him that I want to try. That was when my career in Flash as a freelance Flash artist commenced. The manager has been so friendly to me and guided me well to improve my work and learn more things about the application. She encouraged me learn programming in Flash and her motivation did bear good result. I got excited on the idea that I can build my own games, searched the internet for Flash programming tutorials and little by little have gone deeper to Action Script 3.0 programming. A lot of Flash users and developers post tutorials and source codes in the internet so, learning has not been that difficult for me.
As of today, I still work at home and I am always eager to learn new things that this kind of set up can teach me. I believe that every day is a new day and a day will not pass without teaching us something new. We should just be keen enough to observe and we will see the intellectual beauty of what we do. I personally don't encourage my readers to be like me, but I just want to share my experiences to everyone. I am proud to be called as "Taumbahay".
Then after that, I fell in-love with Macromedia Flash(now Adobe Flash) and that was when my freelance career as a Flash Illustrator and animator begun. When I was a child, I would admit, watching cartoons was my favorite. I could remember myself arguing with my mother when she was asking me to buy soy sauce or fetch water when I was watching my favorite cartoon shows. Well, now I am starting to realize that it's bad. I traded obedience over watching cartoons. But I am positive that my mother has probably forgiven me of that childish attitude. And mind you, who among us would want to miss the climax of the story when the main character is starting his battle of a lifetime against the bad guys. We would always want to see how he defeated the annoying characters that causes troubles and chaos.
Going back to Flash, I admired how I Flash handled drawing and animation. For the first time, I have had the experience drawing my own character in the computer and make them move and interact to one another using flash drawing tools and key frames. I would not forget the first flash animation I have watched. That is "Maritess and the SuperFriends". The animation is not that great, but the presentation is so unique, the story line is funny, and it relates something about the experiences domestic helpers abroad in light and hilarious way. Well, this funny flash animation caught my interest and from there, I was motivated to learn flash animation more and more.
During those days, I spent almost everyday doing simple projects in flash. It was some sort of training for me to see the capabilities of flash in terms of handling animation. Everyday, I learned new things until one day I received an e-mail from a friend looking for someone who can do dress up games in Flash. It was something I have not done before, but I told him that I want to try. That was when my career in Flash as a freelance Flash artist commenced. The manager has been so friendly to me and guided me well to improve my work and learn more things about the application. She encouraged me learn programming in Flash and her motivation did bear good result. I got excited on the idea that I can build my own games, searched the internet for Flash programming tutorials and little by little have gone deeper to Action Script 3.0 programming. A lot of Flash users and developers post tutorials and source codes in the internet so, learning has not been that difficult for me.
As of today, I still work at home and I am always eager to learn new things that this kind of set up can teach me. I believe that every day is a new day and a day will not pass without teaching us something new. We should just be keen enough to observe and we will see the intellectual beauty of what we do. I personally don't encourage my readers to be like me, but I just want to share my experiences to everyone. I am proud to be called as "Taumbahay".
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