Got a job offer as a cinematic animator, but I’m scared
Wanted to ask your experience as junior animators in how you adapt to actual work place where the pace is much faster than at school. So I applied with my demo reel and they liked it and didn’t ask for art test. Of course I took the offer even though i don’t feel that competent. The problem is, each piece in my demo reel (each piece is 10-20s) i spent 3 months working on at school where i get constant critiques and guidance from teachers. In actual work I’m pretty sure i wont get that much time and they will soon find out I’m actually not that great an animator and fire me. i’m so scared. I’m worried that we would only get a week or two to finish a 10-20s piece and i might have to work overtime every single day bc of my skill level, or worse get fired bc they found out how slow I am. Honestly even as a junior animator i don’t think im that great, not bc of imposter syndrome but just from seeing my classmates work. Ive been working on some body mechanics shot on my own and realize i still need a lot of critiques and help.
is this a common problem every junior animators face or am i just incredibly slow? What is it actually like working as a animator? Do you get critiques from your supervisors like you do from teachers? how fast do you have to work in order to not get fired?