I'm interning for 4kids FOR NINJA TURTLES

[Space Lieutenant Josh]

What a rush! Boy've I been wanting to tell you guys that!

I just finished my second day of interning for the Ninja Turtles cartoon! It's a lot of fun, lemme tell you. I've been cleaning up backgrounds for some episodes toward the end of next season, I think (?).

I'm a little outta the loop-- I missed this past season of the show since I have no TV. Anyway, it's pretty freakin' sweet, working for the turtles. My friend says I might as well kill myself now, since I've basically peaked.

I'm not giving out any spoilers, by the way (I am aware of very few, anyway).

---Josh

[Sewer Bull]

Hey, that's some frigging good news - congratz, dude!

[iris]

Hey, that's neat! So is your title just "Intern" or do you have like a specific department?

(Nice avatar, dude. )

[Space Lieutenant Josh]

Yeah, my title's "intern"... so far I've mostly done background clean-up, but I've also done Rob Schneider's favorite activity: makin' copies of x-sheets and storyboards.

---Josh

[Whitewolf89]

That is just SO cool! And you are SOOOOOO incredibly lucky, my friend!

Heh, I think I'm just a TEENSY bit jealous here (j/k)! Anyway, I hope that it'll be where you CAN show is some series-related sneak-peekstuff one of these days. THAT's be awesome! But DON'T risk your job TO do that, though.

Peace.

[Aztec General]

Originally Posted by Whitewolf89

That is just SO cool! And you are SOOOOOO incredibly lucky, my friend!

Heh, I think I'm just a TEENSY bit jealous here (j/k)! Anyway, I hope that it'll be where you CAN show is some series-related sneak-peekstuff one of these days. THAT's be awesome! But DON'T risk your job TO do that, though.

Peace.

That would be a VERY bad idea for an intern. If your internship goes poorly, or if you cause trouble, you'll lose valuable recommendations that you would have had for future jobs. Josh, I wouldn't risk it if I were you. Congrats though and enjoy!

[Space Lieutenant Josh]

Wasn't planning on it. I'm too happy with it to even think about risking it.

---Josh

[Gary]

You make it sound like classified information that would change the world if it were leaked to the public.

[Space Lieutenant Josh]

Maybe it is! Who knows, right?

The key to world peace could lie in the next few seasons of the show. Maybe I should catch up on the last season since I didn't see it-- that'd at least make understanding world peace a little easier.

---Josh

[iris]

I think it was a good decision, Josh. Stick to it.

Originally Posted by Gary

You make it sound like classified information that would change the world if it were leaked to the public.

I dunno... there are pretty much no loose lips on this ship, from what I've seen.

Wait... what does Rob Schneider have to do with storyboards?

[iris]

I think it was a good decision, Josh. Stick to it.

Originally Posted by Gary

You make it sound like classified information that would change the world if it were leaked to the public.

I dunno... there are pretty much no loose lips on this ship, from what I've seen.

Wait... what does Rob Schneider have to do with storyboards? I don't even know what an x-sheet is... I'm ignant.

[Toonami Tom]

Congrats That is so cool! May I ask one question? Does Shredder come back? Just say yes or no. Hehe.

[Space Lieutenant Josh]

Originally Posted by iris

I think it was a good decision, Josh. Stick to it.


I dunno... there are pretty much no loose lips on this ship, from what I've seen.

Wait... what does Rob Schneider have to do with storyboards? I don't even know what an x-sheet is... I'm ignant.

Y'know, Rob Schneider was in that skit on SNL, "The Richmeister" where he'd always say stuff like "Makin' copies!"

An X-Sheet is a gridsheet in animation that's used to time out the animations, frame by frame. It's very useful for dialogue and multilayer stuff especially.

Turtle-in-the-Shell, I honestly know very little of what happens plotwise, I just sit at a computer and do cleanup all day. I don't even know what's going on in the show right now, it's been so long since I've had a TV of my own.

---Josh

[ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael]

Right now I just want to kill you and take your job.

Congrats, you lucky son of a bitch.

[cowabunga14]

Congrats to you, Josh. You're a very lucky guy and I hope you're having fun with your job. Hopefully it'll give you some skills you can use in the future.

[slkblaze]

OMG that's so cool! I would <3 to do any kind of work for the TMNT crew! Hey, I'm graduating from high school next wednesday, would you suggest going into any graphics design courses in college?

[Space Lieutenant Josh]

I'm no expert, myself. What kind of work do you want to go into? A graphic design or life drawing course would both be good starts for this type of thing, I guess.

[slkblaze]

What kind of work do you want to go into?

I've been asking myself that same question like everyday this year . Heh, I duno, I'm just hoping that the right career finds me because if I look too hard I might miss out on a great opportunity.

[TheShowstoppa]

Truth be told slkblaze, it all just depends on what you're highly interested in doing. My career path changed 6 or 7 times and I didn't even know what I wanted to be up until the end of my senior year. Now I know for sure: Public Relations/Marketing/Distribution. I want to be a publicist. Why? Because it's something fun that I could do because I love writing and I love critiquing bands or actors I love or hate. Puts me in a sticky situation if I can't get my head straight on a client though...

[Drtooth]

I've been thinking about trying to get intern work at a cartoon studio, since I'm an unemployed animator who graduated 2 years ago. I still need 2 things A) a computer and B) a way of copywriting my work and sending out demo reels.