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By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com Guide to Animation since 2005

Why do I need a website?

Sunday March 9, 2008
After Friday's post about getting (and staying) ready for your animation career, reader James wrote in with the following question:photo courtesy of mmagallan on sxc.hu
"If I'm an animator and not a web designer, why do I need to know how to make a website? My animations will be on my demo reel and shown on TV. I know nothing about the internet and want to know how I can make an animation website and why I need one. Will it really help me?"
While I'm no Jennifer Kyrnin, I've had a website (and been creating animations for websites) long enough to be able to say confidently that yes, having a website will help you. Not only will it help you expand your area of influence and make your name known to a wider audience, but it allows you more presentation options than your portfolio and demo reel combined - and it's not that hard to accomplish.

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