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a breather

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here comes a special boy here comes a special boy here comes a special b

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Link’s House - Breath of the Wild

Pixel Artist: JJoploo

Source: pixeljoint.com

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animation school has been super busy!! but i’m planning to upload all my assignments and junk on here soon 

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Some more backgrounds for my final animation!

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2 rats (oil on panel 8″x8″)

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some quick #rwby doodles from after school finished

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acnl sketch dump! 🌳

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Do you remember a guy that’s been in such an early song..

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Trying to find something to motivate myself and I found this little line from Van Gogh

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A gang with a high dog percentage

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Hey! I saw you got accepted into Sheridan animation!! So firstly, congrats! Second, I have a question. How did you improve (like what did you do?)over the year between applying from last year to this year? I applied for my first time this year and got rejected, and scored pretty badly (46% ; 3; ) but I want to work hard and improve for next year but don't know where to start :O

hey there!! thank you tho omg aisoduf but!! okay so, this might get kind of long but i’ll definitely do my best to give you some solid advice!

so my background in art when i first applied was really…..really…….limited. i went to a catholic high school that didn’t put much stock in the arts (we were pretty stereotypical in the sense that it all the focus was on set on things like sports and science), so i was pretty clueless when it came to things like line quality, perspective, proper proportions…. all the basic foundations of art, essentially. i knew i always wanted to get into animation, but i never really took art seriously until the summer before i started my senior year when it finally hit me that i had to apply in the upcoming months. PLEASE please please if u love yourself pls don’t do what i did my first time and let your anxieties cripple you and procrastinate; that was a huuuge part of why my score was so low the first time (i don’t think they had percentages last year???? i just remember i got either a 1.45 or 1.75, and i thought that was the profs being generous ngl haha….) and even this time around i still did that a little. it’s not worth the stress honestly pls just start as early as you can.

aaand onto the advice:

every day for a month, fill up a page in your sketchbook! or, even better, do it for more than one month! it really, really helps honestly….and it’s fun! the more often you draw, the better. when i first applied, i was lucky to draw once a month - and it showed. the more you draw, the better! and if you’re having a bad art day or you’re busy, then just try and get one quick drawing done. anything counts!

consider art fundamentals and visual creative arts. unfortunately it can be very expensive with tuition and supplies, but personally i found art fundies to be a huge part of my improvement; like i said before, i lacked a lot of the foundations in art and fundies was able to teach them to me. i also really enjoyed some of the assignments, which made me realize that i really did want to pursue art as a career (i was heavily considering film before) which in turn made me work harder. i also found that being in an environment with other art students who actually cared about art and wanted to be there and get into similar programs helped a lot. that being said, i also know a lot of people also weren’t a huge fan of it art fundamentals and said that it did absolutely nothing for them. it’s different for everyone, so don’t take my word for it; talk it over with your family. also note tho that if you are considering these two, vca and fundies are very similar from what i’ve heard, the only main difference (i think) being that vca is 2-3 years long and fundies is just one. 

portfolio tutours! they’re awesome! i was lucky enough to find a fourth year animation student who was offering sessions ( thank you so much gabi!!! ) and i owe a huge part of my success to her. if you’re going to sheridan next year it wouldn’t hurt to track down a tutour, and from what i’ve heard there’s quite a few animation students that are eager to offer their services!

LIFE DRAWING CLASSES! i never took any of these till i got into fundies, and trust me - you’ll need them. they help with everything; proportion, posing, anatomy, line quality….. and they’re fun to go to! if you’re in vca or fundies they offer extra life classes for free, and they run from 6pm-9pm on weekdays (there’s also one saturday morning session from 10am-1pm i think?).  

HAVE FUN! i know this sounds super lame but the more fun you have with your art the more you’ll enjoy it and the more you’ll want to do it. and in the long run, that really shows! it’s also a good way to loosen up i find? i used to be really stiff and a tiiiiny bit of a perfectionist when i drew; don’t do that. not every drawing is going to look amazing, so just draw!

and if you’re anything like i was and you’re worried about having a specific style, here’s a bit of advice that i read in a book somewhere that really stuck with me. it went : “don’t try to develop a style. ignore style. just concentrate on the drawing and style will just occur.”

so there u go!! ! that got really long i’m so sorry but i hope that answered your question! good luck with your art and don’t worry that you didn’t get in this time. most people get in after two or three tries, and there’s always next year :)

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sheridan animation portfolio 2017 (ACCEPTED!)

i survived portfolios ! ! ! ! ! !  in all honestly i was half expecting to get rejected or, at the very most, waitlisted (i got something like a 1.45 last year, so i didn’t really know what to expect this year) but by some miracle i got accepted with an 82.7 ! turns out this was a really good year for me in terms art and improvement, and while i am a little anxious about posting this, i figure it’d be good for other people who want to get in to see? i’m just really happy i got in honestly haha, goes to show that practice really does make perfect!

here’s my score sheet!

layout was definitely my downfall, but i did rush it and leave it towards the very end.... but overall i’m super satisfied with my mark!

i. Life Drawing

ii. Animation + Character Design

iii. Storyboarding

iv. Layout

v. Personal Artwork

.....aaaaand there’s my portfolio! this was actually really fun to do and if there’s one thing i learned from putting this portfolio together is that i need to procrastinate less! there’s a ton of things i would’ve loved to redo (i.e. layout + updating my personal art so it’s a little more recent) and improve upon but i just didn’t give myself enough time to do that. i’m super excited and a little bit anxious to start the program in september, but i still wish it’d come here faster!

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i got into animation!!!!! might post my portfolio soon

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nanami chiaki deserved sm better

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