theartofanimation:

Dave Guertin & Greg Baldwin

camplazlo:

I CAN T STOP LAUGHING

anthonyholden:

What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?

I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!

I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!

If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!

Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.

I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.

Be good, and see you soon!

PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.

sydscriptee:

Super Cute Shop Time by my good friend and winner of the UArts Junior Animation show Amanda B.

xburbs:

Never give up! Never surrender! You are important.

carcinogencatnip:

thegirldetective:

knuxtiger4:

ATTENTION FELLOW US NORTHEAST FOLLOWERS!

The Brood II Cicadas will be emerging very soon.  If you don’t know about these guys, these guys are the 17 year cicadas which grow in the ground until 17 years passes and they emerge to change into adult and mate.

You can see the Brood II range below to see if you are in the areas.

These cicada do not bite and sting!  At most it will be an inconvenience since they will be quite literally everywhere and might give you trouble when trying to sleep.  Please do not try to use pesticides on them, they will not be needed and will not stop them.

Please spread this around so all our fellow Northeastern followers know before the swarm happens!

idc if this sounds really dumb but i am really excited to see the cicadas 4 tha first time

The year the Northeast becomes anime.

(Source: yiq)

musetensil:

evonyo:

a really dumb idea for a magical girl and familiar \@3@/?

WHAT A COOL CONCEPT AAAA

quipster-rikuru:

send help i can’t stop the roosterteeths

Ray’s p cool

jollylines:

Some pieces from my most recent portfolio.  Bits of two projects here:

- Charmed, about an Indian snake charmer and his apprentice (idea was given to me as a character prompt by my friends!)

- Some development for an animated Kate and Leopold, based on the 2001 rom-com!  haha

ENJOY!

See more stuff on my blog.  © Amanda Jolly