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CalArts 2012 - Animation
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Hey,
I was just wondering who is planning on applying for character or experimental animation next year.
I am :D I'm 22, a studio arts major, and I decided not to apply this year because I am finishing my bachelors. I'm also taking this year to combat my tendency for realism and try to be more dynamic and creative with my art. Sorry I don't have any work up yet, but I just returned from study abroad so everything is in storage ... X_x
How about you guys? I figure we'll all get to know eachother throughout the next nine months, but I suppose we should start properly introducing ourselves. ;p
Britt
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hey i dropped out of studying architecture last year..it was my 3rd yr :(, in pursuit of my true dream of animation and film making, i put a portfolio together in the last 2 months for calarts character 2011 but didnt get in so looking to reapply 2012. I'm also 22 and will be spending the year doing copious amounts of art courses in London, I'm from the UK to get reintroduced and improve my art practices... -
I think it would be great to get to know everyone until the deadline. Nice idea, Britt :D
Well, I'm 17 and a Junior in High School. I'm applying for character too. I'm reaally anxious for this year cause I'll have to work really hard this summer to feel really confident about making it into the program for 2012.
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I'm just now 19, not sure what I'm doing next year, but I've applied for character animation twice and I figure I might as well go for it one more time, even if I come up with a different plan, just to prove to myself I can do it. I really don't know. Right now next year is one big question mark and that scares me, but that's the same situation I was in last year and it turned out alright, so we'll see. But overall, I'll probably be applying again, as disgruntled as I am at that thought. I'm really tired of portfolios, they are exhausting. -
Meri Burgess said:
I'm just now 19, not sure what I'm doing next year, but I've applied for character animation twice and I figure I might as well go for it one more time, even if I come up with a different plan, just to prove to myself I can do it. I really don't know. Right now next year is one big question mark and that scares me, but that's the same situation I was in last year and it turned out alright, so we'll see. But overall, I'll probably be applying again, as disgruntled as I am at that thought. I'm really tired of portfolios, they are exhausting.Oh boy that sounds rough! I haven't started on my portfolio, so i haven't experienced the stress quite yet. Best wishes for this year!
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I'm also 22 and I'll be applying to character again next year. I have an associate's in Graphic design and 3D animation - but the animation one didn't go into as much depth as I would have like (I guess that would be the limits of a two year college.) Goodluck everyone! We've got this :)
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Hello everyone!
I applied for the MFA Experimental Animation program for this year. Still waiting to hear back yet... but if it's bad news I plan on stepping it up and re-applying this fall!
I feel like a geyser at 24. I went to Penn State for Film and Video. Though, I only ever created one 'film' per se; the rest was all animation. I'm hoping that I can hone my talents enough to get into Cal Arts at some point and follow my dreams of working in animation! -
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Rachael Cohen said:
Meri Burgess said:
I'm just now 19, not sure what I'm doing next year, but I've applied for character animation twice and I figure I might as well go for it one more time, even if I come up with a different plan, just to prove to myself I can do it. I really don't know. Right now next year is one big question mark and that scares me, but that's the same situation I was in last year and it turned out alright, so we'll see. But overall, I'll probably be applying again, as disgruntled as I am at that thought. I'm really tired of portfolios, they are exhausting.Oh boy that sounds rough! I haven't started on my portfolio, so i haven't experienced the stress quite yet. Best wishes for this year!
I agree. I was really rooting for you this year D: Its great that you haven't givin up :) I really think you deserve it this time around and your portfolio will be amazing. Best of luck!
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Haha I totally know how that is. I follow so many people's blogs and stuff online, it makes me feel like such a creeper.
Canada isn't that cold, you get used to it really. Just don't go outside too much. It actually doesn't snow in Oakville hardly at all...maybe the most we've gotten is a foot at any one time. -
It really pays to be a creeper -- not that any of us are...
Britt, I know exactly how you feel. It's not easy to see people still in highschool prepping for Calarts when I didn't even know it existed until last year. I didn't even know animation was where I wanted to be until a year or two before that. I think we don't really figure out what we should do with ourselves until we're ready to pursue it. Looking back, if I had started animation when I was 16/17/18, I would have screwed up and been turned off to it forever. I was so scattered and had no patience for creative development. This makes the whole rejection process that much more difficult, because I really thought I was ready. Then again I always think that and half the time I'm not there yet.
Another thing to consider, if animation is your passion, 22 is a remarkably young age to discover that. I'm a TA at a community college and I have 30,40, and 50 year old students sitting down and learning maya for the first time. Actually,I have one guy in my classes. He's either late 80s or early 90s, I never remember. But he is a force of nature. Really reminds me that we all have our own speeds and we'll get there when we get there (hopefully sooner rather than later ;) -
I kind of understand how you guys feel. Ok, granted I'm only 19 but I'll be 20 by the time of starting if it takes me only one more year to get into Calarts, and it's rough seeing all your high school friends be halfway done with their education already. I always remind myself that most of my favorite student work I see these days comes from students far beyond the regular university age. I think with animation it especially takes a lot of time and devotion to really round out the skills as opposed to other art mediums. I guess its just a matter of being ready for the challenge, and I don't want to start too soon. Although it does really suck feeling like I'm just biding my time before I get into a school :P
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yeah i know what you mean all my friends have got jobs living in the city as 'young professional' whilst i go (mind the poor pun) ' back to the drawing board' in terms of my education :S,
silver lining is i get to have fun at art classes whilst they do a 9-5 job lol
i'm amazed at how good some people who are straight from high school are at drawing :S, i'm with Anna if i had done animation straight out of school i don't think i would have had the maturity or patience for the hard work required to do a good job... so i toff my hat to you Meri, i know your not straight out of high school but you seem like you have your head screwed on SO much more than i did at your age.. :)
Brit - mmm... animation in this country really isn't the best, i mean they have some undergrad courses at mediocre universities such as Bournemouth, and Westminster but I don't think the standard or teaching or facilities is anywhere near what you guys have in america, eps. CalArts, other than them theres the London College of Communication again its ok not great. Then in terms of europe theres like Gobelins in Paris, but you'd have to know french... what did you do whilst your where in london then...?
So just got back from my caricature w/e and it was awesome soooo much fun, really nice class
we drew from 2 life models yesterday and today we had the choice to work on 1-3 famous people. we had George Osborne( Slippery politician in the UK), David Hockney and Amy Winehouse. I chose Amy, I haven't finished it yet but when i do ill post it up..
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Granted I'm still in highschool, I completely understand what you guys mean about going straight out of highschool. Though I'm applying this year, I'm pretty prepared for a rejection letter and taking two years off, getting my general classes out of the way and applying again (I'd be almost 21 by then) Though it would be my ultimate dream to make it this year, I'm still not sure if I would be mentally prepared to be surrounded by so many great artists and giving my best. I also think I would be a million times better if I got an extra few years xD
Then again, a A LOT can happen over 6 months and I could be more mature and confident by then but who knows. Many things can determine the rate of one's growth.
Sometimes I think about my friends that would be getting an extra kickstart on their careers and how long it might take me before I'm really earning a living, and I realize I'm not upset about it because I know this is something I really want to do and I'll be enjoying the rest of my life because I'll be living my dream.
Okay now I'm just ranting. I went to my first ever art class yesterday :D It was really basic but I had a lot of fun. I can not wait to start figure drawing classes in April.
Its also raining cats and dogs right now in SoCal and its suppose to be the first day of spring. I personally love it but some of my friends are being a bunch of whiners. They would never survive on the east side.
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Looking back at high school I wish I had spent so much more time focusing on art. I almost always squeezed an art class into my schedule, but I usually spent the majority of my time focusing on academics and also working. I don't think I regret the job experience (or the cash!) but I do feel like a lot of my time was wasted learning subjects that aren't very useful to me now. I do like learning though, and I can't help but put as much effort as I can into any class I take, so it was hard to say no to getting perfect grades. I did manage one B my senior year xD
Still, I wish maybe I'd gone to the schools in my area better known for arts rather than academics. Maybe I would have gotten in by now.
This post was edited by Meri Burgess at March 20, 2011 6:29:00 PM PDT -
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Oh wow! Eight straight years :O Thats some tough skin you've got there xD Its amazing how much harder people have to work these days to make their mark and earn a living. But I guess its always been that way and I'm just exagerating.
Once again, OH WOW! London and Canada. Meri, I would loovee to live in Canada anyday. Thats all me and my friends talk about when we want to live somewhere else other than Cali.
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Well my friends and I are also a bunch o' nerds in every sense of the word xD So its more than the weather that we like, but yeah. I prefer colder weather over the sunshine state any day. Plus I've heard its WAAYY cleaner than all the smog and craziness that happens to roll around on our streets everyday. I would like to be able to breath one nice breath for at least one day in my life, thank you very much.
Colorado, huh? In history we make jokes about the middle states and how no one has EVER lived there (compared to the west and east side) in the entire history of America so,since mankind has neglected to destroy those states, it better be b-e-a-utiful.
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hi , i am planning to apply for experimental aimation (mfa) and i got a question, ,when is the right time for everybody sending their portforlio?i know that deadline is january , but i don't want to be in a rush. and i have to send those stuff all the way far from china, is it too early if i send them in septempber ? -
It's true California's air is totally disgusting. It's not totally clean here, but it's still an improvement I suppose.
Colorado has a lot of breath-taking sights, especially if you live around Denver on the front range of the mountains (there isn't ANYTHING in East Colorado...just flat nothingness, no one lives there) But the town I come from (Boulder) is often rated one of the happiest, healthiest, and most beautiful places to live in in the USA, and I can't say I disagree. -
