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Cat Tuong Bui

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  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui posted a topic in the forum General:
    Anyone need housing?
    Sorry this is probably super late since it's so close to school and I don't even know if it's ok to post it here but does anyone still need housing?  I'm Cat, to be BFA4 in Character Animation. My old roommate isn't coming back to school and her rep...  moreSorry this is probably super late since it's so close to school and I don't even know if it's ok to post it here but does anyone still need housing?  I'm Cat, to be BFA4 in Character Animation. My old roommate isn't coming back to school and her replacement backed out so a bit desperate here.   Here's some info on the apartment:  + It's in Woodglen, right across the street from school (so walking distance) + 2 bedroom 1 bathroom + access to gym and swimming pool + rent is $595, utilities fluctuate from $25 - 30 bucks, wi-fi internet is $15 + 2 bfa4 character animation roommates ;D   Yea so if you're interested and female(please please be female D:) please reply or message me :D  less
    • August 27, 2012
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum General:
    Sorry about AAU. I checked up and they no longer have their classes with Pixar soooo >_> Another option instead of going to a backup animation school is going to one that will give you a really strong foundation year and then transferring over. I k...  moreSorry about AAU. I checked up and they no longer have their classes with Pixar soooo >_> Another option instead of going to a backup animation school is going to one that will give you a really strong foundation year and then transferring over. I know that CalArts doesn't really have a foundation year and because of that I always felt a bit lost in the basics of drawing. Most schools require a foundation freshman year anyway so you'd have to go through with it regardless.   
    • January 2, 2012
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum Art Critique:
    It sucks you aren't able to do live nude figure drawing due to your location. That's the best way to learn D: BUT Calarts doesn't care if you have clothed or nude so you could always draw your friends and family members :D I had trouble because my parents...  moreIt sucks you aren't able to do live nude figure drawing due to your location. That's the best way to learn D: BUT Calarts doesn't care if you have clothed or nude so you could always draw your friends and family members :D I had trouble because my parents are strict so for half of my drawings it was often based on clothed gesture drawings of my friends and classmate. My friend was in Shanghai and was unable to go to any nude figure drawing so she just drew her friends and did long poses of her brother (doing his hw, watching tv, falling asleep.. in that order). NOW onwards to the art. I always say this but I feel it is something that every student applying to an art school should know if they do figure drawings. Most art schools look at these 3 things first head hands feet. Why? because everyone does circle hands feet and heads. Even in gestures they would like to see hints of features... especially hair. you don't have to do alot. Three lines placed right can represent hair, nose and a mouth and that could be...    less
    • January 2, 2012
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum FAQ:
    They don't care at all about your grades. They just wanna see you graduated high school >_> Take the easiest classes you got at school if you wanna go here ;D though if you are smart you could take ap/ib classes or community college classes because ...  moreThey don't care at all about your grades. They just wanna see you graduated high school >_> Take the easiest classes you got at school if you wanna go here ;D though if you are smart you could take ap/ib classes or community college classes because those actual transfer and MEAN something. They mean you don't have to take annoying academic classes during calarts and instead can concentrate on actually learning art. I wish like crazy that i had more aps then apush to cushion my academic credits. Instead every semester i have to take 2/3 academic class that are dull as heck. They aren't too difficult but just a major waste of time most of the time.   less
    • January 2, 2012
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum FAQ:
    I think... most of the time the portfolio is made up of figure drawings. I feel the interior environment/exterior landscape thing may be for people who have trouble getting access to nude figure drawing but.. for my year we didn't really do any interior/e...  moreI think... most of the time the portfolio is made up of figure drawings. I feel the interior environment/exterior landscape thing may be for people who have trouble getting access to nude figure drawing but.. for my year we didn't really do any interior/exterior environment images. Maybe one or two still lifes to show our technical skill but the rest was gesture drawings, a couple longer drawings and a sketchbook of everything(observed environments, cafe drawings, character designs etc.) and some a reel/short. Though I know a lot of people who didn't do the latter.   less
    • January 2, 2012
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum FAQ:
    Yea admissions people sometimes are not too good on giving advice, though for me when I applied my admissions person was Libby Hux and she knew EVERYTHING needed. She knows the basics of what needs to happen in a portfolio and she kept me in check about e...  moreYea admissions people sometimes are not too good on giving advice, though for me when I applied my admissions person was Libby Hux and she knew EVERYTHING needed. She knows the basics of what needs to happen in a portfolio and she kept me in check about everything. Though I think she left >_> I'm pretty sure she was admissions but she like was pretty active about Character Animation admissions because she told me she goes through the portfolios too.  
    • January 2, 2012
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum General:
    Hah I also wanna go into visdev XD From what I know studios really like you to show the process of how your getting somewhere. Thumb sketch, sketches, color variety, lighting variety, and then the Final. Its also good to show that you have variety because...  moreHah I also wanna go into visdev XD From what I know studios really like you to show the process of how your getting somewhere. Thumb sketch, sketches, color variety, lighting variety, and then the Final. Its also good to show that you have variety because if you want to be in visdev for awhile then you need to show that you can go from one style to the next, different locations, etc. based on what film you are working on. I hope that helps. I'm still a student so I'm not an expert but this is what I see in successful portfolios and what i learned in my classes.  less
    • January 2, 2012
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum General:
    I hear great things about SJSU but the only issue is that you'd have to get GEs and stuff out of the way first. I was turned off by that when I was applying for animation schools. If you don't mind going out of state Ringling is a good backup and if you d...  moreI hear great things about SJSU but the only issue is that you'd have to get GEs and stuff out of the way first. I was turned off by that when I was applying for animation schools. If you don't mind going out of state Ringling is a good backup and if you don't mind leaving the country Sheridan is a good school too! Worse comes to worse you could go to AAU (Academy of Art in SF). Most people don't like it because its a for profit school and accepts everyone but they have decent teachers and prime location in SF. It has a decent program and its close to Pixar (compared to other schools) so they get some mentors and stuff.  less
    • January 2, 2012
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum FAQ:
    DONT WORRY ABOUT CHURCH! if you're korean you'll get eaten up by the huge korean population at this school. Super friendly people these calarts koreans and they will have no problem giving you a ride. I think they also have a .. bible study group if you a...  moreDONT WORRY ABOUT CHURCH! if you're korean you'll get eaten up by the huge korean population at this school. Super friendly people these calarts koreans and they will have no problem giving you a ride. I think they also have a .. bible study group if you are into that sort of thing! There are also quite a bit of koreans in our department that are super friendly and will have no problem helping lost korean freshman! ... i always got jealous cause to celebrate the new school year and to introduce new freshman into their group the upperclassman koreans organize a food party for them... so jealous *Q*  less
    • August 26, 2011
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum Art Critique:
    Ok well first if you are not going to CalArts then you usually don't need figure drawing. If they don't require it I'm going to suggest not sending any in. It's not that you're figure drawing is bad. It is just much weaker than you're more rendered out wo...  moreOk well first if you are not going to CalArts then you usually don't need figure drawing. If they don't require it I'm going to suggest not sending any in. It's not that you're figure drawing is bad. It is just much weaker than you're more rendered out work. The first piece is GREAT. You show you have a good grasp of imagination and contrast. You're first five are great. To get extra points maybe at a little more compositional elements into it instead of just placing them in the middle. Try zooming into a group of still lifes allowing all four borders of the paper to be drawn in instead of just blank space.   These are just suggestions to get you extra brownie points but I feel those five already show you have good technical skills. If you want to put in figure drawing they have to be pretty darn good. I was talking to a Ringling rep before he looked at my portfolio and he made a face at me when I said my portfolio was mostly figure drawing. He says too many students apply with figure drawing but unless t...    less
    • August 26, 2011
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum Art Critique:
    This is one of the things I was told when I was applying to schools about one thing to be aware of when doing figure drawing: First things they look at are the face, hands and feet. You don't have to finish it but you have to give hints of the figure's ha...  moreThis is one of the things I was told when I was applying to schools about one thing to be aware of when doing figure drawing: First things they look at are the face, hands and feet. You don't have to finish it but you have to give hints of the figure's hands and head and feet. Although you give some hint it comes off extremely formulaic.The head has no features which is a big no no. You need to show a glimpse of their eyes, nose, hair, lips. The hands come off too undeveloped because they don't show figures. It's ok to not show it sometimes but if you don't ever show it they will think you can't even capture lines to represent fingers. Feet are better but they are a shape that does not show the heel or the toes.The reason why portfolio people look at these 3 parts is because the student's often forget or ignore those parts in an attempt to capture the figure. They may let it off for some gestures but I see you avoid heads, hands, and feet in some of the longer poses too. It looks really obvious that those are no...    less
    • August 26, 2011
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum General:
    My suitemate, whose also in character, was captain in her varsity team in tennis .. a couple years ago. But she's probably dying to meet someone who is a tennis fan since she loves it!   I dunno if there's a court on campus though. I'm more like tr...  moreMy suitemate, whose also in character, was captain in her varsity team in tennis .. a couple years ago. But she's probably dying to meet someone who is a tennis fan since she loves it!   I dunno if there's a court on campus though. I'm more like trevor where.. i did not even know there was any fun things in valencia. Outside sure IF you have a car and the time. Usually my friends and I just .. eat out for fun or play badminton in the main gallery.  
    • August 26, 2011
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum FAQ:
    There is no "required" text for the animation department. There are suggested texts such as The Animator's Survival Kit and so on. Also if you're resourceful you can probably find what you need online (including the books.. just saying).   Critical...  moreThere is no "required" text for the animation department. There are suggested texts such as The Animator's Survival Kit and so on. Also if you're resourceful you can probably find what you need online (including the books.. just saying).   Critical studies I .. bought books for those classes and often regretted cause those classes are really easy and you can coast through without reading. The writing arts reader(if you've never taken an college level english class you're stuck with this.. good luck) you might want to split with someone cause after the class it's useless and in the class its.. only a little less useless but sort of needed. You might find a friendly upperclassman who is willing to sell it cheap(OR FREE. I lent it out for free for 2 semesters so find someone like me ;D) for you. Warning Writing Arts sucks..  less
    • July 26, 2011
  • Cat Tuong Bui
    Cat Tuong Bui replied to a topic in the forum FAQ:
    the gym.. is small... but not alot of people go so I guess it doesn't need to be that big? It has a treadmill the bicyle thingy the steppy thingy and some weight stuff (as you can see I don't really use it other then the treadmill) and i dun remember a fi...  morethe gym.. is small... but not alot of people go so I guess it doesn't need to be that big? It has a treadmill the bicyle thingy the steppy thingy and some weight stuff (as you can see I don't really use it other then the treadmill) and i dun remember a fitness place in walking distance... so you're stuck with calarts gym. It's $10 for your id card to let you in.   There's a yoga class you could probably crash in that's in the main gallery and there's an open to all schools dance class that they have that I hear is good to keep fit! ALSO for music recording if you have a buddy in the music department they can probably give you access to the sound proof rooms and stuff for practice and recording. There is also a recording area for the film school though that is more for dubbing sound(i think.. haven't really used it) I dunno too much but I hope that helps!  less
    • July 26, 2011
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  • August 27, 2012 4:07:01 PM PDT
    in the topic Anyone need housing? in the forum General

    Sorry this is probably super late since it's so close to school and I don't even know if it's ok to post it here but does anyone still need housing? 

    I'm Cat, to be BFA4 in Character Animation. My old roommate isn't coming back to school and her replacement backed out so a bit desperate here.

     

    Here's some info on the apartment: 

    + It's in Woodglen, right across the street from school (so walking distance)

    + 2 bedroom 1 bathroom

    + access to gym and swimming pool

    + rent is $595, utilities fluctuate from $25 - 30 bucks, wi-fi internet is $15

    + 2 bfa4 character animation roommates ;D

     

    Yea so if you're interested and female(please please be female D:) please reply or message me :D

  • January 2, 2012 8:40:07 PM PST
    in the topic Do you have a back up school? in the forum General

    Sorry about AAU. I checked up and they no longer have their classes with Pixar soooo >_>

    Another option instead of going to a backup animation school is going to one that will give you a really strong foundation year and then transferring over. I know that CalArts doesn't really have a foundation year and because of that I always felt a bit lost in the basics of drawing. Most schools require a foundation freshman year anyway so you'd have to go through with it regardless. 

    This post was edited by Cat Tuong Bui at January 2, 2012 8:40:07 PM PST
  • January 2, 2012 8:08:01 PM PST
    in the topic In search of critiques on my gesture drawings? in the forum Art Critique
    It sucks you aren't able to do live nude figure drawing due to your location. That's the best way to learn D: BUT Calarts doesn't care if you have clothed or nude so you could always draw your friends and family members :D I had trouble because my parents are strict so for half of my drawings it was often based on clothed gesture drawings of my friends and classmate. My friend was in Shanghai and was unable to go to any nude figure drawing so she just drew her friends and did long poses of her brother (doing his hw, watching tv, falling asleep.. in that order). NOW onwards to the art. I always say this but I feel it is something that every student applying to an art school should know if they do figure drawings. Most art schools look at these 3 things first head hands feet. Why? because everyone does circle hands feet and heads. Even in gestures they would like to see hints of features... especially hair. you don't have to do alot. Three lines placed right can represent hair, nose and a mouth and that could be all you need. Feet and hands are often very expressive and most students get so hung up about the shape of the body that they forget about the hands and the feet. you don't have to be detailed or rendered but the suggestion of a hand motion and feet position. If you look at some nice gesture drawings some people just use some lines to show fingers and a curvy line to show the arch of feet and that'll be enough. The hint of something goes along way. If anything if you do it right it means a lot more than drawing everything. I don't think sketchiness is a problem but your lines are very short. Drawing in lengthy strokes shows a lot more confidence and gives a better sense of rhythm and form. Also if you give weights to your line, like thin and thick strokes, also give a look of weight. For proportion help I just tried to check how many heads everything is really quick. I also used to draw a line down the middle that would help me grasp the negative and positive space and spacing and placing of everything. Hopefully this helps :D
  • January 2, 2012 7:12:18 PM PST
    in the topic High School Grades & Classes in the forum FAQ

    They don't care at all about your grades. They just wanna see you graduated high school >_> Take the easiest classes you got at school if you wanna go here ;D though if you are smart you could take ap/ib classes or community college classes because those actual transfer and MEAN something. They mean you don't have to take annoying academic classes during calarts and instead can concentrate on actually learning art. I wish like crazy that i had more aps then apush to cushion my academic credits. Instead every semester i have to take 2/3 academic class that are dull as heck. They aren't too difficult but just a major waste of time most of the time. 

    This post was edited by Cat Tuong Bui at January 2, 2012 7:12:18 PM PST
  • January 2, 2012 7:04:49 PM PST
    in the topic Portfolio requirements in the forum FAQ

    I think... most of the time the portfolio is made up of figure drawings. I feel the interior environment/exterior landscape thing may be for people who have trouble getting access to nude figure drawing but.. for my year we didn't really do any interior/exterior environment images. Maybe one or two still lifes to show our technical skill but the rest was gesture drawings, a couple longer drawings and a sketchbook of everything(observed environments, cafe drawings, character designs etc.) and some a reel/short. Though I know a lot of people who didn't do the latter. 

    This post was edited by Cat Tuong Bui at January 2, 2012 7:04:49 PM PST
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