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purebeachboho: esscence: THIS IS SO FREAKING COOL I CANT EVEN....

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:51:01 -0400

esscence:

THIS IS SO FREAKING COOL I CANT EVEN. IM DRINKING TEA AND IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE THAT WUHRT.

one of my fave gifs

jorlyfish: anthonyholden: What are studios looking for? How...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:44:12 -0400

jorlyfish:

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.

Thanks, man. I often feel a lot of guilt over not working on my art 24/7, so this is really refreshing.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 11:42:32 -0400

theuniblog: A couple of Twinzik Cosplayer’s playing a Simon...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:24:57 -0400

theuniblog:

A couple of Twinzik Cosplayer’s playing a Simon Petrikov (Ice King) and a young Marceline. Photography by Mineralu

lohrien: Paintings by Seamus Conley website l tumblr

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:19:18 -0400

lohrien:

Paintings by Seamus Conley website l tumblr

kashinirambles: skilledcunnilinguist: silver-whale: This is...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:18:50 -0400

kashinirambles:

skilledcunnilinguist:

silver-whale:

This is unspeakably perfect.

I died. nerd life.

Bwahahaha!

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Sat, 18 May 2013 11:18:29 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:39 -0400

owls-love-tea: Ice Cream In Spring

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:50 -0400

owls-love-tea:

Ice Cream In Spring

creativelyblonde: storybulb: Transparent Rapunzel again! This...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:23 -0400

creativelyblonde:

storybulb:

Transparent Rapunzel again! This was fun to make ahaharh

Weeeeelll, I guess Pascal’s not hiding out here.

rayimania: birdycosplay: The Big Four. Rayi as Rapunzel |...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:14:43 -0400

rayimania:

birdycosplay:

The Big Four.

Rayi as Rapunzel | Luffy as Jack | Me as Merida | Tessa as Hiccup

My lovely Big Four group from last saturday!!! <3 I love you all!

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Sat, 18 May 2013 11:11:57 -0400

frillypinkdreams: thegameisalife: Vanellope cobra vida. This...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:05:55 -0400

frillypinkdreams:

thegameisalife:

Vanellope cobra vida.

This is the actual Vanellope though O.o

…. and she looks a lot like Manon! (Strawberryskies)

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Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:06 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 10:50:27 -0400

shemhamferosh: 2010-early 2011

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:18 -0400

shemhamferosh:

2010-early 2011

shemhamferosh: acrylics for my painting class

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:45:01 -0400

shemhamferosh:

acrylics for my painting class

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Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:13 -0400

purplekecleon: Hi everyone!!! This is an art supplies giveaway...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:58 -0400

purplekecleon:

Hi everyone!!! This is an art supplies giveaway for me reaching an amount of followers I said I’d do a giveaway at!

Here are the things you’ll be getting, as you can see from the photo!

6” by 10” Sketchbook for both wet and dry media

A bottle of ink, you pick the color, I’ll order it from a specific site

A fountain pen that comes with the ink from the same site

11 colors of Cotman Winsor & Newton watercolors

3 brushes

A drawing of a subject of your choice to go on the first page! You might want to check my art out if you’re unfamiliar with me to see what types of things I usually do

And that’s that. I don’t use any of those watercolor tubes anymore, as I’ve replaced them each with higher quality tubes, so I thought: why not give them away? And I like the fountain pen I’ve been using so much that I think I’d like someone else to try it, too. I’ve also replaced the three brushes I’ve included here, so I don’t need those, either. And a drawing for good measure.

Here are the rules! Please follow these:

No giveaway blogs. I want more people to actually see this and have a chance at getting something; a lot of artists don’t have a lot of money…

Reblogs enter you, and a Like helps. You can’t just like - but you can do both to double your chances of just reblogging (if it falls on someone who liked it, I’ll check to see if they reblogged it)

I’ll be checking the blog that wins to see if you’re an active blog.

You gotta use these after they arrive! I obviously can’t enforce this, but I want to see people not being timid! Make art! That’s what these are for. I know a thing that stops a lot of people is being scared they’ll mess up and waste expensive supplies… but if this is a gift, that shouldn’t matter!

This ends on May 24th. If I send an ask and you don’t respond within 2 days, I’ll ask the next person, and so on.

I will ship anywhere. I’ll pay the shipping.

I think that’s everything. Have fun!!! Good luck!

theartofanimation: Redredundance

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:42:45 -0400

theartofanimation:

Redredundance