I just got accepted for Calarts experimental animation program. Any tips or advice? Professors I should befriend? Ones I should stay clear of? Good housing?
can any of you guys show me your portfolio, I will really appreciate that because I want to build my portfolio for applying to Masters in animation and I was curious to know about people's portfolio who get in calarts or USC.
I'm with Maulik. I would enjoy seeing an accepted portfolio before I apply places next near. :D
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actually I'm quite poor, but I recently found out about a wealthy benefactor in my extended family. It's like genetic jackpot. I've been stripping to pay for community college for the past two years. Now here out of the blue my aunt calls me and tells me her husband, a texas real estate mogul is building a development in LA. She wants to know if I want to come to LA with her to look at schools (and pay for the ticket, hotel, and meals!) I guess I'm pretty darn lucky, but it was still alot of hard work to stick out community college on my own account, and to teach myself animation. Even though my tuition is taken care of (if my aunt doesn't back out) my living expenses are pretty bleak.
just curious bro and correct me if i'm wrong. if you'll be applying to say, CalArts, and would require some financial assitance to the school or maybe apply as a scholar, is that the time the school would ask you to provide a portfolio for them to see? or either ways you should really provide one?
Congratulations!
I was just accepted into the character animation program at CalArts. I was also accepted by Ringling's computer animation program and University of Southern California's masters of animation program. Now the question is which one to go to?
Congratulations! Calarts is a blast! Just make sure you don't hole yourself up with just work. That's what I did last year, and I kind of regret it. Socializing is important too.
Oi! Money is a big concern for me but I think it's good to make the investment. I understand many animators are self-taught but personally I do need the guidance of a curriculum and the challenge of a creative environment.
actually I'm quite poor, but I recently found out about a wealthy benefactor in my extended family. It's like genetic jackpot. I've been stripping to pay for community college for the past two years. Now here out of the blue my aunt calls me and tells me her husband, a texas real estate mogul is building a development in LA. She wants to know if I want to come to LA with her to look at schools (and pay for the ticket, hotel, and meals!) I guess I'm pretty darn lucky, but it was still alot of hard work to stick out community college on my own account, and to teach myself animation. Even though my tuition is taken care of (if my aunt doesn't back out) my living expenses are pretty bleak.
Congratulations!
I was just accepted into the character animation program at CalArts. I was also accepted by Ringling's computer animation program and University of Southern California's masters of animation program. Now the question is which one to go to?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
What did you decide to do?
I got accepted into the animation program at USC, NYU, and CalArts... but I chose CalArts. I really wasn't impressed with the student work that I saw at USC compaired to what I saw at CalArts. But USC is such a beautiful anf fun school, I've definatly had my fair share of second thoughts after committing to CalArts.
Some of the figure drawing from my portfolio are on my homepage link.
can any of you guys show me your portfolio, I will really appreciate that because I want to build my portfolio for applying to Masters in animation and I was curious to know about people's portfolio who get in calarts or USC.
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I'm with Maulik. I would enjoy seeing an accepted portfolio before I apply places next near. :D
"One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn't understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid." ~Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
just curious bro and correct me if i'm wrong. if you'll be applying to say, CalArts, and would require some financial assitance to the school or maybe apply as a scholar, is that the time the school would ask you to provide a portfolio for them to see? or either ways you should really provide one?
Congrats Cal Arts is a GREAT school.
Work hard and have fun with your animation...go for it.
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Congratulations!
I was just accepted into the character animation program at CalArts. I was also accepted by Ringling's computer animation program and University of Southern California's masters of animation program. Now the question is which one to go to?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
You guys must be rich...
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Congratulations! Calarts is a blast! Just make sure you don't hole yourself up with just work. That's what I did last year, and I kind of regret it. Socializing is important too.
We'll see you in September!
-moot
Oi! Money is a big concern for me but I think it's good to make the investment. I understand many animators are self-taught but personally I do need the guidance of a curriculum and the challenge of a creative environment.
actually I'm quite poor, but I recently found out about a wealthy benefactor in my extended family. It's like genetic jackpot. I've been stripping to pay for community college for the past two years. Now here out of the blue my aunt calls me and tells me her husband, a texas real estate mogul is building a development in LA. She wants to know if I want to come to LA with her to look at schools (and pay for the ticket, hotel, and meals!) I guess I'm pretty darn lucky, but it was still alot of hard work to stick out community college on my own account, and to teach myself animation. Even though my tuition is taken care of (if my aunt doesn't back out) my living expenses are pretty bleak.
Wow.
I wish I could say that about myself. Any moguls out there?
What did you decide to do?
I got accepted into the animation program at USC, NYU, and CalArts... but I chose CalArts. I really wasn't impressed with the student work that I saw at USC compaired to what I saw at CalArts. But USC is such a beautiful anf fun school, I've definatly had my fair share of second thoughts after committing to CalArts.
Some of the figure drawing from my portfolio are on my homepage link.