Monday, May 18, 2015

Week 7 EOC:

 I've always had career goals. I was never one of those people who required time and in depth thinking to figure out my life goals and where I wanted to be in five years. After my graduation i was touching up my portrait pieces from high school drawing class so that i could present them in a portfolio to the Art Institute. That was one of my main goals and i ultimately accomplished it. Along with other goals i had like to hone my craft, learn to paint more intricately, create my own characters from scratch and to be a part of and adequately contribute to a team animation production. All things that i can now cross off of my list. There are more goals i have for my future but as of now i am focused on two things; creating and outstanding demo reel and proving everyone wrong. Although they may not have verbalized it to me specifically i know that there are some people who think that i will just barely make it, that i will scrape by and end up doing some mediocre work. I have made it my main goal to surpass all their expectations of me and then achieve things they never would have envisioned for my life. Like they say, "Don't believe me, just watch." Upon completion of these goals i will use them to guarantee success in my next interviews for my career.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-09/18/hullabaloo

This link goes to an article about a group of veteran Disney animators trying to raise money to save 2D animation. Really interesting.