You know, some of us are low on Money, and some of us can’t afford monthly comics at the moment.
AND SOME OF US FIND IT VERY HARD TO AVOID SPOILERS FOR THE MLP COMIC WHEN PEOPLE KEEP POSTING FAN ART OF IT EVERY WHERE!
….just saying
THAT’S IT! I CAN’T TAKE ANY CHANCES!
I’m going off Tumblr until the finale to Series 7 finishes airing in the US.
See ya at 9.
when going back to edit a post with a typo
NOBODY LOOK AT THIS POST IT’S UNDER CONSTRUCTION HOLD THE FUCK UP OH GOD THE WHOLE WORLD IS GOING TO SEE THIS FUCKING TYPO NOOOOOO
people are still reblogging this post
Massive Rae Update + Sketch Commissions
OK, guys.. I know I do a lot of these but… I’ve had such a bad week I need to get it all out and just throw it out there so you guys know what’s going on and what not.
- I’ve started work at the nearby Cinemark—I work box, concessions and usher work. Yaaaay, money!
- My grandma’s been in the hospital since 1 in the morning yesterday and my mummy’s been with her the entire time. I’ve only seen my mom once in 24 hours, and I was half awake when that happened. So, as of now, I’m playing mommy with the baby until she can get home with my grandmother.
- Playing mother is hard. Very hard. Especially when you are not supposed to be the mother, you’re the big sister and he’s very confused as to why you’re doing everything and not his mummy.
- The ‘hood has just informed me that my last month of rent for next year is due in two weeks, and I don’t think my paycheck will be covering that at all. Yay. Kill me now.
- My laptop has crashed several times over the last couple of days. I don’t know how much longer this is gonna last for me. Photoshop is overwhelming for my computer’s processor to run, which is terrible, because I need it for commissions and Turner, Blooming Mericcups and Thomas’ Shadows.
- My depression has come back with a horrible vengeance that is slowly and surely killing me. It’s gotten to the point where sometimes all I can do is just sit up and stare blankly at nothing. Thinking about work and other things makes me want to just full on sob at nothing—and I’m getting mad. I’ll be heading down to Provo in the next week to see if I can get into the counseling center…
*deep breath* So… as you can see, there’s a lot going on right now… I’m kinda dying inside right now. I don’t know what to do about all of this. With Glenwood needing money so soon, I don’t know if I can make the payment, and with my laptop crashing when I run needed programs, I don’t know if I can work on the commission things needed to help me earn that money…
… This is me asking for help. My original plan was to ask grandma to help me pay for rent and then I’d pay her back the following week when my paycheck came—that obviously will not be happening now that she has her own medical bills to handle.
So…
… Sketch commissions? I’m gonna try to work on as much as I can today and tomorrow and Tuesday—and I’m gonna work my butt off. Even if it kills me.
1. CityApproves: Vinyl, Octavia and 2 OCs
2. The-Lil-Bro: Killian and Ky
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10.Please and thanks guys—all money that I end up not using for rent will go towards a new laptop so I can stay in the game and on top of things. If you can’t help out personally, could you please spread the word around? That’d mean a great deal to me.
<3
Signal Boost
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.
