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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart: Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.  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. there is joy in my life now
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deviantart:

Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation. 

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.

there is joy in my life now

the story of the justin bieber poster

if you are wondering if justin bieber inspires me, I’ll tell you not even close. the justin bieber poster is an inside joke from the christmas dinner and gift exchange. 

when it came time to open the gifts the theme of the gift exchange was gag gift (starting to see, eh..eh?). when it came to my turn to open gifts the box that I wanted was already taken. so, my next guess, was to take the biggest box on the table. I grabbed it and got all happy. then I opened the box to find a boulder, and a justin bieber poster.

my rooommate said she hoped I loved by gift. and I told her that I’m hanging it on my wall just for her. so now justin bieber hangs on my wall as a promise I kept as a joke.

and now everyone knows my room as the room with the justin bieber poster in it. and that’s all people remember about my room.

if you’re looking for a cool diy project to do, here’s a challenge! what have you always wanted to do in life? what are you passionate about? that one thing you see yourself doing, is it just a dream? if you constantly have those questions racing through your mind, then one great way to transfer your dreams into reality is with this inspiration wall. i created my inspiration wall as a way to remind myself in the morning that these are my goals i want to accomplish in life. and i want to challenge you to do the same with what inspires you! whatever you like just throw it up on your wall, and i’ll guarentee you’ll be far more motivated to get out of bed every morning. even on monday mornings.  if you got 4 walls in your room, they should be covered with your thoughts. don’t have a lot of stuff to put on your wall? that’s a really cute lie. you know you have a ton of things to put on your wall! a great way to start organizing your wall is to ask yourself, “what do i like the most?” for me, it’s fashion and music. and my wall is definitely filled with music and fashion inspirations! give the inspiration wall challenge a shot and share it with others! i bet your friends will say, “that’s f***ing cool!”
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if you’re looking for a cool diy project to do, here’s a challenge! what have you always wanted to do in life? what are you passionate about? that one thing you see yourself doing, is it just a dream? if you constantly have those questions racing through your mind, then one great way to transfer your dreams into reality is with this inspiration wall. i created my inspiration wall as a way to remind myself in the morning that these are my goals i want to accomplish in life. and i want to challenge you to do the same with what inspires you! whatever you like just throw it up on your wall, and i’ll guarentee you’ll be far more motivated to get out of bed every morning. even on monday mornings.  if you got 4 walls in your room, they should be covered with your thoughts. don’t have a lot of stuff to put on your wall? that’s a really cute lie. you know you have a ton of things to put on your wall! a great way to start organizing your wall is to ask yourself, “what do i like the most?” for me, it’s fashion and music. and my wall is definitely filled with music and fashion inspirations! give the inspiration wall challenge a shot and share it with others! i bet your friends will say, “that’s f***ing cool!”
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if you’re looking for a cool diy project to do, here’s a challenge! what have you always wanted to do in life? what are you passionate about? that one thing you see yourself doing, is it just a dream? if you constantly have those questions racing through your mind, then one great way to transfer your dreams into reality is with this inspiration wall. i created my inspiration wall as a way to remind myself in the morning that these are my goals i want to accomplish in life. and i want to challenge you to do the same with what inspires you! whatever you like just throw it up on your wall, and i’ll guarentee you’ll be far more motivated to get out of bed every morning. even on monday mornings.  if you got 4 walls in your room, they should be covered with your thoughts. don’t have a lot of stuff to put on your wall? that’s a really cute lie. you know you have a ton of things to put on your wall! a great way to start organizing your wall is to ask yourself, “what do i like the most?” for me, it’s fashion and music. and my wall is definitely filled with music and fashion inspirations! give the inspiration wall challenge a shot and share it with others! i bet your friends will say, “that’s f***ing cool!”
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if you’re looking for a cool diy project to do, here’s a challenge! what have you always wanted to do in life? what are you passionate about? that one thing you see yourself doing, is it just a dream? if you constantly have those questions racing through your mind, then one great way to transfer your dreams into reality is with this inspiration wall. i created my inspiration wall as a way to remind myself in the morning that these are my goals i want to accomplish in life. and i want to challenge you to do the same with what inspires you! whatever you like just throw it up on your wall, and i’ll guarentee you’ll be far more motivated to get out of bed every morning. even on monday mornings.  if you got 4 walls in your room, they should be covered with your thoughts. don’t have a lot of stuff to put on your wall? that’s a really cute lie. you know you have a ton of things to put on your wall! a great way to start organizing your wall is to ask yourself, “what do i like the most?” for me, it’s fashion and music. and my wall is definitely filled with music and fashion inspirations! give the inspiration wall challenge a shot and share it with others! i bet your friends will say, “that’s f***ing cool!”
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if you’re looking for a cool diy project to do, here’s a challenge! what have you always wanted to do in life? what are you passionate about? that one thing you see yourself doing, is it just a dream?

if you constantly have those questions racing through your mind, then one great way to transfer your dreams into reality is with this inspiration wall.

i created my inspiration wall as a way to remind myself in the morning that these are my goals i want to accomplish in life. and i want to challenge you to do the same with what inspires you!

whatever you like just throw it up on your wall, and i’ll guarentee you’ll be far more motivated to get out of bed every morning. even on monday mornings. 

if you got 4 walls in your room, they should be covered with your thoughts. don’t have a lot of stuff to put on your wall? that’s a really cute lie. you know you have a ton of things to put on your wall! a great way to start organizing your wall is to ask yourself, “what do i like the most?”

for me, it’s fashion and music. and my wall is definitely filled with music and fashion inspirations! give the inspiration wall challenge a shot and share it with others! i bet your friends will say, “that’s f***ing cool!”

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