yoooooou caaannnn doooooeeeeeeeit!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIt’s bizarre– I was just going through my old blog entries from the beginning of CalArts and I don’t think my opinion of the place has really changed much. It is a very exciting place to be, there are lots of opportunities and you will always be surrounded by the most incredibly talented people and teachers. No regrets– that place was fantastic! I’m looking forward to working with everyone now that we’re “out in the world”, or I guess that could be rephrased as “not being required to attend classes”.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t taught how to draw as much as how to think– how to design, how to consider story, how all the elements of a film need to compliment each other; how to people-watch, what details to take away… In the end I feel the acute observational skills obtained through attempting to improve my animation has given me the pleasure of enjoying everyone’s little mannerisms, paying attention to what makes their character… Some things I would have viewed in a negative light before CalArts I now have learned to laugh at. Laughing’s good, right?! I do lots of it (along with tea-drinking) and feel great. And way more mentally-satisfied artistically than I did four years ago.<\/p>\n
Going into CalArts,\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t expect quite the diversity I found. It was really easy to get stuck in one mindset, but once you shake yourself free of the cubicles and get out to see a show, you really feel refreshed… Even Friday-night lectures left me that way. I found it was important to not take it for granted and often remember how special a place it was, that all these people were there, together. Working, sharing, eating, drawing, not sleeping… It was a lot<\/em> of fun!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tahnee.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tahneeplant.jpg\" "\\"tahneeplant\\"")
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I feel like that’s me– a happy little Tahnee-plant! (See, it’s black and white striped, that’s the identifying feature). I feel that I’ve learned how to learn. I clearly see where I could improve or discover new aspects of art\/filmmaking, and practice what I discover and then keep growing and growing. Each one of those little branches is perhaps waiting to blossom into a full tree trunk… I feel that I’ve been left with a lot of opportunities and know what to do to keep improving. This is all very exciting! I got a really solid planter with good soil and got off to a nice start when in school, and now I’ve got the whole rest of my life to turn into a huge, whimsical, animated happy tree.<\/p>\n
Hopefully I can drop little inspiration-seeds into other planters and make more happy animation trees grow!<\/p>\n
And I think that’s a nice note to end on for this blog post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GUESS WHAT, WORLD! I’M A COLLEGE GRADUATE!
\nProudly sporting a degree in Character Animation. Booyaaah!<\/p>\n
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