idk how many college-searching-aged folks follow me here but I really wanna stress to the artists out there that big schools like calarts or ringling or w/e are NOT worth being in debt for the rest of your life, because with those price tags you will be
I learned more about art and the animation industry from following professional artists online and going to conventions and events. I learned more about how to apply for and get jobs by asking other artists who weren’t my teachers. If you want a job in art, make a portfolio, meet pros, and apply for every job you see regardless of your qualifications. This goes for every kind of art job, not just animation.
if you really want to get better at ART and aren’t wanting a job just yet, take community college art classes and practice life drawing on your freetime. it’s a cheaper or even free way to learn a skill thats improved more by effort than knowledge
tl;dr you shouldn’t go upwards of $200k in debt to learn a skill that’s free
EVEN BETTER!! to all the kids currently in art school who just don’t think it’s working out for you: the turmoil of school is not representative of the real world. your degree will not ensure you a job. seriously consider your values and if you don’t think it’s working out, you can quit and start the job search immediately before accruing more debt!!
I say all of this as someone who went to art school for 4 years and loved it. it’s not necessary. it’s not worth the price tag.
Drew this stupid ass comic before going to sleep. I’m really tired so I apologize for the bad art. For those of you who don’t know, Luffy has a scar under his left eye and he got it by stabbing himself to prove he was strong too bc he’s an idiot.
I drew asriel based on @banishedquasiroyals hot take on the dreemurr classpects. I feel like asriel would be stoked to be a psyduck with pantaloons and flowey would despise it.
I wanna take a moment to talk about an awesome, unsung badass: Doug Jones.
Doug Jones. The name doesn’t ring a bell, does it? Probably not. But I’m here to tell you that this bitch is fabulous.
He started out as a mime and a professional contortionist. He got into acting and has acted in over 25 movies and numerous television shows. Still doesn’t ring any bells? Probably because Doug’s gig is characters and crazy ass costumes and shit.
Here’s a picture of him:
Still not look too familiar? Well, maybe you saw Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer?
Doug Jones.
Or, are you a Buffy fan? Remember the episode “Hush”?
Look familiar now? He’s the one in the front.
Did you like the movie Pan’s Labyrinth?
Doug Jones.
Doug Jones.
Did you like the Hellboy movies?
Doug Jones.
Doug Jones.
Doug Mother Fucking Jones.
Or, hey! Were you born in the 90’s? Remember the movie Hocus Pocus that would play on Disney Channel every halloween? Remember this guy?:
Yup. Doug Jones.
Still not convinced of how badass this guy is? Here’s some awesome for you.
It took him 5 hours to get into the Pale Man costume in Pan’sLabyrinth, and, once in it, he could only just slightly see out of the nose holes, but he was mostly blind.
And the costume for Fauno himself? Well, he could only just barely see out of the nose holes in that one, too. The actual head part was filled with mechanics that made the eyebrows and ears move. And those mechanics were so loud that he couldn’t hear while inside of it, so he had to memorize Ofelia’s lines as well as his own so that he could say them in his head to know when to talk. Oh, and he doesn’t actually speak any Spanish at all, so he was memorizing both his, and someone else’s lines in a language he couldn’t speak.
Doug Mother Fucking Jones.
Werk.
This is once more relevant since Doug Jones is at it again– he’s gonna be the hot fish man in Del Toro’s The Shape of Water.
Because you can never blog Dougie enough.
His ‘breakout’ was the MacTonight commercials (most of you are probably to young to remember those) as Moonhead
And c’mon kiddies, don’t you know who is playing the Thin Clown in ‘Batman Returns?’ Great speech, Oswald…
In Del Toro’s Crimson Peak, he played both of the other ghosts.
And like the previously mentioned films, he shot this sequence with limited sight due to the prosthetics. Look at that.
Face it, you’ve seen him everywhere and probably didn’t realize it. Let’s give it up for The Dougie.
I think the worst part is Doug Jones like almost never get’s credited with other actors, he’s almost always credited further down as a stunt man or something. In ‘The Shape of Water’ trailers his name isn’t with the other actors even though he’s literally a main character :| He’s not just a dude in a rubber suit! He’s a legit talented actor capable of doing things a lot of other actors can’t do.
