Image WHY College is Draining (And More 'Art')

[lostmemory123 1,056]

I wanted to make a follow up to my last thread considering I wasnt clear on why college has been draining for me personally.

Putting aside all the regular bullshit that comes with my major( I still need to take classes like math and history for general ed and its bullshit cause I dont want to do math to get my major in animation), when it comes to animation specifically, I never imagined that it would be so tiring at first. Not in regards to the time it takes to make an animation(cause it isnt exactly our goal to make things look pretty so it helps save time), Im talking about animation being tiring on your sanity.

 

To all those who aspire to be animators, prepare to lose your sanity, cause when youre taking your fundamentals class, and your midterm comes around, odds are they are gonna ask you to draw and animate one thing

SACKS!LOTS AND LOTS OF SACKS!

 

The logic behind this assignment is, if you can draw something like a sack of flour, and animate it as if it were an actual character, than you can animate anything.Cool fact, when Disney brings in animators, their first test that is assigned to them is to animate a flour sack, to test their animation skills. Even when jumping in 3D, they still have a similar test. Here is a doc form Disney telling you one of the reasons why they make you do this exercise.

 

Now, cool fact aside, this assignment is due basically 4 weeks from now. Now, imagine, 4 weeks, of drawing nothing but FREAKING SACKS OF FLOUR! OH MY GOD MY BRAIN IS GONNA BE FRIED BY THE END OF IT ALL. I have like 5 pages already like the one up above where its just full of damn sacks, by the third page alone you are gonna go insane.

 

However, this exercise is indeed good for people wanting to draw, not even necessarily for animation, but drawing in general.

I tried applying what I learned about drawing sacks into my recent drawings (the whole torso idea) and these are my results.

So if anything, the whole sack exercise does breakdown the concept of the human torso in a nutshell.

i just wish the exercise wasnt so tiring to do CAUSE ITS JUST SACKS OF FLOUR!

Also, I wanted to tell you guys who the girl was in my last drawing that I say I keep drawing over and over again in my last thread.

Her name is Makoto from "The Girl Who Leapt Throught Time." And yes, the drawings you see above are the same character.

 

So yeah, thats the specific reason why you wont see me put my drawings on here, cause its just sacks.

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

Maths is really important though. You'll likely needed sometime in the future.

[Hargleblargleboo 979]

(I know exactly how you feel.)

Ah yes, the classic flour sack. Keep at it, it will really help improve every thing you draw and animate! It's really tedious, I know. Especially if you have never animated before.  Hell, it might even look like crap after it's all done. But don't fret. In order to become great at something you love, you're bound to make some crap along the journey, just as long as you improve and don't shrug any of what you kearned off for the sake of a good grade.

 

If you want to delve into more animation and art stuff, I HIGHLY recommend these books. If you already have them, good for you! You are prepared for learning more!

 

 

http://www.amazon.com/The-Animators-Survival-Richard-Williams/dp/0571202284

http://www.amazon.com/The-Illusion-Life-Disney-Animation/dp/0786860707

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Right-Side-Brain-Definitive/dp/1585429201

http://www.amazon.com/The-Natural-Way-Draw-Working/dp/0395530075/ref=pd_sim_14_15?ie=UTF8&dpID=51ns903DtXL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR122%2C160_&refRID=04WZXFC20JM0FSRW4KJ8

 

 

 

I wish you the best of luck!

[venxas24 544]

I feel ya. I have to take random programming classes that aren't relevant to my major and writing classes that are far beyond what I will realistically use in a career in my major. I guess we'll both just have to work through it. I also find it really draining especially since high school required such little effort. College is weird

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

I feel ya. I have to take random programming classes that aren't relevant to my major and writing classes that are far beyond what I will realistically use in a career in my major. I guess we'll both just have to work through it. I also find it really draining especially since high school required such little effort. College is weird

What's your major?

[Villi1997 1,832]

Must be grading. But otherwise, cool drawings bro! I might actually try using the flour bag method and see how it goes.

[venxas24 544]

What's your major?

mechanical engineering

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

mechanical engineering

Yeah, pretty sure programming for that.

[venxas24 544]

Yeah, pretty sure programming for that.

The required programming class I'm taking right now is teaching me html though. I realize that there's some programming to an extent but I doubt html will be that useful if at all. This is my third programming class and the other 2 seemed useful but this feels like the opposite

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

The required programming class I'm taking right now is teaching me html though. I realize that there's some programming to an extent but I doubt html will be that useful if at all. This is my third programming class and the other 2 seemed useful but this feels like the opposite

But HTML isn't really programming. It may still help you in a way though. It will look better on your resume as you have more skills than others. Plus, it's a nice skill to have.