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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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great. 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. Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great.
May 16, 2013 / 11,764 notes

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.

Reblogging this baby over here. Anthony Holden is pretty great. Pretty. Darn. Great.

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listening to some groovy 60’s tunes and doodling some ladies off of the sartorialist. I’m crazy rusty. :(
May 15, 2013 / 2 notes

listening to some groovy 60’s tunes and doodling some ladies off of the sartorialist. I’m crazy rusty. :(

#doodle #doodles #doodlin #sketch #sketch dump #sketchins #sketching #ladies #laydays #the sartorialist #rust #super rust #the rustiest
day 28: working on a hot Ocelot mama for wedoredux.tumblr.com ‘s “puss in boots” challenge. Apparently Ocelot’s originate from south america but have been found as far away as Texas! Cool beans.
May 15, 2013 / 1 note

day 28: working on a hot Ocelot mama for wedoredux.tumblr.com ‘s “puss in boots” challenge. Apparently Ocelot’s originate from south america but have been found as far away as Texas! Cool beans.

#draw every day #wedoredux challenge #ocelot #cat #boots #illustrate #doodle #sketch #so many tags
May 15, 2013 / 1 note

what’s the signal for “hello, i’d like some rad friends”? or how about “hi, i’m shy and nervous a lot around people i don’t know and generally not the best friend maker but i’d just like some cool people to make art with if that would be alright”?

is it the bat signal?

cause i can get me one of them…

#personal
day 27: i’m a day behiiind. she is the one!
May 15, 2013 / 1 note

day 27: i’m a day behiiind.

she is the one!

#draw every day #illustration #doodle #sailor moon
a new follower asked me how I nose… I am beaming all over the place right now but… here’s how to nose.
May 15, 2013 / 2 notes

a new follower asked me how I nose… I am beaming all over the place right now but… here’s how to nose.

thelicklekiwibird: Yaaaaay thelicklekiwibird: Yaaaaay
May 13, 2013 / 9 notes

thelicklekiwibird:

Yaaaaay

Daaaaay 26? More HER MY OH NINNY! Daaaaay 26? More HER MY OH NINNY!
May 13, 2013 / 5 notes

Daaaaay 26? More HER MY OH NINNY!

#art #draw #drawing #illustrate #illustration #watercolor #harry potter #hermione #hermione granger #draw every day
Er my oh nee. :3
May 13, 2013 / 5 notes

Er my oh nee. :3

#draw every day #draw #art #drawing #doodle #sketch #sketchbook #illustrate #harry potter #hermione #hermione granger
Day 24 and 25: OCELWHAT. have you ever felt under the drawing weather? Me erry day. And Evie, I apologize for being the slug of all slugs!! D:
May 13, 2013 / 2 notes

Day 24 and 25: OCELWHAT. have you ever felt under the drawing weather? Me erry day. And Evie, I apologize for being the slug of all slugs!! D:

#art #draw #drawing #illustrate #illustration #cat #ocelot #puss in boots #meow #ridiculous tags are ridiculous #sketch #sketchbook #sketching #doodle #doodles #draw every day
May 13, 2013 / 1 note

I really want to be able to walk into work and feel like I have some friends there.

I really want to feel like I have friends.

I really want to be able to be a good friend.

I want a community of awesome art friends.

I I I I I I I I I I I I

#personal #lonely #poops
My momma!!! :3
May 12, 2013 / 1 note

My momma!!! :3

May 12, 2013 / 1 note

I have hardly drawn these past couple of days. Been feeling off and roll around my beddy.

Colourrrrr
May 10, 2013 / 3 notes

Colourrrrr

#draw every day #shaun of the dead
May 10, 2013

I have spent half the day rolling around on my bed wanting to draw but can’t due to being paralyzed by anxiety.
Why does this happen.