Animate with Sincerity

typette: I would be extremely okay with it if they just went...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:53:43 -0400

I would be extremely okay with it if they just went ahead and remade the Lion King as an animated movie but with humans

I dunno, inspired by the broadway or something.

….Don’t think about the logistics. Just do.

also open in this in another tab please

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Sat, 18 May 2013 22:50:37 -0400

merverb: claireonacloud: Some more sketches from the journal I...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:35:20 -0400

merverb:

claireonacloud:

Some more sketches from the journal I kept in 2009 during Tangled while developing the character of Rapunzel. These drawings are from my research of what a typical day in the life of Rapunzel might have been.

She would write in her journal, do laundry, prepare the fireplace for her daily hair brushing session with Mother Gothel. She had chores. She had ideas. She had good days and bad. Some days her paintings represented her hope, other days they represented her fears. Rapunzel was a regular girl bursting at the seems with creativity. Walls could not contain her spirit.

This journal later helped me when designing Rapunzel’s murals for the movie.

(more Rapunzel diary sketches and notes on my blog claireonacloud.com)

OMG SHE POSTED MORE TODAY

WHAT DID I DO IN A PAST LIFE TO DESERVE THIS

THANK YOU PAST SELF

viria: I figured that’s might be the time to finally draw...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:29:45 -0400

viria:

I figured that’s might be the time to finally draw Rachel.

I just had fun with colours and now my eyes are buuurninnggg

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Sat, 18 May 2013 22:21:58 -0400

hoursago: so is it super typical that dany is my fav i mean…....

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:21:41 -0400

hoursago:

so is it super typical that dany is my fav

i mean…. tiny dragons. cmon

ctchrysler: Searching for Adventure!! by *dCTb

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:21:16 -0400

ctchrysler:

Searching for Adventure!! by *dCTb

merverb: Mermaid by ~sharandula

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:53:32 -0400

merverb:

Mermaid by ~sharandula

photinus: pseudo-roarin’

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:47:42 -0400

photinus:

pseudo-roarin’

scrotumnose: mikelaughead: From Anthony...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:39:28 -0400

scrotumnose:

mikelaughead:

From Anthony Holden!

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.

This is the best advice for any student or hopeful student. Having lived your life watching cartoons and drawing in your room won’t help you to make stories that involve doing much. I’m a total homebody, but doing things that force you to experience life in different ways is key. So just go to a new place, talk to the weird guy on the street, try a new food, whatever. It will enrich your life and the stories you tell.

you really know how to cut to the core of me, baxter

you’re so wise…. like a miniature buddha, covered in hair

firburner543: At Night, I Belonged To Him W.I.P. art by me...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:32:28 -0400

firburner543:

At Night, I Belonged To Him W.I.P.

art by me (fireburenr543)

merverb: I’m not a guppy by ~TaijaVigilia Ariel and Flounder...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:30:59 -0400

merverb:

I’m not a guppy by ~TaijaVigilia

Ariel and Flounder (c) Disney

merverb: Rapunzel… by ~DaiskiAnimeJ

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:30:35 -0400

merverb:

Rapunzel… by ~DaiskiAnimeJ

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Thu, 16 May 2013 23:13:16 -0400

britt315: Thanks so much! And no, I only use references when...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:10:58 -0400

britt315:

Thanks so much!

And no, I only use references when I’m figure drawing.

hyrenee: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I LISTEN TO JAMES VINCENT...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:40:06 -0400

hyrenee:

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I LISTEN TO JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW SONGS AFTER HAVING A REALLY SAD ROSE/TEN DREAM I PAINT MY FEELINGS

burdge: percabethisperfection: “Sweetie pies. They always...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:38:47 -0400

burdge:

percabethisperfection:

“Sweetie pies. They always cheer me up.”

Art by Burdge.

mkay, i posted this on instagram but i might as well share it here as well. i was thinking of finishing and then posting it.. oh well.

annabeth is helping percy with his homework. <3

thesanityclause: So got the unsourced post taken down, and now...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:37:06 -0400

thesanityclause:

So got the unsourced post taken down, and now I’m putting all of them, including WGWG, into one post as a master post. To my followers I swear this is the last time I’ll shove these drawings in your face, I’m just trying to make it easier for people who wanted them all in a group. Hopefully having them all together will keep people from reposting it without a source again.

Anyway, all of the John Green books, plus Will Grayson Will Grayson. c:

gospodjauchiha: “It must be odd for you… to be the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:33:46 -0400

gospodjauchiha:

“It must be odd for you… to be the disappointing child.”

crimsongypsy: redrubyraven: mistytang: Shh, don’t tell anyone...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:30:12 -0400

crimsongypsy:

redrubyraven:

mistytang:

Shh, don’t tell anyone that the third segment of Cinderella II makes me happy.

I haven’t watched this for years but i still remember how cute it was

Only redeeming part of Cindy 2 is the Anastasia stuff (and it doesn’t redeem it as it’s a horrible film that I hate a lot… I have strong feelings)
Her and the baker are adorable!