Kura

Thanks again, "better late than never" enjoying my 27 years + 6 days alive on this earth

Wow, that's a lot of stuff... I can't even afford a present for myself. Time to improvise, I guess? xD

Oh... I really should consider buying presents for my relatives... lol, what did you buy for yours? /needs ideas xD

Oh, great! I've kept myself busy with drawing my fan fic's main character [my avatar(!)]!

And you, what are you up to? ^^

Hey Kura, everything alright?

HEY! Sorry I laid down for a little because I had a headache tonight (damn watching the Hobbit in 3D made me have eye strain.. waahh!)
I actually went to school in Canada (I'm Canadian but moved to the UK after I graduted,) but GCSE's are qualifications you get in UK colleges or secondary school.)

I actually went to uni for 4 years and predominantly learned traditional 2D animation. With animation, the actual animation skill needs to be sharpened.. so.. acting, weight, balance, timing, spacing, etc are very important. I was taught a semester of very basic 3D animation, but I mainly practiced and learned it myself. Knowing to draw does help in 3D.. but if your animation skills are there, it's not absolutely necessary.. but for 2d it's obviously necessary.

To be an animator you need to put together a very strong animation portfolio/ demo reel. Having some 2D work may still land you a job in 3D if the reel is good and shows thorough understanding of animation principles. So that means.. even if you're good at design, it doesn't mean you'll be equally strong in animation. Animation is its own skillset.

Do you have any work online that you can show or that you've done? A good first step is getting feedback.. joining the 11 second club is a good idea if you'd like critique and want to get better. Check it out :3

also just a question, what GCSE's and what not do you need to become a animator?

Sorry I don't have either of those mostly through prefrence and having issues with them so I shut my accounts down. That's such a cool job to have! Unfortunately for me I don't have as much animation experience as I wish right, my school is a languge school so focus' mainly on that, making the I.T departmeant underfunded. The best I've had so far is a few weeks of 2D animator programs and some 3D cartoon designs. It sounds ok but its literally to the absolute minimum of what they could try to teach us. Luckily next year I do my options meaning I can take animation as a subject itself instead of bits and pieces in I.T.C

Hi Kura! Id love to have you as a mentor, thanks! animation is my future dream job, either in video games or film. The times should be ok I finish school at around 3:30 but I get home at 4ish and like you I tend to be on the internet late into the night after I get home. Nice to meet you to

Haha way ahead of you, sister! I already messaged him! ;3

Thanks so much! <3

Heya Kura, are you able to take on one mentee? :3

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You forgot the second B2/W2 mod, XanderO.

Just pointing that out.

hi Kura thank you for the information i will take your advice.Oh and thank you for the list of poeple to help me thank you.

Good night. :D

Hey Kura do we catch pokemon here if ye show ? Because i found something called the wi-fi trade corner were i see people have pokemon and are willing to trade them for other stuff and how can people trade pokemon ?

I mean, it's so off it's ridiculous lol. I sound nothing like that, and you know it!

This is awful

Well, at least you've got a few sunny days! :D

Ermmm....

If things go right then I should be doing that soon... -.-"

Friday: The Third Best Day Of The Week. :D

Sorry Kura I went to the bathroom then when I came back you were gone. Sleep well!

Lol,it keeps raining here too!
But it's also snowing some as well...so...yeah...not the best mix. `xD

Are you enjoying the holidays? :D