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Throughout my life, I was told art wasn’t a good career choice. I was told I would never make any money with it, and that I should choose something more practical to pursue. I was told that it was a nice talent to have, but not a real applicable skill in life. So, I looked for other options. However, I never abandoned art. I kept working on it on my own, developing my skill and creativity as I grew older. I doodled on homework assignments and filled sketchbooks with my character designs and art. While my family and school encouraged me to pursue a “money making” job, I internally made the decision to follow my passions. This was the point where one of my biggest dilemmas arrived; I am very passionate about two things that happen to be very different from one another. There was art, the thing that allowed me express myself and my ideas, and then there was work with animals. You see, my artistic ability evolved alongside my love for animals. My art at the time was primarily of big cats and dogs, but at some point, I realized that I needed to branch out and started drawing other animals, too. So, with that decision, I slowly began to add other creatures to my repertoire. This allowed for a lot of growth as an artist, through new anatomies, textures, and expressions. At the time, I was basically set on going into a career with animals. I didn’t know of any real career in art that I would like, even though it was kind of staring me in the face the whole time in the movies and video games I loved so much. In 12th grade, I learned about the Puget Sound Skills Center, and decided to join the DigiPen Animation Academy program last minute. I just thought it would be fun, really. So, I went to PSSC, and through the semester program I was... ... middle of paper ... ... to understand the basics of the program 3DSmax. I feel that I do well with composition and color in the art that I do, and that I put in a lot of work to understand anatomy or any other details when I make a new piece. I have worked in pencil, charcoal, watercolors, acrylics, digital art, and multiple other forms of media, and feel fairly comfortable all around. Everything I have done up until this point has all been working toward a career in animation and character design, even before I knew it. I don’t think that I could be any more mentally prepared than I am now to go to a rigorous school like DigiPen. Through learning animation over the past year and a half, I have found a renewed sense of hope and motivation, and making it in to the school of my dreams would be a huge victory in the mind of a girl who had all but given up on an education just a few years ago.

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