10 Things I Learned From Art School (CalArts)

[@baileyjustin12]

1.Anytime you smile at your work. Make sure to save your work 2. Finishing school is up to you 3. Find your voice instead of finding your style 4. Revisit your fundamentals 5. Make an outline for your life 6. Enjoy the journey 7. Acknowledge other peoples successes but also appreciate your own 8. Don't judge anyone on their creations 9. You dont have to take EVERY piece of advice 10. Document your life

[@francescafrancesca3554]

Thanks!

[@14vyi]

👌

[@jenniescookie1339]

Which school ?

[@jenniescookie1339]

zуσи插口 u know which school like the art school or school?

[@lam9854]

Blink & army art school. Normal school is needed ofc.

[@harrizburhan]

"the glorification of overworking until you kill yourself is just something that I'm against" japanese animator: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@CODBlackOps6WALKTHROUGH]

alot of them do work themselves to death though, and i dont look at their lives as being balanced. i especially dont like shonen jumps absolute insane schedule for manga, and its not even animation, but its already bad. i cant imagine ppl working on anime.

[@operiwinkleo1932]

Harriz Burhan not from kyoani they treat their animators like humans with not so terrible deadlines

[@CADENCEyay]

oof that got deep

[@universaltimestretch]

* Adee * it’s such a shame what happened to them. it really is a tragedy :,(

[@hotsauceanimations8906]

Harriz Burhan The entire fucking country of japan: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@pooolB]

For the first one if you are a traditional artist, take pictures of your work as your working on it. That way if something happens to it or it goes horribly wrong, you have something to reference if you want to start again. Not exactly the same, but it does help.

[@kandarkalendar]

True 😔👏

[@candis5287]

Michelle is the older sister I never had 🥺🥺

[@rainbowaceyoutube4395]

4:51 "Because even if you are already a professional..." *you repeatedly shaking the butt of the model* I-

[@bricraig5469]

Every time you upload a video, it is literally just what I need. I love how informative, but not boring your content is! Keep going bish!

[@alainabelding1654]

Thank you for this... I’m in the second year and I’m experiencing major burn out and I feel like I have absolutely NO RIGHT to be burnt out... but I’ve found myself procrastinating to no end no one really understands ...I’ve never been this lazy in my life. Anyway I really enjoy your videos and your art work 💕💕

[@CODBlackOps6WALKTHROUGH]

incredible video. very few people show an honest view of what stuff like this is like, its usually like calarts was amazing, im gonna make you jealous of my life. appreciate the candidness. now i have alot more knowledge on how to film my animation references.

[@malesam7347]

Damn number 7 hit me hard! Easier said than done. Almost lost friends to silent competition on both sides. Its great advice; try to keep your egos in check and remember success can come in many ways. Most times you dont even realize it: insecurities and ego- they're intertwined. Believe in yourself and in your friends and colleagues. Filmmaking is teamwork after all!

[@vivianquevedo1434]

Sh¡t I got distracted by the short film in the background. Must rewind.

[@reemCGR]

lol same

[@16ShiningUmbreon]

I don't know if it's because of how long ago I went to school, but everything you list at the beginning as options to go into as an artistic field I didn't even know existed. I couldn't find any animation classes to take and everything offered was either fine art or graphic design. I originally wanted to go into animation but found that I had no options as far as schooling, and with no one to help me look into colleges.

[@_Nyxus_]

I was the same way, honestly, especially in the looking for proper colleges. I wanted to be a concept artist, so I wanted to find classes to help me improve my drawing skills and get me to that point of being able to actually understand what I was attempting to draw. Same issue: fine art or graphic design. And the absolute BS number of art history courses, which was way more than actual drawing courses. Honestly, I'd say look into online classes. It might seem a pain, but it's cheaper and you can pick which classes you believe to be helpful in what YOU are going for. AdamLucidPixel on here gives great advice as to why online courses are better, more efficient, and way cheaper. Hope you continue to fight for what you want to do and keep trying.

[@floorian.g]

I am not even in the animation field. I really enjoy drawing so much but yeah you make me want to know more about character animation and storyboarding because I am a fuckin' curious dude. Anyway, thank you for sharing your stuff and co..

[@JommyAnimator]

This really inspire me, this year is my uni year I am too noob to go to Calarts but I am grinding for it I hope I can get there😫😫😫

[@mslightbulb]

Well, another question is, do you have the money to afford to even put a foot in there?

[@LoneWolf-tk9em]

Well I always dream about going into an Art school, but my parents don't have that much money. So learning online/youtube is my only option. I don't know if it will help me doing any professional quality things, but Drawing has always been my hobby & passion. So I do it anyway. But still Studying in Art schools look quite fun though....

[@sploogecarp814]

3:43 *The Satanic Lovechild Of Thomas The Tank Engine And A Rabid Chipmunk*

[@clannadlover12]

Your videos always give me motivation to draw. I wanted some advice hopefully in a future video, about how to have motivation in this competitive art world. I mean these past few years we see a vast amount of people wanting to go into art, especially animation and character design, which means as artists we need to find ways to stand out from the crowd whether it comes to gaining attention on social media or trying to find a career in the future. Right now I would currently be at a beginner - intermediate level and so I have a looong way to go. I currently share an instagram with my friends and we've had the page for almost 3 years and we only have 64 followers but we also have about 438 posts. I mean I don't want to have an increase of followers for the popularity necessarily but I want people to recognize my work and attract people so they can critique my work so I can improve. I know likes and followers does not make a good artist and I don't focus on that but I don't know many artists that could help me improve in my work so I would at least like social media to help, but the instagram algorithm is a pain. I would post on my personal account but I feel less confident on showing my work to my family and friends than to strangers. So until I know I've improved I'm just going to use my group account.

[@rowanatkinsonn]

Can you tell me your insta?

[@clannadlover12]

Chihiro Sen yes it’s @jamde97_art 😊. This is my new account. I don’t share it with my friends anymore

[@equinox864]

i think its funny that im watching this and youre on the piece of advice saying "you dont have to take every advice" and the AD pops up w/ neil gaiman going "LET ME GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE." i lost it

[@lizsun261]

THE REF VIDEO IS SO ACCURATE I DO THAT ALL THE TIME

[@ma_de_sa5848]

Ugh I'm so glad she said that it isn't super important to go to school because I didn't want to go uni due to mental health. I tried to do a foundation course after my college course but my mental health was just getting so bad and I ended up being kicked off due to not coming in. Sometimes I wish I went to uni with the friend I made in college for the sake of making friends and meeting new people but I just always struggled so much with the written work/book work. Just want to create art and make a living from it.

[@aquadust]

the video i didn’t know i needed~ thank you so much for sharing your experiences!!! it’s super inspirational to me :)

[@charlottehoover9645]

Thank you so much! This has been really inspiring. I’ve been in a rut during my gap year. This really inspired me to create more 💕

[@izzycw]

Thank youuuu, at the moment i'm really trying to get better at animation and get away from my art block and this has inspired meee :)))

[@fredthehuman6455]

Ah, I really love the behind the scenes for your student films. Would love to see more in the future!

[@variandoesstuff]

now I want to go to that school even more than I did before

[@zerocritikal]

Thank you so much for this video!!! Really made me inspired!!!

[@kokosetto8112]

I just started university around a month ago, it already feels a little hard haha but still, I am pretty exited for what´s coming with this new journey i´m doing my first proyect rigth now and i was stressed about it but thanks to this video i feel more relaxed and fresh to keep working! seriously thank you so much Mew!

[@maggieou1080]

I love the evolution of your makeup! I also love that you documented your years in school, I always forget to do that lol I used to do that a lot freshman year, but now I am too occupied most of the days :( I should start that again :) Thanks for all the tips!

[@anasofiabarbosa3061]

i'm legit on tears this is amazing!! you're an inspiring bishhh

[@catalina8981]

You're such an inspiration.

[@Ren-of7oh]

This was a heartwarming video thank you so much

[@Lynsian]

I couldn’t thank u enough for this video 😔💙

[@aamu3]

4:52 had me dumbstruck XD HAHA - but seriously, thanks for these tips

[@Ahrysa]

4:20 oh god first learning to rig was a nightmare lol. I was trying to do a walk cycle but all it did was break their arms. 5:13 this is a very important tip to keep in mind. I tried to work in chunks but I always had a large amount of edits left to do right at the end. My senior year, finals week meant staying at the computer lab for 13 hours a day. Avoid crunch at all costs, it sucks lol

[@munecabonbon]

mewTripled!! Can you make a video of going over the process of applying to CalArts!! I want to apply soon, I'm in my senior year and I want to apply for character animation! I visited the website and I think I had an information overload, I'm not asking for anything detailed, just something brief and skimmed through, it would really help me a lot, I'm really scared I won't do it right, please don't feel obligated to do this! But if you did I'd be so grateful!!

[@Nancy-xc8ct]

I love hearing from you so much :D

[@guytheory675]

Thank for your tips love ur art and yeah thank this really help me

[@drawingfandome]

Not that I’m at all encouraging you to use friends. But you should never be mean or salty to anyone be used you never know who they’ll become one day that person could work in an industry you want and they could remember how kind you were and find a way to help you get a job if you apply their or something

[@dustinwheat4096]

I've been following you on twitter for what feels like forever and i just now realized you have a youtube channel. what the hell is wrong with me

[@outpostorange9580]

Dam; nice animation, wish you could show the whole vid

[@sannajoph3334]

I loved this video! It was so educational yet inspiring. You mentioned doing a video on funding and i was wondering if you could? I'm in the middle of deciding whether Calarts is worth the debt. I know its not the sexiest topic but I'm really struggling to figure what to do. Calarts is a dream but its not exactly priceless.

[@devinafelicia627]

10:12 is that Stephanie soo???🤔🤔

[@karinatakayama4126]

I ended up accidentally not listening during the animation at 1:53 cuz it was so good bruh..

[@andyfromtoystory9748]

When she said “If you’re a traditional artist BYE BITCH” I said “🥺🤧”

[@flutosan7764]

I dropped out of uni so yeah

[@もちいここ]

A want to draw like Aoi Ogata one day

[@lisin4444]

This is irrelevant but you're really pretty 😭❤️

[@yungmun4155]

10:12 you watchin Stephanie Soo???

[@thedestroyerofhandlers2004]

do you learn like science, math, history etc ??

[@crooomps]

i love you!!!

[@jasen2456]

At :39 you sounded like James Charles Im not gonna lie.

[@mijah_heart]

0:39 let us properly timestamp it ( it didn't timestamp for me) 😂

[@alipacc]

THANK YOU

[@CatPawns]

what do you use for animate i want to start to do some basic stuff! Nevermind its in your information

[@Midiport]

This is wonderful advice!! I've been wondering, what tablet do you use?

[@Anoniem-]

i wish i go to artschool, but i don¨t have the money for it :(

[@jenniescookie1339]

How much is it?

[@Cwesade]

👍

[@lucasalistair1413]

"if your a traditional artist, *BYE BITCH* "

[@spearshaker7974]

I just had a great idea for a tv show. U take starving Artist and homeless people and u make them fight for food in a ring. We will call it who’s hungrier.

[@ryanhotknife9441]

omg steven universe

[@mariacurry9965]

l♥️

[@olenjiijuseu]

4:48 sus...🤨🤣

[@makesu_]

Ok but these all are just abstract. I thought you will show useful tips how to draw better or faster, etc.

[@yellowsushi7459]

So if anyone has some piece of advice for me regarding this theme imma just leave this comment here. So I am currently 14 years old turning 15 in 2020 and I will be making a list of high schools where I will apply. And for so long I have been strugling(sorry if mispelled) which hs to put as my number1 hs. But the hs i put first will be the one where the system automaticly puts and so on until hs number6. I'm currently in between animation and architecture. And everyone is always saying "awww you'd be so good in art school, you've always had a gift for it" "art school? No money from that you will fail in life" "Architecture I am so proud of you! You know it's like really hard, right?" And everyone always comments on how bad my choices are. I tell my mom to go to a hs that allows me to think more about my future but she says it's bad for me and the teachers are the worst there. My friends know what they want to do but I am stuck in between walls that are closing in. In my country you don't pay for college but you only pay for the dorm, if you live in one of course, so I can go anywhere I want, just need the right grades. Help me please ;-;

[@hyacinthgrows]

Sorry this is really late but I'm in the exact same boat as you. I'm stuck between architecture and animation and I'm not sure which one to choose either. I think you should do some research, visit universities or colleges that have animation and architecture courses. Make your own stories and draw your own characters. I'll admit that I'll have to do these things as well but I don't think you should limit yourself to only one thing at this point. Look into a variety of different fields, science, maths, engineering. Anything counts. Ask your parents, teachers and any other adult with a bit more life experience for their take on this. I hope you have a nice life and good luck!

[@nvrrungji]

Ok imma destroy the 69 comments cos imma be the 70th commenttt

[@Lunaeincola]

actual video starts at 1:07