Everything I draw ends up wearing a bow-tie

thepictogirl:

Okay okay okay so I know it’s usualy not a thing people do but i sent an anon to someone and I’m going to own up to it because I want to thank everyone who helped.

Yesterday I sent an Anon to modmad about studying animation in the UK and Mod’s responce really helped so thank you so much ;w;
And then a lovely bunch of people sent in asks to Mod about it which also helped me alot. So if you are one of those anons reading this, thank you so much too :D

glad to have helped! and yeah man thanks to all those anons for their advice! what cool folks I have following me gosh :’D

Anonymous asked: mod I'm an aspiring author and I need some help. whenever I write, I always end up using easy short sentences like 'he frowned' and 'he sighed' like, all the time! do you have advice on how to improve my sentences?

Give them friends! Those short sentences can be very effective, so don’t be too hard on them, but you have to use them occasionally and in-between longer or mid-length sentences; it’s a bit like music, you mix up short phrases in amongst longer phrases to make them pop. Just like any art really; bright colours only stand out when in juxtaposition with darker or semi-neutral tones, and loud notes stand out after a quiet section of music. Likewise, short sentences can be entirely alarming, chilling, emphatic and dramatic or even downright funny, but only if used after long and florid sentences with too many clauses for their own good.

See?

Anonymous asked: Since you have a tpoh fanart blog on tumblr, have you ever considered having one on deviantart, too? There's actually some tpoh fanart there, too! Or are you too busy to manage another group? If so, maybe you could let some of the fans do it. Would you have any objections of someone starting a fanart group on DA?

I have no objection at all! I am rather too busy to do that myself (been a long time since I touched DA if I’m being honest) so yeah go ahead!

Anonymous asked: Hi shy anon here, I'm currently in year 10 of school and taking Media, Graphics and History for GCSE (I know History is unrelated XD) and my parents say I should stay on for A Level. Do you know of any universities that specialise in animation?

Okay well firstly history is never unrelated keep reading that stuff always, taking A levels is a good idea so yup yup do that if you want, but for animation univeristies within the UK I’m afraid I’m not an expert; I had a pretty lousy experience at the place I studied in the UK, not going to lie, but maybe I was just unlucky. There are probably good places here but you’ll have to ask around, and don’t just trust information on university websites- find people who studied at them to get a better perspective. There are a lot of super great places to study in Europe, however, and obviously I recommend places like VFS after you’ve got some more experience, but it all depends on how willing you are to travel and live away from home- it can be rough, and very expensive!

You have a long time to decide, so don’t rush into it or think you must set yourself a path right now and follow it absolutely. People change! You are allowed to change your mind! What I would super recommend is that before you decide on studying animation and/or where, take a foundation art year. I did one at Manchester Metropolitan University and it was very helpful in letting me decide where I wanted my specialties to lie, and dabbling in a lot of different types of art gives you a better, broader perspective on what you can do with animation and your life in general.

Having said that, you still have another year to go before completing GCSE’s and then it’s up to you as to whether you spend another two years doing A levels. Don’t feel pressured! Teachers can make it sound like you’re meant to have the plan for the rest of your life all sorted out before you’re seventeen or else you’ll fail at everything but hell, it isn’t true! Please don’t trap yourself into that system. Give yourself enough time to decide, be patient with your development of interests, and learn as many different things as you can- remember that nothing is irrelevant to art! Certainly not history!

just a head’s up to the lucky forty who bought the books- I’ll try and get those posted next week but I do have to attend a funeral on the wednesday and have various obligatory interactions with relatives inbetween (plus writing left handed addresses on envelopes will take a while) so yeah I PROMISE THEY WILL GET TO YOU but I might be a little slow!

jessharnoy asked: I'm an animation student who's currently applying for 2D and story development internships all over the place, eep! Is there any specific animation software(s) you recommend most animation students should know before trying to dive into studios?

chrishoughton:

Don’t worry about the software just focus on your work/portfolio. Although to answer your question, most board artists are using Storyboard Pro these days.