Thread: My dreams are unreachable; and not reaching them will kill me.

Originally Posted by Anonymous

I don't mean this insultingly, just matter-of-factly, but you guys have no idea.

The artistry and visual talent that goes into (any decent) computer animation is IMMENSE.

Anyway.

Thanks, Think. That's advice I've not heard before. Gave me something to think about.

Not trying to be argumentative, but yeah I know. I'm just saying, I don't think you necessarily have to be good at drawing or traditional animation to do well in computer animation.

Originally Posted by KT.

Not trying to be argumentative, but yeah I know. I'm just saying, I don't think you necessarily have to be good at drawing or traditional animation to do well in computer animation.

Being the resident Pixar fanatic, I'll jump in here and disagree. Not only are you essentially useless to a studio like Disney/Pixar if all you can do artistically is animate on a computer (because you have to be able to sketch out things quickly to show directors if you have an idea, and you also basically have to be an all-rounder talent for a studio to hire you -- because they can afford to only hire the best, let's face it), but the fact is that visual artistic talent is a lot like musical talent: it's in your head, not your hands. If you can't draw (I mean if you can't make a basically passable sketch that's indicative of your vision), then it's because you just don't have a mind for visual art. It's not because your hands won't do what your brain is envisioning.