<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I'm still an 8th grader, so I still have many years ahead of me. But I've always been interested in visual arts and animation, and I really love dream works and pixar. I don't know much about what specific kinds of jobs there are in this industry, but I'm very keen to find out! Id love to work on movies and animation in the future.</p>
<p>However, my parents have said that this kind of job wouldn't suit me well, that it's a difficult path to take, and it doesn't earn a lot of money, etc. Is this true? (my parents would like me to become a doctor, lawyer, etc)</p>
<p>In that case, what other opportunities are there for animation that don't require a "lifelong devotion"? I've always thought of art/drawing as a hobby, something I love to do but not something that will be my career.</p>
<p>Any tips or advice would be welcome! Thanks!</p>
<p>are your folks hard core Asian?
if so, you are not the only one, keep it up, don’t give up.
I was minding my business listening to public radio and there was a segment about 3D company.
[Legend3D</a> | Work](<a href=“http://www.legend3d.com/experience/]Legend3D”>http://www.legend3d.com/experience/)
the company is solely doing 2D to 3D conversion, so not creating nor drawing funny creatures and stuff but demand is such it grew 25 people in 2005 to now 400, can not find enough art school graduate to fill the spot.
like every digital business, they got place in overseas but main business is still in US, and growing.
It is tedious job, adding depth to every part of the image little by little, but make comfortable living for kids right out of the school.
if you are happened to be neat freak perfectionist hardworking Asian kid, it might do you good. You can draw and create on side, when you get to network, there might be someplace you can do more “fun” stuff.
It will be something much more advanced by the time you are out of school but 3D eventually 4D, 5D seems here to stay.</p>
<p>“are your folks hard core Asian?” –> hehe, YUP. but they’re not super strict/mean/evil. they just want me to get into top ivy schools, like princeton, harvard, etc. (although I myself don’t even know much about those schools… yet)</p>
<p>i dont think im that much into ‘creative’ things (original ideas, imagination, etc.). but I like creating things! i originally thought about drawing stuff in university and selling it to earn a little bit of money, while majoring with something else more ‘serious’. but i don’t know how that will work out ^^;</p>
<p>but if i do want to take this path, i will definitely have to start planning ahead… i dont want to go to a special school for artists, but i might take a lot of art courses in high school (if possible. i can finish language requirement very easily, then use the rest of my years on art)</p>
<p>what about architecture? is that someone entirely different from this animation/filmmaking industry? (my parents are quite keen on me doing architecture)</p>
<p>aggghhhh that’s so Asian LOL
there is a separate forum about architecture major you can ask questions.
it does not cross path with so-called-art much since if you want to do that UG, you are going into architecture program (and suffer sleepless 5 years) and you seem not so keen on going to art schools that offer architecture.
good luck!</p>