Thinking into LJ
I am going to go to the art institute of Seattle and learn how to make video games and comics. Thought I might post my essay. Please don't make fun. I know my writing isn't the best but I'm feeling rather sensitive about the choppiness specifically. I haven’t decided yet whether I’m starting in January, February or April. January 12th Sounds too
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(My whole life I have watched artists struggle between thier need to paint thier existance and yet to have to accomandate for life's material demands. These artists worked day jobs, night jobs, weekend jobs, fair booths, while occasionally performing pieces, displaying rare art shows… None of these gigs were stable and profitable enough. One such artist was my mother). As a child I (have) watched my mother struggle*syn*(to find time to paint her inspirations while she juggled her full time career as a professional house painter in order to support her family and thier needs. Of the pieces my mother was able to complete she) rarely was able to sell her art. (Despite, or perhaps because of the circumstances of those artists )I dreamed of my (own) success, of my twisted cat-women turning into the beautiful sirens of my imagination. I spent endless hours drawing everything I could think of.(*List some of them...maybe somethings not usually thought of...kitchen sink with dishes maybe...could actually even include classics such as fruit or perspective...try to show them that you are varied*). Even during school, I (could not help but sketch..*insert examples here* in my notebook while taking notes. I am no *insert a favorite artist which inspires you*, I simply love to draw.
(Having worked) forty hour work weeks (and then finding myself) being out of work completely I took some art classes at *NAME OF Community College*. I (felt for the first time that) I could finally completely concentrate on something; I could pull off an all-nighter and show up for class the next day bright, cheery and proud that I had finished something (important). Proud that it was not only done, but it was done right and as I wanted it. I can commit to art, like nothing else in my life; it draws me to continue and endure (life's challenges). (With my stubborness and passion)I know I will not fail at this endeavor. I will design and animate video games.
(A contribute to my resolve came while) I watched my best friend attend art school here at the Art Institute of Seattle. As she learns how to draw the art of our time I look at her classes and think "why isn’t that me"? I want to learn to design characters and landscapes, I want to see my imagination in motion. I see an opportunity for the artists of this land, and (by my stubborness and commitment) I am going to take it. Oblatum occasionem tene - seize the opportunity.
Never before has there been such a call for graphic artists, and specifically those interested in the most fantastic. I dream of my great *adj* castles, dark *adj* rouges and winged *adj* horses bringing story, music and art together in a harmony of creation. I aspire to create, nothing more, nothing less.
As I have (stated before) I have watched my dearest of friends as she has traversed your curriculum. Not a day has gone by that I have not envied her homework (Of all things!!). I have looked at many different schools from Digipen, to CalArts and none offer the balance of fine arts and occupational preparation the way this school does. My friend has learned the art of taking an idea from her head, placing it upon paper, molding it into a sculpture, creating its background, and finally giving it digital life with the magic (of computer animation). I aspire to learn these same (skills) and more (as I place my foot on that first stepping stone twoards knowledge.)
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