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[kennedykennedy]

Man, it's only halfway through the first week of summer school and I am so tired. Commuting from Sunnyvale to San Francisco is a pain in the ass, expecially with weighty sketchbooks and portfolios and a metric shit ton of animation paper. It's pathetic how sore my shoulders are

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[zenithfoxie]

:0 I didn't know you lived in the Silicon Valley. I lived there for three and a half years. My aunt went to De Anza. Small world!

Anyway, good luck with everything. It sounds lame but I mean it! Your art is awesome. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Ok, this might end up long, but I'm going to try and help...!

[unrefin3d]

"SHIT. I should just never check deviantART at all. It's just depressing as hell. I hate how easy it is to down myself on my art. Too bad it is so impossible to ignore the internet."

-That's exactly how I feel too, so I typically avoid that place like the black plague. Whoever said looking at other peoples artwork can be inspiring was a liar, liar, pants on fire.

"money's a serious concern for my parents now. My heart is set on Academy of Art University, but it's expensive."

-Ok.
After all of the research that I have done in the past two years, I think I can almost say that I'm darn-near an art college&scholarship expert and I'm going to tell you everything I did&didn't do that you should do if you want to get the good money.
First thing first: What's your major [i'm thinking illustration, design, or animation], what attracts you to the AAoU, what do you want to get out of school [like, teaching, traditional VS contemporary, design, etc.], and how quickly do you want a degree?
The last three questions are extremely important to

[pudgy_pandas]

dude that is crazy. XD

'[emo edit:] SHIT. I should just never check deviantART at all. It's just depressing as hell. I hate how easy it is to down myself on my art. Too bad it is so impossible to ignore the internet.'

yah about that... it totally is like that sometimes. but sometimes it's really inspirational. i have some folders that i file my favorites into. and one of them is 'inspirational' because i like to grab art that i feel like i can learn from. 8D

i think if you kinda spin your outlook on it, like... 'oh i can learn from this' as opposed to 'this person is so much better, i'll never get as good as them.'

just try to learn from artists you like.. like i said in my last comment. XD

*shrug*

but i've totally been there. it sucks.