The Future Cartoonests of Animation

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Allen P

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Hello Cartoon-Fans.

So who wants to be a cartoonest in the future? I know that I'm gonna be one soon.

And my Animation-Style would be 2D, 3D and with CGI as a side dish. :D Well I might have some little flash ones to fit in.

So tell me about your animation skills that you will be use for your cartoons someday.

JordanS.
 
I'd kill to, but due to the numbskulls in the entertainment industry, who can tell if there even is a future of animation period. :sweat:

But Indeed, I've studied animation for years, and have gone to 4 full years of art college... and I still don't have an outlet of cartooning. I just can't afford animation programs, and I still need to get a Wacom tablet or something.

But then, and ONLY then will I finally get some recognition. To me, the only sure ting about the future of animation is to animate on the web.
 
Once this semester of High School is over with, I'll be heading upstate to a Art Institute for 3 years of animation schooling, with which I hope to get a job at Williams Street.
 
At first, I wanted to enter the comics industry, but I think animation would be a much more fulfilling medium to work in, especially with the characters I've developed. I've created characters in the style of a classic cartoon studio, and it'd be fun to do a show with these characters starring in three short cartoons per episode, sort of like "The Bugs Bunny Show".
 
My life's dream is to have my own animated series. For a long time, I thought I wanted to do a daily or weekly comic strip, but that industry doesn't seem all that hot anymore, plus many of my hero artists (such as Berke Breathed and Bill Watterston) gave it up because they said it was too much work.

I wouldn't mind having my cartoons air on TV, but I don't know what time slot my shows are best suited for: my work in general is too mature for Saturday morning TV, but possibly not mature enough for network prime-time or [adult swim]. The topsy-turvy, cut-throat nature of television these days hasn't made me any more enthusiastic about making toons for the tube.

Lately, I've been considering just learning how to publish my own work and put it out myself, either via books or the web.

As for animation style, I've mainly considered hand-drawn or CGI; really, it depends on the individual project. I'm not the biggest fan of Flash animation, but if that's all I can afford to do, then so be it.
 
It would be cool to be a voice-over for an animated show.I'd love to have my own movie more though in traditional animation with CGI affects.In fact,I already have a full layout for a movie and it's sequeal.:D Though it might be a little far out there,I think it would be cool.
 
Yep, my goal in life is to start my own animation company, do a series for Disney that sets up new creative standards, and dabble into a handful more, both animated and children's live-action, that continue to entertain both children and adults alike. I've come up with dozens of ideas for series, and even a few movies, although granted some of them are licensed.
 
I'm currently attending the Savannah College of Art and Design, where I'm majoring in sequential art, and minoring in animation.
My goal is to be a graphic novelist for young readers.



Have you considered moving to big cities? When it comes to working in the animation industry, it's best to move to cities where you could get work, like Burbank or New York.
 
I currently have a web serial going, but I'd love nothing more than to see it in animated form. Of course, animation certainly isn't the easiest industry to break in to. But with animation on the web becoming so popular as of late, there's no telling when or how one can gain recognition nowadays.
 
I'd love to have my own animated series and I've toyed around with the idea of creating a comic book as a starting point. My ideal series would be a primetime "dramedy" that both children and adults can enjoy, and of course that's wishful thinking. :sweat:
Traditional animation would be my style of choice. I admire well-done CGI, but it's not for me. Flash animation rubs me the wrong way, even though I enjoy shows like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (but that show probably suceeds due to great writing and voice-acting). The industry would indeed be a challenging venture, and I'm only in high school right now so I have a while to go, but it will always be a dream of mine.
 
I think some of the posts in this thread are a tad unrealistic, mainly the ones that go "I'm probably going to have a couple of TV shows, maybe a movie or three"... IMO, it's better to actually make something, than to waste a lot of time fantasizing about your huge project that will magically get made and become a hit (although I've been guilty of that too, and still am to some extent).

I'm in Grade 12, but I'm taking a fifth year of high school, mainly to work on my art portfolio, and I'm also going to be taking an internship/ co-op with a local studio. Then I'm hoping to go to Sheridan College or some place like that.

So far, I've made a five-episode internet series. The most recent episodes can be found at http://dleps.blogspot.com/ although they're fairly old and I'm really not too proud of them. They're also probably NotSafeForWork.

More recently, I made an educational cartoon for a music history project, which you can see at http://youtube.com/watch?v=UhnV8IQRpVE

I'm currently writing the scripts and music for my next project.

BTW, sorry if I insulted anyone in the beginning of this post, I really didn't mean to!:sad: I'm just trying to help, although I'm aware the help wasn't asked for.
 
If my school actually had a class/club teaching me 2-D instead of 3-D, i'd gladly take it

I'd like to make Newgrounds-esque toons if i could figurwe out how to use 2-D..

Personally, I want to be an Executive of a major movie/tv studio, but most likely the closest i'll get to working in the entertainment industry is the accountant for a major tv/movie studio (I'm good w/ numbers)
 
I would really like to have a future in Cartoons. I am making seven episodes and a Halloween special of a Flash cartoon called "Tednut". I plan to start showing episodes in September, when I am nearly done with animating them. I also have a bunch of cartoon ideas that I could write a whole book. A few of them, like "Amaze" and "Amazing Genera", are a lot longer than others and the characters have a lot more depth. What I really need is some art lessons so I can improve the artwork for these ideas. I hope to actually work at "Curious Pictures" when I'm older.

When I first came up with Tednut, it was supposed to be done in MS Paint and Movie Maker, but I switched to Flash at the request of someone I met the internet. :)
 
Right now I'm making a stop motion animated film just for fun. I'm not currently considering a career in the animated field.
 
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