Ok confession time; in high school I was so organized and on top of things. I was never late for a class, I never missed an assignment, and I never interrupted a teacher. Getting straight A's and holding down honors classes along with cheerleading and many leadership roles in after school clubs kept me busy. I didn't distract myself with boys or friendship dramas; it was never worth it to me.
College was another topic, the summer of my junior year of high school; I planned a trip to study in a week long workshop at The Art Institutes of San Francisco. I wanted to be as close to the Pixar studios as I could. I wanted to major in Computer Animation at the time. It was my ultimate DREAM, and almost an obsession. I was 16 at the time, living in Florida, and had no connection with the other side of the country. Terrifyingly, it was my first time flying alone on a whim. (Another blog will talk about this long “lovely” story)
The following summer, after I had survived my daring trip, I became more serious. I had to fly all the way across the country to find out that Ringling College of Art and Design was only an hour and a half away from my home. I realized that the best college in the world was right in my backyard. That’s when I did some researching and found out I had a better chance at PIXAR by studying the ways of these mighty fine artists. Ringling had something called "Precollege" I knew just then I had to give it a go. The program lasted a full month... I will have to do a separate blog for my experience... and it was worth all stinking $5,000.
This school was my dream school until I realized how wrong I was. After taking their Computer Animation classes, I wasn't quite as head over heels in love. I had found a new passion, a new found talent within myself; Graphic Design. You see within the year that I had returned from San Fran, I had a laptop and discovered web design and a STRONG LOVE for Photoshop. Ringling students are known for their excellent artistic gifts and I had just found mine. Going into it I was convinced that CA was my future until I saw what other kids could do. I was intimidated and embarrassed by my work. BUT when I was in the graphic classroom I felt like the tables had turned. For once in my life I was confident.
Long story short, going to Ringling was going to take a lot out of me. I had to shake my high school habits and take a year off from school. This was nothing I had really planned for but things just worked out that way. I'm bittersweet about this past year but once I start college in the fall I have no doubt that things could get worse... ha-ha soft humor, I think it will be very interesting come this fall. I'll try to update but I'm not promising anything. So I'd like to upload a few pieces of my art works, in case you’re interested. Sorry this is super long but cramming 3 years of experience isn’t easy... Until then this has been making up for the time I have lost!
Sincerely,
Envelope Girl
