Popeye inspired me to become an animator. He was my hero, and in grade six, I decided to study animation because I wanted to get paid for spending my days making Popeye cartoons. “Kidhood” for me was creatively normal with crayons and paint by numbers.
Later, high school put watercolor, oil paint and sculpting tools in my hands. Art was the world I wanted to work in, but it frightened me. There were too many avenues to choose from, and my tiny hometown was not a hotbed of inspiration. While sitting in the office at Sheridan College waiting to speak to someone about the Illustration program, the coordinator of Classical Animation wandered up, looked at my portfolio and said he would be happy to accept me into the animation program – and here I am.
Guest Blogger Wayne Gilbert
7 comments:
I wanted to be an Animator when i saw the intro in Final Fantasy VIII... i was so shocked! So i realized i wanted to do that the rest of my life hahaha
Thanks for sharing your story with us!
I like to think that animation chose me. I've always loved cartoons, but there isn't one in particular that jumps out as 'the one' that inspired me to become an animator.
A mix of a love of cartoons, a fascination with how things move/what makes people tick, and a series of opportunities has lead me straight to animation. I can't imagine myself doing anything different!
Great post!
I always liked cartoons like Dragon Ball, Saint Seya, Asterix, Tintin, Disney movies, etc.. since i was young...
but, i did not know how that cartoons were really made.
So, i decided to study art the rest of my life (because i loved cartoons and drawing)... i went to the college to study fine arts and i discovered the world of 3D Animation. Of course a learnt a lot of differents mediums like sculpting, painting, design, photography.... but 3D Animation fascined me a lot.
And thats when i started to think that i could be an animator.
I grew up watching Disney Animated Films, Looney Toons, and Reboot on Saturday Mornings. Thought they were cool, but that was about it. Saw Toy Story 2 when it came out in theaters and I decided then that I wanted to be in CG Animation. Didn't know where yet, but I knew I wanted to play a part in that.
Later I saw Finding Nemo and the end of the Dory's monologue, that's when I knew I wanted to be an animator. The subtlety in the acting in that scene is so effective and gives a lot of weight to the situation.
And I've been in pursuit of that goal ever since.
I was already inspired to want to be a game designer, but thanks for a Single animator for a Half-Life Mod inspired me to be an animator and well. Thats it! Mod is www.esforces.com
It was two things for me, one when I watched Toy Story I was 7 years old at the time and was blown away by it and then when I watched Akira secretly at my eldest brothers flat around 8 years old and the two acted as a catalyst for my interest and ambition of animation (22 years old now)
When i was 5 years old i was watching Sesame Street when Luxo Jr. came on. i told my mum that i wanted to work with the lamps and that was that.
Luckily for me my mum explained to me that they were animated otherwise i might have become an electrician :)
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