Heroes

So, to start take things back a notch, let's go over my inspirations of this field. Dr. Seuss, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, and Jeffrey Katzenberg are my biggest inspirations in the animation field and artistic. For starters, if you don't know these people, then shame on you. You'll learn some basic information about most of them. Dr. Seuss, who the heck doesn't know about this genius? I honestly own 99% of his books and still occasionally read through them for a quick smile whenever I'm bored out of my mind. He is, in my opinion, a better rhymer than most modern rappers. And the amount of color and creativity in his books not only makes you feel like you're on an acid trip but also inspires me to stay creative. My parents used to read the books to my brother and I when I was younger and I was always fascinated with his works and stayed out for countless hours just scanning over all the little details and colorful pages.

Walt Disney, most likely the greatest man ever, creating "the happiest place on Earth". I may not go to Disneyland a lot, but that doesn't mean that he isn't a true inspiration to me and always has been. Every time I could do a biography in school, I would immediately jump to Disney. Not because I knew a lot of him, but to learn MORE or even just relearn some things that always blew my mind. He ran a paper route as a boy when he lived on a farm. I bet most of you didn't know that! P.S. the Disney Channel has changed over these many years and if Walt was to watch a modern show, he would cry.

Steve Jobs. He is beginning to change my career path believe it or not. He was a very big prankster in middle and high school. I'm reading his biography as we speak. Well, not at the same time but I'm reading it presently! He was the cofounder of Pixar (my dream company partnered with DreamWorks) and then created Apple with Steve Wozniak. All of our generations and the generations after will always be affected by their works.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, who most of you probably do not know, is the CEO of DreamWorks. His mastermind has been behind famous movies of the companies since the start. He also worked with Disney side-by-side on many movies including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, and Aladdin. So, there's a little bit of learning for you all!

-Karl

DreamWorks

So as I was browsing the web like I usually do, I stumbled upon DreamWorks' website and I began to snoop around. I somehow managed to find their partnership for colleges and where they seem to have the most hires from. The amazing thing is, out of the maybe 50 colleges, 15 are in California. As my chances go up, they also go down. DreamWorks wants colleagues that are well suited in more than one position so they can be helpful at anytime. Now that I know this I have to branch out and take more than just a graphics class but also animation (obviously), computer programming, art, and other technical as well as business categories. DreamWorks wants the best of the best for their company, as they have the top 2,000 animators. Roughly 50-60 leave yearly and then another 50-60 are hired again to keep their solid base structure.

I have never taken an art class. They always seem so boring and slow pace. I feel they spend weeks on shading techniques and how to draw perfect circles. Unfortunately for these classes, I'm a quick learner so that will probably take me a couple hours to get the hang of it before I want to move on. I know that I'll need to perfect my skills in ever field that I can to be apart of the team and make an outstanding portfolio. The problem for me is that the BEST drawings that I create are for my friends or the people that asked for a drawing. So all my best work that I have to my name is scattered across the bay area and even other states. So this will be a new experience for me; all of this will be. It'll be an exciting journey to get to the top of the top, but I'm willing to do it to become one of them.