Hooray! Breaking news =) a few days ago I got a letter from Queensland University of Technology saying that the portfolio I submitted for a course was accepted. So it's official ^_^ next year I'll be attending to start a Bachelor's Degree in Animation. How cool's that?
A lot of it WAS down to this site I must say, great community, lots of inspirational content, I spent a lot of time here drawing, practicing, animating etc. I developed my passion for art and animation in general, and now I'm off to learn how to do it (or something like it) as a career!
Obviously I'm not going to be jumping straight into disney movies and stuff (which is what some of my friends assumed it was about). But there's all sorts, I could end up in advertising, design, storyboarding, or some studio jobs etc. The course is very studio orientated and I'm really looking forward to it. The uni is very well connected as well which I'm relieved for, apparently animation is a tough career, but about 12 students got offered full time jobs at an advertising company last year while they were still studying.
This is a portion of my PORTFOLIOonline that I used to get in, the animations are really nothing special, just a couple tests thrown in there to show I'm up for it. The first year is almost 100% about drawing for animation anyway, so that's what they were after in their folio. There was also about 30 pages from my sketchbook, but the free online service wouldn't let me upload it all.
So yeah, thanks NG for all the laughs =D it paid off for my future ^_^.