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Pico Day — Thesis

Posted by pajakinthebox - May 27th, 2016


Went to Pico Day, finished thesis, graduated, hell yeah


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At first I thought you had written something big about your first Pico day...
Big congrats on grabuation, wishing you the best for what comes next.

I should definitely write more, it was a great time

You went to an art school yeah? How does one go about writing an art school thesis? Besides saying "I sat down and drew a bunch"?

Hahaha well I definitely drew a bunch, that's for sure. But every other skill and experience needed to make a thesis goes way beyond that.

But I didn't need to write a paper. I needed to propose my idea to a panel of professors with a packet clearly representing my idea, make it, then read an artist statement at screenings.

Sorry if I come off sounding like an Idiot but what exactly did they want you to talk about?
Like life in general or "artistic theory".

Why the hell are they trying to make you box your ideas into a writing essay?
I thought art was kinda all about you visually showing your idea to them...

In my proposal I needed to convince them that I had a clear enough vision, the team, and all the tools I would need to complete a film that would take me a full academic year to complete. There is definitely some dissonance between artistic expression and asking for permission to make some something, but no one can say no if your vision is strong. You ideally have concept art prepared.

A lot of students and aspiring animators (and some aspiring artists in general) don't have a very strong vision even after at least three years of doing it (which is fine for art as a hobby, but not at all for art as a profession), so the proposal is my school's way of helping you realize that you need to have a strong, clear understanding of yourself, your time, and your abilities.

This plays into the real world where there is always money at stake.

As for what we talked about... I talked about the emotional core of the movie that wasn't just rooted in the characters, but the movement of the world, camera, and events. I wanted to make a musical film about battling your inner demons with music, so I said the cables of an amplifier monolith would rip the demons from the main character's throat for him to fight, set to a deep forceful grindy bass synth.

The artist statement at the films premier is whatever you want to say about the movie or yourself.

By the way I really love your cartoon, really amazing stuff.

Thanks man, why do you like it? I'm genuinely surprised at all the great reactions.

Why do I like it? I mean, why do people like anything?
The message in your movie Itself isn't super hard to extrapolate, but the visual personality of the characters and the world struck a cord with me on an emotional level.