Ā Ā Ā When I was young, I always adored animation. It was only a matter of time before I aspired to create my own. Iāve grown a lot over the years, both in art and as a person. As my time in high-schoolĀ is slowly going to come to an end, I only wish to continue my pursuit of creating animation of my own. My name is Kaitlyn, and I am 15 years old, currently a sophomore in high-school. I still have a lot to learn, but I am dedicated, and will do what it takes to reach my lifelong goal. Ā Ā Ā Ā As a child, I would watch almost any cartoon you can think of. I would always watch them on SaturdayĀ mornings with my older brother. Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network were, and still are my favorites. Cartoons have grown over the years and I have grown right along with them. I will always adore the cartoons I grew up with. PowerpuffĀ Girls, Early Spongebob, Avatar the Last Air-bender, Phineas and Ferb, Ren and Stimpy, Early Fairly Odd Parents, and Teen Titans are some of my all time favorite cartoons. The newer shows the networks have produced are just as good, some if not better. The Loud House, Star Vs the Forces of Evil, We Bare Bears, Gravity Falls, Rick and Morty, The Amazing World of Gumball, Regular Show, Adventure Time, and Steven Universe. Ā Ā Ā Ā Steven Universe, as of now, is my all time favorite animated work. With itās amazing characters, stellar animation and visuals, wonderfully composed music, and captivating storytelling, it has easily won me over. This show is a masterpiece which has changed my life in ways I never couldāve imagined. Not only did it spark my desire to begin to draw more than usual, and manage to entertain me beyond what anything else could, it allowed me to connect with someone I consider to be the greatest friend I could ever ask for. Iāve known her for a little over two years, and sheās the one who solidified my desire to take my passion for art to the next level. She inspired me on a daily basis and still does to this day, helping me to improve as much as I have. I could never thank her enough for all sheās done for me, and I always do my best to return the favor. Ā Ā Ā Ā Art is a passion Iāve had for as long as I can remember. I was always the child who would scribble down anything that came to mind, even if it looked like an indecipherable mess of lines and color. I would doodle on school work, doodle on notebooks, doodle on anything I could get my hands on. I was an unstoppable doodling machine. Overtime, my little mess of scribbles began to actually look like images. This is when I decided to trace over pictures and cartoons I loved, as well as do those little character āHow to Drawā tutorials on Dvds and YouTube. Believe it or not, those helped me get an idea of how it felt to draw certain shapes, set actual structure, and began the next phase of art for me. At that point, I no longer drew stick figures, I was drawing actual characters with form beyond what I was ever used to. Granted, they still didnāt look good, but it got me somewhere. Then from that point on, all it took was time, effort, and the right inspiration to get where I am today. Ā Ā Ā My passion for art is directly connected to my passion for animation. I love them both for the same reason. The idea of expressing oneās self, emotion, and ideas through mere strokes on a page or sequenced pictures to give the illusion of motion is such a captivating concept to me. Turning an imaginative idea and making it a reality in such a way, the art of storytelling and extent to which you can do so, it just hits me in ways other things just cannot. While there are some live action shows I adore, like Burn Notice and General Hospital, they just canāt compare to my admiration of the animated medium. Ā ________________________ When I started writing this, I didnāt expect it to turn into a full blown essay. If youāve read through the whole thing, then thank you for taking the time to listen to my thoughts. Once I start typing, I just canāt stop until EVERYTHING I want to say is on the page. I donāt normally write stuff like this, but I was just so inspired to in this situation. Iām not really sure what it was that inspired me to write this, but it took nearly two hours and Iām not letting all of that time go to waste, so Iām posting this. Thank you for your time, I really appreciate it. Ā Ā -Ā Amethyst7776
