Bobbelebien

I swear I was actually intending to return last time, I even made all the preparations I needed but then school started and I simply got way too busy to actually finish uploading everything I wanted to upload before getting to my new stuff. But because I did technically prepare all of this last time I can now finally start simply pressing some upload buttons. So expect some uploads soon. I'll be trying to avoid flushing anyone with a boat load of old art for now but since I want to make my DA gallery a complete collection of my art I'll first be working on uploading things from literally over a decade ago.

If you're anything like me these things will be fun to look at for all kinds of reasons.

Anyhow, hi y'all! How've you been doing compared to 10 years ago?

Any of my last 3 or so remaining watchers curious where I've been since I completely dropped off the face of the earth in 2018?

tl;dr will be provided at the bottom but for those who want to read it all, boy do I have a positive story to tell you :')

"It all started back in 2016"

Life had been pretty awful for a good chunk of my life. Issues at home, issues in my private life and a background that all around didn't exactly set me up for success with very little outside help to make up for it. After years of this I finally got the help I needed to get started on the right track.

I finally got the mental help I needed and without too many details about the inbetweens, after a little over a year of this I finally felt like I was able to actually live a life. My entire brain just felt like it was functioning differently and though some of my issues still remain, I am able to deal with them a lot better now.

Not long after I finished my therapy I was introduced to a group of DnD and card/board/retro game players where I ended up meeting some people who are still very dear to me to this day. Together with them I ended up getting into a fair few new hobbies; 1 of which ended up being gardening.

With my life finally getting back on track I was eventually faced with 1 tough choice. Try out for my dream studies once more or just try and find something I was more likely to get accepted in.

After some asking around and getting a lot of motivativational comments from the person I had been dating I ended up taking the leap.

"And boy did that become a mess :')"

There were 2 schools in particular I was interested in; both I had applied to years ago when I first left highschool. During the first intake process I was struggling quite a bit. I didn't exactly like how little guidance they gave you and neither did they really make it a personal experience. During this intake I was still starting up as an artist while having to deliver full end results. Needless to say, this didn't end well. I got rejected but thankfully it didn't really touch me too much.

Second came a school I sort of fell in love with when I visited it originally. I obviously didn't get in when I tried out years ago but I still to this day remember the atmosphere there. I loved it. I felt welcomed. I felt accepted. Everyone was so warm and nice. Ofcourse this only stung a bit more when I did get rejected but here I was, trying again.

At first I didn't realise we had to pick an assessment to do on top of the portfolio since the link to the page had eluded me so I had to request a new date for my intake. Then I ended up stressing about it so badly I not only went overboard on my assessment for 2 months (make 24 consecutive drawings except I didn't actually count the sketches and test I made in between and made 70 things instead), I later made a second assessment of which I had to do half of during a trip to London (5 drawings a day for a week) where I would continuously be attacked by moths during a couple of very late nights. Then finally I had to carry so dang many papers and sketchbooks to the intake I had to request help to carry it all. (bless my poor mule of a boyfriend)

Once there I signed myself up, dropped off my portfolio and assessment projects and went over to a new room where I was asked to make a picture together with the other people from the intake as well as make a storyboard based on a random word we got to pick out ourselves. A bit later we were asked to come speak to one of the assessors. The man in particular who I was talking to was actually also present for my intake in 2014 when I originally applied to this school. He wanted us to talk about our work and would you guess it.... there was 1 thing in particular that really interested this guy. Can you guess it? I'll give you a moment. Yup, it's exactly that.

"My warrior cats fan animations ~✨"

Or as he called them Lion King like animations. He what they were and the group projects they belonged to.

He also had a particular interest in the assignments I made and later used for a contest on WarriorsCatAmino where I encouraged people to try to play around with what I later learned would be considered cinematography.

All in all everything seemed to be going well. We went over everyones storyboard of the day and had a small closing speech at the end. The assessor I had been talking to mentioned hoping he would be able to soon give us all a useful response. Useful instead of good because obviously not everyone was going to be accepted.

AFTER WHICH HE LOOKED STRAIGHT AT ME

Needless to say I accepted my fate right then and there and went to eat my emotions away together with my mule (read: boyfriend) at a nearby restaurant I had fond memories of. I was told I would have to wait 2 weeks minimum before we would all be getting our results so I was gonna need something to help me deal with the nerves.

"5 days later I got my email. I was accepted"

Ever since I've been spending my time studying animation and other things related to film making. I've actually already finished my first year and started my second. I've finally picked up 3D animation and modeling as well as some basic character designing. It has honestly been the best part of my life and I don't think I've ever felt as good as I do now.

I miss actually going to school like heck but hey the situation is what it is.

Now that that's all out of the way though, I'm finally back and will be uploading my backtrack of art from the past 2 years shortly. There's a bunch of warrior cat/amino stuff, some animations and short films as well as character designs coming up.

tl;dr

Squirrel got therapy, Squirrel made friends, Squirrel got rejected from art school, Squirrel was stared at while discussing the possibility of being rejected from another art school by art school teachers, Squirrel got accepted into art school, Squirrel finished their first year of art school and is now working on her second year meaning they can no longer kick her off of afformentioned art school.

Woo- hoo

Also holy squirrel, time went so rediculously fast these past few years, wth.