Lurking in the back of your head are all the little bits you know you can’t animate to save your life.

– Elon Musk #1 You’ve Refused to Improve What You’re Terrible At

Hardly anyone does that, and its incredibly helpful. Pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. Then you can proceed to smack the crap out of it. Once you realize the problem you’ll have something to aim at. Below we’ll go through everything that could be holding you back from becoming an Animator. The first step to fixing a problem is realizing there is one. If you want to continue pretending it’s all OK, that your dreams will just magically happen, that you don’t need to change anything – now is your chance. This post is about giving you a swift kick in the teeth, because who else will? Perhaps you even know what’s holding YOU back – but you’re choosing to pretend it’s no big deal. Nobody forced you to take a cold hard look at the truth.

You couldn’t be more ready to be an Animator – to work at Pixar, Blizzard or ILM. You’ve probably even scared away dates with your excessive toy collection. You’ve captivated yourself for hours drawing on paper or designing on the computer. You’ve spent your life fascinated by movies (Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Lion King). This is a guest contribution by Rusty Gray.

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