Is Art A Art Business?

Being in the art business is something I 've always planned on pursuing career wise. Ever since I was in elementary school it was something I was passionate about. I have memories of being so excited to doodle crayons and paint with cheap Crayola watercolors. It 's common for young children to partake in this activity. But soon after this stage, the interest of art deteriorated and it become more irrelevant to some teenagers. However personally, I just kept practicing until there came a time where I realized that art was what I wanted to do-- for my career, my free time, and my life. Not only is the graphic design branch of art socially beneficial and includes exposure to diversity, is always fresh, new, and creative, but it 's also one of the only things that makes me feel content.

In many works of animation, a lot people and consumers are oblivious on how much research and travel is included. When a company is making a visual representation of a story that they can 't film physically, especially with films that take place in the past as well as foreign countries, hours of intense research and scrutiny takes place. In the 2014 Oscar winning Disney film Big Hero 6, technical supervisor Hank Driskill states that his team took thousands and thousands of pictures of scenery, people, and architecture (Mufson). “We’re big research folks here, we really like to do our homework” (Driskall). States Driskall on the fictional city San Fransokyo from the movie. The team also extensively researched soft robotics, due to one of the main characters a robot. In order to animate this, co-director Don Hall visited Carnegie Mellon University 's Robotics Institute, and collaborated with several professors in order to bring life to the character.In ...

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... The idea of taking modern technology and making a story with my own imagination and hands is what I want to do. It 's collaborative; I would be able to explore several cultures and travel the world for research and making it into an art form. I would have experience with people, learn, draw all of it, and get paid a lot ofmoney. I would never get bored, every day would be something different, and getting feedback from such a diverse audience would improve my skill set. All of this is the source of my passion, and as Keane said, it makes me feel like a kid. It would be hard at times, but it 's a business where you have to push yourself, and I would not be bitter about that. I plan on going into an art and animation school and study people, movement,life, and as well as the world. It 's an idea that I get excited for, and I can not wait for what this career has for me.