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Published: 2014-08-26 14:52:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1142; Favourites: 115; Downloads: 0
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Right now I am kind in the struggle between life and college, i have not decide where to go yet, and i feel really confused.I feel that everything I draw is just helping me getting into college instead of out of pure passion. I DUN WANT THAT.
I miss the time I use to draw so freely, whatever i love and whatever i want without anyone telling me what is good to draw.
Now i have to think that: Oh, colleges are not going to like my anime stuff cuz.....it's anime
i feel so annoyed and frustrated. Further, all the stuff that i intend to do for the colleges came out ugly.
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Keep coloring like you do and I don't think they'll care what the image is, it will be beautiful.
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好看！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
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欧可谢谢!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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大学什么的 有什么困惑都可以问我！不要一个人憋着啦 我在呢！~
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嗯嗯嗯！ 要加油啦啦啦！为了弟弟们！ *千总的学霸脸挂在我的书包天天激励着我【泪
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At least you can still draw, I just end up completely stopping ; ^ ;
But it's okay, you might never find out where to go yet and that's okay.
Well, you just have to choose what you want to do more, adapt to college shiz or do the things that make you happy.
But you'll get through this. Just good luck and don't give up.
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Thank you so much! I won't! Your words are very encouraging! Thanks again!
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I was just thinking the same thing. I'm glad I chanced upon this. I just recently found my passion for art, but everything I do I get told not to because it's too anime. Even the one in my avatar, which I thought was stepping away from it. The things I have for my college portfolio are terrible too, but don't worry. We should just keep going at it since each masterpiece has a thousand failures behind it. (:
I wish you good luck with your art portfolio.
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I wish you luck as well!!! Your art style's not that anime at all, what are talking about, it's so beautiful!!!!
I know, i will keep practice, never abnegate. Let work hard together, we can do it!
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Yeah, I'll keep practicing too. We can do it!
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Xiao, I FEEL YOU MAN! You and I are in the exact same boat. I still don't know where I ant to go, and I keep worrying about my portfolio that everything I draw for it comes out HORRIBLE! I am also very confused and feeling a bit impatient now that college applications are rolling in pretty soon, but I feel like I'm starting to hunker down. I just think, "Hey, if I like it, I'll draw it! And if I like what I draw, then other people should too!" That's my word of advice for you lol keep doing what you're doing! Some colleges love anime stuff so don't worry! uvu b
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YES JULIA!!! when school start we should cramming together
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YEAH TOTALLY!! lol
oh yeah you're taking AP studio art right? Do you have any ideas for your concentration yet? ;o;
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NEITHER DO I //SOBS
I'VE LITERALLY BEEN THINKING ALL SUMMER AND NOT A SINGLE GOOD IDEA XIAO I'M GONNA CRY ;A;
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SAME HERE JULIA!!! I THINK I HAVE THE SKILL BUT NOT THE IDEA AND THAT'S TORTURING BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN DO IT BUT I CAN'T!!!!!!!!
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While you drawings certainly have a lot in common with anime and you might refer to it as "anime-styled" if there even is such a style (because different anime have different styles as well), I definitely see a very clear originality in your work. I mean, apart from the obvious fact that the way you create shadow, lighting and great colouring with watercolour is so marvellously well done, your work possesses so many other wonderful unique qualities. For example, in you work "road snow " the careless fleeting of the blossom/leaves on the wind along with the folding of the character's cloak resulting in a splendour of motion and movement, is making the overall piece feel very alive and real, which is a great skill to have (I may even be forced to admit that I envy you; damn, you can draw well) and of course very very impressive when done well.
But it's true that this alone won't impress the people at colleges enough, you'll have to show them that you aren't afraid of using, say, any other medium than watercolour for your drawings (like in your "YI ", "Journey " or "Louts .Born "). Or for instance, to indeed try to step away from your usual "anime" and draw something maybe not so anime/"realistic", but take your skills like the one I described before and your many other skills (your knowledge of colouring, etc.) with you, because those are, I shamelessly repeat myself, very very impressive. Maybe try a landscape once, without any characters (maybe you already have, I have not thoroughly checked your gallery yet).
This does not mean though that people at colleges won't like your work because it is similar to anime, but because they can't see whether you're just copying yourself or if you're really daring to try something else. If someone would constantly make beautiful realistic paintings of fruit or colourful original drawings of dogs in different situations (just thinking of examples here) they won't like it either.
Ahh, yeah, sorry about this block of text: I got carried away. But I hope you can make sense of it since I'm not a master in explaining things.
I am kind of in a similar situation right now, though I still have one year to ponder over it and I'm a natural worrier. What I wrote down just now is a compilation of what people who did college before have told me and what I think myself. I'm not advising you to go into college or to not or anything (really, that's your choice), but I ám advising you to not think about the "myth" that people from colleges don't like anime-stuff, and just try to get into college, if that's what you want, with the drawings that you wanted to draw and that mirror your own unique damn-I-love-drawing style, because worrying isn't going to take you anywhere (something which I constantly have to tell myself as well).
Additionally, if they don't accept you, it's their loss, but that's my opinion 
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Man! You are an amazing writer! Your comments are so helpful. I feel a little better now. I am just a procrastinator who whines over everything. Thank you so much for your super helpful tips and advises, and i wish you luck with your college stuff when the time comes! I am copying and pasting your comments as my guide hah!UwU
Thank you again! My name is Xiao, nice ta meet ya!
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You're welcome!
Hah, too much praise, thank you, thank you 
It'll be an honour, I'm glad you appreciate my comments! Mine is Sam, and the pleasure is all mine ^^.
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Nice ta meet you Sam! Keep working! we will all be fine!
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DAMN how can it be so awesome??
your watercolor skills are over 9000! è7é
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what what waht! what's that mean >ww<
9000? no! too muchhhhh
thank you so much =3=
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Guess who, Xiaoyi?
We'll get through this college mess together. Little piggies for the win
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IDK! and you are super ahead of everything while me panicking and super behind, im super scared, i have not looked at scholarships, college application and requirements. and all the portfolio pieces i've worked on came out ugly. Im scared Teju, help me little piggie power!
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We'll get through this painful time. Little piggies don't quit
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no....im not good with artchitectures
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why 
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ummm -w- im not really interest in building and stuff, draw them is fun, but design them.... no = =
! wow u're an architect?! that's awesome!~
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thanks
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Amazing.
Oh! Cheer up! I understand . I actually study in an art university in france. Unfortunally people often think of "fine arts".
But in fact it was less bad that I though about their vision of anime art.
I'm sure you'll find a balances. Try to combine your art with something more conventionnal maybe.
Anyway cheer up! >_<
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Thank you so much! I am having a hard time with blending my style with still life art.
Really? I don't know, i've heard that colleges really hate to see anime stuff, and sadly, it's almost all i have. I am pretty bad with realistic drawings
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Yeah, I've heard a lot of things like that too.
But in fact a few of my classmates had an anime style. And they were good and perfectly accepted.
You'll have to do some things in your own style and others in more realistics one.
You will have to respect some exigence, you'll have to choose when to use your own style.
It will be a good training for you~
Everything will be fine! (^o^/)~
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Thank you so much, your words are so encouraging and helpful. I would have to start working!!! like now
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I'm glad I could help you even a little!
Cheer up! 
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