Hey there guys,

here. Like ~AmourFonce, I've decided it's time to start working on my portfolio for Cal Arts.

He's made a seperate acocunt for his portfolio, and so now I'm going to do the same. I'm reviving this account to submit what I will eventually put into my portfolio.

Requirements: Cal Arts Portfolio Criteria. . .

Students are accepted into this program only at the BFA1 (first-year undergraduate) level because of the highly sequential nature of the studies.

Submit a portfolio of at least 20 drawings from life. At least 80 percent of your application portfolio should be drawings of people and animals from real life—these drawings ought to range from one-minute gestures to longer poses. Landscapes (both interior and exterior), animal, marine and floral studies, both linear and color, are also welcomed. Do not clean up the drawings by erasing the construction lines. These under-drawing/construction lines are especially helpful to the faculty in understanding how you approach life drawing.

Caricatures, cartoons, sketchbooks, flip books, animated films and fine art should be submitted as supplements to the required observational drawings.

Original work is preferred, not photocopies or photos of your work. Do not send traced pictures or copies of work by others. You may include slides of artwork that will not fit into a flat portfolio such as large drawings, paintings, sculptures, etc.


You: Why You Should Watch This Account. . .

I need help. I need FEEDBACK. Please, advise me as best you can on my life drawings. Tell me what you'd like to see more of and what you feel can be improved. Make suggestions as to how I can be more creative. My goal is to do a crapload of life drawings until I find at least 30 that I'm pretty proud of. I'll add the caricatures, cartoons, animations, and all the stuff I really love to do in on my own. But please, encourage the realistic stuff. I really need help to better my skills in this field.

Me: Keep In Mind, Kait. . .

+ Males and Females, nude is good
+ Charcoal
+ More than one piece of paper
+ Do not erase sketch lines
+Try to draw without sketching
+ Landscapes, flowers
+ DRAW MORE ANIMALS.
+ Cars
+ Older people
+ GROUP scenes
+ Practice on your eyes
+ Add fingers/toes that don't really exist
+ Warp the body, proportion is not important
+ The face, hands, feet are VERY important!!!
+ 20 is the minumum
+ Make life drawings STAND OUT.
+ Animatics
+ Movie comic pages (Remember 300 page)
+ Flip books


Thanks for reading,
Kait