Can’t Help Falling in Love

While I was getting my first degree in animation, I have a very vivid memory of the first homework assignment. My professor stood at the front of the room, explaining how excited she was for us to finish it. She described how she fell in love with animation. After spending days or weeks doing nothing but drawing near-identical images over and over, until you’re almost sick of your own work. But then finally, you’re done. You put all those images together, and bam! You just drew an object in motion. You made it come alive. You feel a rush of pride, seeing your work come together to create something new.

I felt exactly that, when the assignment was over. I love animation. I love creating things that can be amazing, beautiful, helpful, or just fun. It fills me with joy.

I also felt it again, in my first class at OSU. The first time I created a meaningful program, even if it was simple. Spending days staring at code until my eyes hurt. Working through problems to find solutions. Creating something that can have an impact on someone else.

Movies and games have always been a pretty big part of my life. As a kid, I wanted nothing more than to make them for a living. While things haven’t always gone the way I’ve wished they would, and I don’t know exactly where it’s going either, I think my younger self would be proud of me. I like that feeling.

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