tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post2568332549995282087..comments2024-03-26T16:15:35.584-07:00Comments on FLiP: The FreshmanFLIPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453434761455870721noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-88233819935966973182021-10-17T23:03:50.925-07:002021-10-17T23:03:50.925-07:00Great story and great memories of the 80's! I ...Great story and great memories of the 80's! I wasn't good enough to get into Cal Arts in 1981. I ended up at Otis/ Parsons with a similar experiences. I'd finally met my 'people', the art school screwballs! I met a fantastic artist, Van Arno who would go on to be my best friend for 37 years. Sadly, he passed away earlier this year (2021). I still have terrific memories and American Toycoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024016697945793887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-49945446000246511632021-09-17T00:56:27.523-07:002021-09-17T00:56:27.523-07:00I was a Experimeantal Animator in 1979 just down t...I was a Experimeantal Animator in 1979 just down the corridor though I graduated in 1981 MFA.<br />I still have friends from there and whenever I get to lA I try to pop in.<br />It was a wild place for a downunderland person.Adrian Bruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923010173572726100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-83072189208729323202021-09-16T16:28:10.467-07:002021-09-16T16:28:10.467-07:00Steve, I don't know if I would have been as we...Steve, I don't know if I would have been as well adjusted as you coming directly from high school. Wow! I see that a few new CalArts parents are seeing this. That's great. CalArts can look a bit scary at first glance, but it was a great place to start an arts career. Artists aren't scary either...as individuals, but throw them all into a pot and stir it around a couple of times..Fred Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850196964815724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-72893189377537408102021-09-13T19:09:17.798-07:002021-09-13T19:09:17.798-07:00Thanks Jamie! You could write a book on the HB st...Thanks Jamie! You could write a book on the HB studio in Australia. FLIPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453434761455870721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-5390608666536056822021-09-13T19:08:00.283-07:002021-09-13T19:08:00.283-07:00Your student films were hilarious, Ken!Your student films were hilarious, Ken!FLIPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453434761455870721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-5999757701965911652021-09-13T19:06:52.939-07:002021-09-13T19:06:52.939-07:00Thank you, Loreta. And best of luck to Maya - wel...Thank you, Loreta. And best of luck to Maya - welcome to the animation world!FLIPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453434761455870721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-76357040232229953872021-09-11T10:41:59.447-07:002021-09-11T10:41:59.447-07:00Awesome! I am forwarding to my freshman animator M...Awesome! I am forwarding to my freshman animator Maya who is right now missing all of us and her dog especially! Great story. Thank you.Loreta Kovacichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889990727961010675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-29431743804004101862021-09-10T20:45:52.615-07:002021-09-10T20:45:52.615-07:00We just left our son yesterday so this made me tea...We just left our son yesterday so this made me tear up again. He found his people in high school (an Arts Magnet school), and seems to have found them again. I hope he'll have a story like this to share one day.CalArtian Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212502754724563674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-70550412060256453202021-09-10T14:14:00.821-07:002021-09-10T14:14:00.821-07:00I just dropped my child off last week to start her...I just dropped my child off last week to start her journey as a CalArts character animation student. I know she is going to love it there because as you said, they are her people.<br /><br />P.S The modular furniture has long been replaced, but they just started to replace the black and white tile dorm floors.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802470672013964823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-85588566148299203162021-09-10T10:43:42.647-07:002021-09-10T10:43:42.647-07:00Great post Steve. I too (sort of) began my animati...Great post Steve. I too (sort of) began my animation journey in September 1981 when I got to try out as an inbetweener at Hanna-Barbera's Sydney studio.James Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283687555480506116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865154243031331649.post-6967192853789325932021-09-10T10:08:27.493-07:002021-09-10T10:08:27.493-07:00I was there right behind you, one year later. Howe...I was there right behind you, one year later. However, there wasn't a millisecond of trepidation or sadness. I was SO over the moon to be THERE and not back at home, where there was nothing but rot and ruin. I never looked back. Best time of my life. (Ken Bruce)Mr Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12952506736745891323noreply@blogger.com