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Beginner, any tips?

Hello! I am a high school junior and currently very interested in animation. Unfortunately, I know practically nothing. I would really like to look into animation as a possible career field but I just don't know how to get started. Could anyone give me any tips/pointers? Anything helps, I'm totally clueless... Thank you!

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Submitted by wontobe on

The most common thing I see in these posting is something like "How much do you draw".  As a career you would be drawing a lot, almost every day.

As for the technical art of animation, you can start with these books. Cartoon Animation / by Preston Blair and Timing for Animation / by John Halas

Here is something I just saw, you can check it out.

http://my.smithmicro.com/anime-studio-pro.html

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Submitted by Danielle C. on

Thank you so much! Will do!!