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I just came from your short film Lift You Up, and I'm definitely gonna watch the rest of your work. You have serious talent.

This is incredible! Going into my playlist of favourites immediately! The music, the animation, the expression, the characters and world building, oh it's all perfect! Can't imagine any way this could've been done better. Thank you so much for making this and letting us view it for free Kim McMahon. Live a long beautiful life.

This is my favourite short film ever I just want to thank you so much for putting your vision into the world because I am in love with it

Thankyou for a tour❤

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I came here from your CalArts film but I'm in love with all of your animation so far it really captures those emotional wrenches people don't talk about much. I'll probably be back here

I feel like I could apply some of your tips in so many different situations, not just an art convention. I have never thought about putting on some clothes just to act as a ice breaker. And bringing water to somebody is so thoughtful

Wow some gorgeous art you two have! Your new business card design is so elegant, a great representation of you!

These are absolutely awesome tips and tricks!

It was great getting to meet and talk to you guys!! Glad tabling went really well, didn't know about the whole adventure you guys went on! xD wishing you the best!

I have also a problem being shy and overthink and getting negative about myself and future despite people around me are very positive. I'm so inspired b by this and so happy for you, it seems like you guys had such a good time! 🦄✨

Please ignore those “giant” youtube channels. They are mostly crap. I watch those and after a while you eventually find out most of them do not even have an ARTS degree, and they claim they are going to ‘teach’ you art and Do NOT even have a teaching degree. How dare they make such claims without having done the actual university hard work like I have, how dare they make my arts and teaching degree worthless so that they can claim to be an artist and teacher without doing the university degree. You can not call yourself a teacher without the degree. You then an instructor (maybe) but definitely not a teacher. I block those channels when the algorithm sends them as suggestions. You are genuine, honest and authentic and so talented. Love your art. I have followed you from the early days. Really loved your architectural paintings around Germany/Europe. I am on another continent but if I could be there I would have purchased the whole lot. Keep going, do not give up. Sometimes the best things come in small packages. Your small amount of followers (but wishing you many more, that it grows) are your best supporters.

Your voice transmits so much good energy! Thank you for this message, I needed to hear it 🩷

We all know lightbox expo is a scam if you are a beginner.

Every time we went around that corner, we saw you both in conversation with people so we hope it was a good convention for you!

Dope video, and I recommend Ranking of Kings. Like please watch this masterpiece of emotions.

I hope y’all had a lovely convention and it wasn’t too stressful! Your prints look amazing!

So glad that you and your sister are displaying at Lightbox. You'll both do great. Your art is wonderful. Good luck!

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CalArts was a trend. Nowadays I find myself wondering if this kind of school still exist.

We graduated the same year and I agree. Especially the contacts and friends you make being some of the most valuable takeaways from CalArts. Right now some friends and I are working on pitching a stop motion tv show. But we’re all still not working in the animation industry yet! As artists I think we learn so many skills in animation that transfer to other industries. Like I took my fabrication skills I learned from stop motion in experimental animation and I’ve worked for scenic companies and theme parks. It’s not animation, but it’s creative and pays the bills. Santa Clarita can be very boring and draining but you can find cool things if you have a car and search around. They have a video rental store, an abandon ghost town (5min drive from campus), a great Indian deli and really beautiful hikes. But again you need a car and have to sift through a bunch of stuff. The thing I miss most is the sense of community. Post grad, it’s really hard for me to find time to catch up with people and see what they’re working on. How have you found artistic community since graduating? What’s your art practice like since graduating? Would love to collaborate someday!

I watched this animation more than a year ago and forgot the details. I thought the robot tricked the girl. He showed her a video of the explosion instead of the real explosion... It turned out to be worse...

I went to a community college and took art classes. The professor told me to stop and to just go paint on my own. He graduated UCLA and he never became a successful artist. He tried every approach. He was in his 60s and his advice to me was to not go to school. Just paint. I ended up doing Manga. It is not my choice, but it is what I have a talent for. I have fun so I will get good at it. There are tons of books and TH-cam videos on how to get the skill. Instead of markers, I use watercolors.

My heart goes out to you. I had wanted to go but something deep down years ago told me something catastrophic was going to happen to the creative industry. Take care of yourself <3

I'm studying at The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, which offers three main study paths: Computer Graphics, Character Animation, and Graphic Storytelling. It’s ranked as the 3rd best animation school in the world, just after Gobelins and Sheridan (I think they took about 200 schools into consideration). And you don't pay any tuition!!! (if ur from the EU) Don't know why there're not more people talking about the school. I'm really glad I decided to go there:)

Omg. I`m frustrated with my fashion school but, paying so much money looks worst. I never use Ia because is a bad thing for artists. I hope you can found a job in sometyhing♥.

CalArts is where rich kids go to buy drugs from creepy old men.

Guys my grain of sand. Don't do it if you are thinking about it. If it comes easy to you to spend 200k on a degree well of course enjoy, you are rich anyway so is a wonderful world out there. But if you are thinking you will recover that money, or to go into debt for it, pls for the love of all sacred DONT, spend 15k 10k on internet courses and you will be WAY more prepared and will make the same if not better networking. And that goes for US and non US students, modern days are different you don't need college AT ALL at least not in art.

Always such beautiful work Kim 😊

Great instructional video!

This would make anyone want to try watercolor, which I broke up with years and years ago. It might be time for us to get back together, you made it look so fun. I would mess up my paintings trying to control them too much and they looked overworked. I lost the playfulness. Maybe I can find it again. Thank you!! Make more of these - it was lovely to watch and listen to.

Fantastic demo... I need to break out my water colors real soon!!!

YAY!!!!

Make a good short film. Show the right people. Repeat. Art x N = $ N= FANS .😊

A little outdated? Two years ago. God that is so long ago.

I always wanted to go to art school but after hearing everyone and seeing the current state of the animation industry the only way I would go to art school is if I get a crazy good scholarship, So devastated because animation is truly my passion :/

Something prospective students don’t realize until after graduating- community and public colleges these days can have the same network of contacts if they’re located within the center of industry in the field they’re interested in, further reducing the value of going to a ridiculously expensive private college- especially when a lot of adjuncts teach both in private and public colleges simultaneously. Public programs (while smaller) can also be relatively well-funded. Literally no job in any creative field requires a 4-year degree, just field experience and a portfolio and you can achieve both in public 4 or 2-year college programs. Even academia these days is reducing entry requirements to the experience equivalent to a BA or MA. At this point, I think people (who can’t easily afford the tuition) should reconsider committing to a private program unless they’ve achieved scholarships and grants that cover over half of the cost of college. I still think it’s insane to have graduated next to people who had over $200K in debt upon graduating when I can barely handle $40K in fed loans (and I’m employed!).

It's not a good time to be an animation graduate. In Hollywood, animation jobs are very scarce right now. Studios like Disney, Dreamworks et al are simply not hiring new animators. Even veteran animators are out of work. And most studios, even Disney, are outsourcing their animation work to other countries like So. Korea, Japan, the Philippines because rates are cheaper in those countries. So you better have a backup plan besides animation. And one other thing. You are not going to earn a lot in animation. You better really love animation to work and stay long in the industry.

animation is bad for your health, like smoking a cig.

I studied in Europe (so for free). I did CG animation as part of a computer science degree. I was far from the best, but haven't struggled at all getting employed. We even won a daytime emmy award at my first job out of school. This was 15 years ago though, and I've since taken a break to raise my family. But it still seems like 3D animation, rigging, modelling, rendering etc are in way higher demand than traditional 2D animators. I do 2D animation on the side for fun. But it has never landed me a job

I live in Barcelona, and although I'm lucky to live in an important european city with many schools and studios, there aren't any of the "famous" art schools such as CalArts or Gobelins here. I always thought I'd have to study either in the US, Canada or France to get a degree that would allow me to get a job in the industry, but as I grew older I saw that it is far from the thruth. At the end, being successful in a creative career is more about having a great portfolio and networking than how much you paid for your degree.

Hey there, girl, I’m an Academy of art graduate who graduated in illustration and graphic design. I didn’t even get a job in my field. I work as a set stylist and a in a PR fim part time I graduated in 2009. This is a story oldest time. I’ve never met anybody from cal arts who got a job in their field. Unless they had some type of nepotism that got them in.

While I cannot speak on behalf of animators as I am not one, I can say that as a consumer, I wouldnt worry too much about AI "taking over", as machine learning can only mimic a small handful of artstyles on its own, namely " generic anime" and "Pixar knockoff". It cant do cinematography on its own, either. I don't think I've ever seen an AI character from a profile view, for example. If anything, the most it will be able to do for animators is predictive in-betweening of key frames, which will save animators time and money on stuff which is traditionally outsourced, anyway. That being said, however, I wish the western entertainment industry didnt insist on ghettoizing animation as being either only for kids or adult comedies. I think if we freed ourselves up, perhaps maybe more animated feature films and prestige television based on novels comic books, we'd bein a much better place.

Short answer: NO!!!!! Not in America!!!!

Thankyou