Pixar Visit.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Y'ALL.

Okay so here's a little coverage of my visit to the Oakland Museum of Cali. We finally got tickets online. And it closes tomorrow I believe. Fantastic timing mom. We could barely find parking, but we found this Chinese parking lot that was available. The supervisor was knitting in front. She didn't even acknowledge us.

Okay so anyway. Here we were! Front door. We weren't allowed to take pictures.

The exhibit was separated in three parts.

-Character
-Story
-World

The character section had tons of sketches in a bunch of different styles. There were also resin sculptures, collages, and huge paintings. It was interesting to see all the artists' perspective on each character.

The story section was pretty cool too. Connor and I were taking notes the whole time, and people were looking at us funnily. There were a lot of story boards and color boards (expresses all the moods in the whole movie in chronological order using color and shading).

Then there was the world section. This requires a whole lot of research. I am planning on doing a lot more research in my drawings this year. All the worlds in Pixar are imaginary and built entirely from scratch. AMAZING.

Going to this exhibit pushed me in the direction of going to art school. Dyana and I were discussing this on BART. I don't know what the hell I'm going to do in college. What's better, pursuing a childhood dream or having stability for the rest of your life? I crave my dream, but I want to be stable too. Why close all my options to what I can do?

I love art and Pixar.

But I am still lost.

WOO OKAY. Long post. I'm done now.