The Ringling Thread Part Deux (2005 hopefuls) + summary of old thread

[sula_nebouxi]

heya Annie, I'd suggest bringing some drawings so they can critique your work. It can be a valuable experience. They can tell you what needs work and what doesn't.

As far as charcoal sticks go(I assume that's what you're using), treat it like a paintbrush. Don't grip it like a pencil, hold it with the tips of your fingers. This gives you a much looser "feel" in your drawings. You might already know that...but the best way to use it is to use all sides of the charcoal. The tips, points, sides. They give you different looks and spices up the drawing with variety. Then just draw as you normally would. It takes a bit to get used to but it's a fun medium.

edit: Cat, yeah that movie was totally awesome. Dakota Fanning was *really* good in it. She's gonna be an awesome actress one day. Tom also pulled off a really good performance. The Yankees/Red Sox bit with his son was hilarious(Although a Queens Yankees fan? WTH?)note:non-new yorkers will probably not get that reference :). And yeah the animation was superb. Couldn't even tell if it was cg or not(good thing :)) Ever see the original black and white movie? It's a nice cheesy B movie, but it's still a classic.

Oh, when me and my brother were leaving the theater we had a discussion about the ending *(SPOILERS!)*




It went a little something like this:
Bro:Yeah, so what killed them?
Me:Uh...bird crap? Those birds were all over that tripod. And then that statue in the park had all those dead weed things.
Bro:Yeah...you know how much bacteria is in that?
Me:Yep...disease killed em. That's what happened in the original movie.
Bro:What disease was it?
Me:Um...AIDS?
Bro:....that's not transmitted through the air...
Me:Well...they were spraying all that blood everywhere...
Bro: Oh, that's right...



*END spoilers*

edit #2:I remember there was a complete and total panic in New Jersey and New York(represent) back when the original War of the Worlds was broadcast on the radio. People who turned on the radio in the middle were totally clueless and mass panic ensued. Crazy stuff...guess Orson Welles did a great acting job if he got all these people to believe him :P

Fun times :) Oh yeah, Cat...hope you're enjoying NC, and all that wonderful, glorious, splendiferous turducken...that is if you're having any :P. Happy 4th to you and to everyone else!

[anniednk]

Thanks Sula! I'll deffinitely do that :D (yes, I did mean charcoal sticks... didn't know what they are called :P)

I think my sister and I will see War of the Worlds one of these days. With your enthusiasum I will look extra-forward to it! Isn't it AMAZING how computer animation has evolved over the years? I remember watching that ReBoot show when I was younger, and I thought it was so cool and now...

I wonder how 'real' today's animation will appear five years down the line. I wonder how far it can be pushed.

[sula_nebouxi]

You're welcome Annie :)

I think there's much more that can be done. We have yet to create fully believeable humans in a close-up shot. And there's even more in the games industry that can be done. Oh, and Reboot was awesome...and Beast Wars too. The graphics were so simplistic yet soooo good. Oh, and while it wasn't cg, SatAM Sonic(with the Freedom Force) kicked major ass.

[anniednk]

I don't think I ever saw beast wars, but I do remember sonic! Ha, I would beg my mom to buy me a Tails plush, but she wouldn't. She said it was ugly :(

[anniednk]

What!? Former Disney animator Al Baruch held a cartooning workshop in my city in June, and I didn't even know about it? >:| He'll hold another one, right? Right?

[CatHicks]

There was a remake of the broadcast done in South America in the 70's and people freaked out over that too. People were fleeing to the mountians and killing themselves in the streets and junk. Crazyness!!

And that's great about the bird crap convo! Ha!

[jayneko]

Hehe. Asked my mom and dad about that broadcast but they don't seem to remember it.. But I can only imagine.. People here are very supersticious and beleive ANYTHING that's on the news. ;P

Happy 4th of July, yee crazy peoples!

[EccoXile]

Happy firework day everyone! :patriot:

I probably won't get much sleep tonight with all the noise...oh well.

on a slightly mroe related note, bought some anatomy books at target.com with my nice grad gift card. didn't even know they sold books, but it makes me a whole lot happier. Though, I would have gladly bought an army of rubber ducks instead.

[Pixeldragoon]

http://www.brookeolivares.com/

She won the PResidential award in 2002 apparently. Unless I misread, this is a hot bit of info, no? =D

[Arenyth]

Why is it a hot bit of info? Quite a few people were up for it this year, maybe I don't understand what you mean.

I believe the current holder is the animation student that worked for Disney's traditional department until it closed. Of course his references and portfolio is going to be a million times better than any student, but that doesn't seem to matter.
Not to mention that the presidential scholarship isn't only based on your portfolio. I believe you have to maintain a 4.0 gpa to qualify, something I've found most students have trouble with. (Being an A student my whole life... it was really a downer comin here)
You may be the best in highschool, but you're just another average kid at Ringling.

[ZeldaFreak85]

I also just saw war of the Worlds. VERY impressive. Awesome Animation.
ThinMint: What did you mean by

"Not to mention that the presidential scholarship isn't only based on your portfolio. I believe you have to maintain a 4.0 gpa to qualify, something I've found most students have trouble with. (Being an A student my whole life... it was really a downer comin here)"

Is it really really tough to get A's at Ringling? I am also an A student... HighSchool and College. You're startin' to worry me! :bashful:

[sula_nebouxi]

People killing themselves in the streets of South America? Now *that's* messed up o.O

Anyways...I spent the 4th in NYC watching the fireworkds live :) That was pretty cool...feeling the shockwaves of these massive blasts heh. Awesome seats too...I was standing on the FDR drive(a highway running north-south on the east side of manhattan). They closed it just so people could watch from there :). I know where I'm going if I want to see it again :P. It doesn't get as crowded as other popular viewing areas. It's weird too cause it actually gives you a better view. Shh...it's a secret :)

Oh...and Brooke's sister, Lindsey is going to Ringling too this year. She's a freshman and she posts sometimes on the freshie journal. Although I don't know if she got the presidential too :P

edit: I thought Ringling only required a minimum GPA of 3.5 to keep the Presidential scholarship. Oh Zelda, I've heard that getting A's at Ringling is very tough but not impossible. Basically an A to them is professional level work. Many many students have straight B's and C's but it doesn't mean that they are bad.

[jayneko]

Just thought I'd share.

http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style3,Ringling.png (http://www.sloganizer.net/en/)

Reload and enjoy the slogans. ;)

[jejuhorse86]

Hey ya'll~long time no see~hehe
I've been quite busy here in Korea :)
well actually busy hanging out with my old friends hehe
And i've also been going to this place where they teach art
starting from total basic of art..mostly pencil and water color..hehe

Jay that's pretty tight~:D

And~~~~this sunday~~~with my family i'm going to the theater to watch war of the world~i sooo cannot wait to see it hehe

now let's see...we got about a month and 10 days or so?

Oh and i'm gonna be staying at Keating~hehe and it's also a single room :)
Jay and sula i see that you guys are staying at the Quads eh?
you guys are sooo lucky~you got the kitchen and all...hehe
And next year i wish my room will be at that new student center they are currently building..heheh

Wow...so exciting...can't wait to see ya'll at the Orientation~^^

[Hett15]

Just got back from my long weekend of moving to Sarasota. I packed a UHAUL on friday. the uhaual which I had to drive to Georgia to go get :( . Then I drove 5 hours to sarasota, unpacked most of it, fell asleep, woke up and unpacked the rest of it with my father-in-laws help and then spent the rest of the day putting things in the right places in my apartment. (we have a great kitchen by the way ;) )The place looks great, it is close to everything, and its only a quick drive to campus.

My parents and family came down for the rest of the weekend and they stayed in a hotel on Lido Key on the beach. We spent the 4th of July eating and drinking in the warm Sarasota sand and surf. Then we went and saw the fireworks downtown. they were pretty good for such a small city. It was really neat seeing so many thousands of people lining the streets and everyone was getting alng and having a great time.

My overall experience was that every single person I met went out of their way to be nice to me and my wife. It was cool to know we have friendly neighbors. Even the people in the stores we went to were nice. We finished off the 4th with some Ben and Jerry's ice Cream at St. Armonds Circle (which I highly recommend everyone visiting at least to go to some of the restraunts there)

I flew back to Tallahassee from Tampa on a twin prop 18 seater Gulf Stream Plane. It was the first time I had ever flown on such a small plane. We had to walk out onto the Tampa Airport runway just to walk out to the plane to get on. Same thing when we got off in Tallahassee. It was a good trip. One thing I have to say about sarasota was that it was sooooooo hot the last day I was there. I am pretty sure it reached 100 degrees. Now I spend the next 6 weeks here dreaming about how wonderful Sarasota is. I for one am going to absolutely love it down there!

Edit: I also saw War of the Worlds. I liked it a lot, but there were somethings I didn't like or would have liked to see more of. of course I think the good outwieghed the bad by a lot. Good flik.

[EccoXile]

Wonderful news Hett. And you know, I love ben and jerrys. Woooot. Definatly going there.

It seems I'm at the cove, single room. I really wanted keating, but oh well. I'm far away from everything, but good view of the river. So it shoudl be nice. get some exercise. Luckily my loan was approved, so I should be set to go with abit more paperwork. I'm pushing the deadline...not a good idea.

[Pixeldragoon]

That's really strange thin mint, last time I checked...

"The Presidential Scholarship is awarded to the strongest student applicant in each of the six majors...A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25 must be maintained and one semester of probation is allowed."


Either I misread or misunderstand, or somethings up.

[EccoXile]

I was under the impression that you needed to have atleast 3.25 whilst at ringling in order to keep the scholarship, would make sense.

[Hett15]

meet some more Ringling people at

http://www.thefacebook.com

you'll need your Ringling email address whic you can get at my.ringling.com (http://my.ringling.com)
to get this email you'll need your student ID number they assign you which you can find on the bill you got. Sula, Jay, and i are already on there and there are a lot of older classman. Who knows you might even find an old highschool friend.

[Kendraad]

Sweetness! I'm trying to set up a profile, but your link to the ringling page wasn't working for me to see if they had my email up.

[Kendraad]

Oh, k, I got it now :)

http://rsad.thefacebook.com/profile.php?id=82800232

[ZeldaFreak85]

Awesome Link Hett! I just joined!
-Later :rendered:

[jejuhorse86]

Sweet~

But....my.ringling.com is somehow not working for me..
that's the exact site address i'm suppose to go to get my email address?

[jayneko]

Try my my.rsad.edu?

You just register and it should give you your email addy... As well as access to the forums and IQWeb and all those neat thingies.

[EccoXile]

http://my.rsad.edu

:P

think you need to have your bill all set out for getting that? because my account isn't liking to work.

[Arenyth]

My bad then, I was going by someone who wanted the scholarship. I've managed to maintain a 3.5, but that's just my first year. so we'll see :P

Saw War of the Worlds as well. Visually, I loved it, but scientifically? They decided to play the stupid card on that one. They didn't explain anything, which I don't really appreciate. Although it was nice to view from a common man's perspective as well, instead of some expert. So all in all, 3 stars for me.

[GBmoomoo]

for residence, my bill just says "Residence Hall Triple".... any clue which hall they are talkin about?

[jayneko]

Erg...You could call student life and check where it is. Triple just means you're sharing, probably, an apartment with two other students? ...Doubt it's a ROOM with three other students, but I dunno. :\

G'luck!

[jejuhorse86]

Thanks Jay that was the right address :D
now i got my own Ringling email ADDRESS XD haha
feels cool hehe

here's mine~ http://rsad.thefacebook.com/profile.php?id=82800240

[Pixeldragoon]

X3 STOP IT! You guys are all making me jealous =(

[EccoXile]

Chill kid...your the one that keeps coming back here :P Juast wait a few years and all will be well :)

[Pixeldragoon]

I dont wanna chill... unless I get a coke...

[EccoXile]

pop is bad! eat a popsicle :)

[anniednk]

I recently came back...

When we (id est my family and I) drove to Sarasota on Sunday, we drove by the school to make sure we knew where to go for the next day. We drove in through the "ghetto" side so my parents became skeptical. They said, "Are you sure you want to come here, Annie?" and "You'd expect it to be in a nicer area." I don't know why it bothered them so much - my HS is surrounded by the same - if not worse - sort of area. The school also looked very small, but then I remembered that there is such a small amount of students :P My older sister goes to FIU, which is a very new university with over 35,000 students (I think) and a very large campus. She didn't seem to register that smaller colleges don't need superfluous space :P

On Monday we (my whole family wanted to see it) came to the college early and went into the Keating Center. We stayed watching the computer animations on those televisions until it was time. The president was walking around and said a quick hello. We were then called into the information room (obviously I don't know what it's called), I filled out a form, and our tour guide came ready to show us around.

We first went into the computer labs (the hallway was pretty cool!) in which the precollege kinds were working on their ball bounce projects. Some of them were very neat. I liked the computer labs a lot :D Then we walked through the Cafeteria, Student Life Center, Library. There were many places we couldn't see because they were closed :(

We then went back to the Keating center to have a talk with the admissions counselor. He answered everyone's questions and was able to sell the school to my dad (yay!). He saw my sketch book and seemed to think what I had was okay and gave me tips for my portfolio, financial aid, etc. It was a good experience. I got a lot of information and there was a good environment.

My dad is now much more open to the idea of sending me to Ringling and my future attendance seems much more tangible :teeth: He is even considering sending me to the precollege (when I asked before he only told me it was too expensive)!

I know most of you are already in Ringling, but I really recommend visiting for a tour if you can. They told that my coming early may give me more leverage :O
Random information that some of you may care to know:
Eric Kaster (the admissions counselor we spoke with) said that they were only able to clear about ten people from the waitlist and probably won't be able to clear any more at this point :(
Our tour guide told us that about 20 students from the 100 of the precollege she attended a few years ago attend Ringling. Others chose to go to different art schools while others went to regular colleges.
Eric said that he and the other Ringling faculty wish they could offer more scholarships to students because they feel they lose the "cream of the crop" to other, sometimes lesser, schools that do.
He also said that, although drawing from life for the portfolio is important, it's okay to sacrifice the limits of reality for creative purposes. For example, if you're producing a still life but want a cup to fly, go ahead and add wings!
Oh, he said that they don't recomend learning animation until you get there, because everyone is taught from the begining & you may get bored, and, if you learned differently than how the teachers are teaching, there may be frustration.
Afterwards we went up to Tampa to go to Busch Gardens and Adventure Island for the next two days, which was fun.

[ZeldaFreak85]

Awesome Info. Great to know that you are interested in ringling! My Dad reacted the same way to the "Ghetto" area, and flipped out when there were "ladie's of pleasure" walking just one or two blocks away from RSAD. When I went for my tour, the cafeteria was closed. What does it look like? What major are you interested in? Computer animation or Illustration perhaps? If so, devote ALL OF YOUR TIME!!!!! To drawing and sketching so that you have a kick ass portfolio come next January (or 2 Januarys from now.) Oh yeah, good grades also help you get in. What year in H.S. are you?
Anyway, Definetly definetly definetly work on that portfolio. Ringling is totally worth it. It's one of the best art schools to be at :)

p.s. Is anyone going to the 12:01 am release of the Harry Potter book on Saturday? I can't wait for it! Gonna spend all day saturday reading it :)

[Hett15]

Glad you had a good experience at Ringling. My first time there I was exstatic about just being on campus. When you are already excited about being there and then you watch the computer animation in the Keating Lobby, you feel like you are "destined" to go there. A little dramatic, but you know what I mean. Being excited about school is a good thing. I spent far too long dreading going to class every day. Work as hard as you can on your portfolio. If you think you are working hard, you need to work twice as hard. Spend at least a month steadily working on it during every waking hour. No TV, No internet (other then for references), and just stick it out and get it done.

[anniednk]

From what I could see, the Cafeteria was of a good size. The tables were pushed around for cleaning purposes and there were small couches in the middle. There was a door that led to a buffet sort of area but was locked. It really looked just like the it does on the website :)
I am interested in computer animation and will be a junior next year.

Junior year will be so hard! I really take my education seriously, and I do have good grades (currently a cum 4.5 GPA). Next year I'll have more challenging courses on top of my clubs... But I deffinitely will try to devote as much time as possible to drawing. I need to learn to budget my time better... and stop taking too many naps or mindlessly watching TV (my forms of escapism :P) Thanks for the advice Zelda & Hett! I do need to work harder and am now more aware of what I need to do. :D

[Hett15]

I think it is time that a new Ringling 2006 thread gets started. We'll let Sula kill off this thread and we can copy paste all the good info into a new thread for next years up and coming. I'll try to get it started for the next group, but I think this thread has run its course.

Most '05 Freshman have moved to the www.livejournal.com/community/rsad_freshaman and www.thefacbook.com '05 Freshies group. And for any that don't know most of us get on AOL Instant Messenger and our screen names are all listed in face book profiles. Mine is Hett15 if you want me to give you some names.

It's been a long strange fun trip guys and gals. Glad we could help eachother out. This is Hett15 signing off. :yayca:

[Andoo45]

Many many congrats to all who got in. I'll see you guys in CA in the industry in 4 years. :D Until then.

[ScatteredLogical]

If anyone gets out early, see you in a year and a half to two years :yayca:

[sula_nebouxi]

Heh yeah...I think this thread has run its course. And like Hett said, it seems like we've moved on to greener pastures. It's been a fun ride and I'll never forget the people on this thread. No longer do we have the CA.org people and the Precollege people. We are the class of '09 and we will rock the house.

I won't delete the thread, or get it locked. Just so anyone who wants to post here, can. It's been a blast everyone. I hope we all meet sometime in the future, out there in the real world.

-Sula/Anthony signing off....