My Accepted CALARTS Portfolio // Application + Sketchbook Advice

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I wanted to create this video because I haven’t seen anything similar for Calarts applicants. There’s plenty of Calarts sketchbooks available to view on the internet but hardly any Portfolios (which is actually a more important section because they get looked at first in the decision-making process). When I was applying, a video like this would’ve been super helpful. I had no idea how many pieces I should submit, how to balance observation with creative etc. I hope any future applicants that are feeling as anxious as I was can be reassured and find this video useful.
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Free cookie to anyone who spots the spelling mistake!!

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All music is by me!! Made with the iPad version of GarageBand I’m afraid I currently don’t share it anywhere :/
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Edited with Premiere Pro and iMovie - sorry for the wonky audio. Not sure what happened when I exported.
All drawn elements created in Procreate (including digital portfolio pieces)

[Meppity]

*TIMESTAMPS*

02:58 - Application Requirements
05:46 - My Portfolio
14:24 - Sketchbook Advice
23:00 - Demo Reel

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[IneffablyBisexual]

hmm... i have no idea what her favorite color could pOsSiBLy Be

[zoeintjiezu]

Only 60 get accepted out of 1000? 😱 Wow, congratulations!

[lion_san]

That kitchen observation at age 15 😱😱😱😱😱

[beelzebabe]

Can we just appreciate that Miss Meppity draws EVERYONE? Not just young muscle men and thin but curvy women...darling you have drawn EVERYONE and they are almost as beautiful as you are! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[keetbuch]

Hey I was applying alongside you but I got rejected. Means the world that you made this video. I was able to look at what you did and what it was that I didnt have. People dont really talk about thier portfolio, just the sketchbook, so basically thanks.

[pidgethepigeon]

Congratulations! Loving the matching yellow theme of your room and outfit.

[yungkimchee]

Watching videos like these puts me in a really weird place. Being 19, just recently discovering art and becoming engulfed in fervor to fulfill my artistic desires, I feel three strange things:


1. Immense inspiration. Seeing someone so incredibly skilled, so articulate in the craft, at such a young age too, truly says what not only what you are capable of, but everyone else as well given the time, energy, and passion
2. Debilitating dread. The years i spent until I started following art all seem so wasted, so null in comparison to every other great artist. Whilst you were developing your skills (At 15 you were creating insanely well rendered pieces!) I was off pushing daises. Now seeing all the true hard work, all the actual development and time I must spend in order to "catch up" to other great artist in order to get into schools for art and animation like Cal arts, to pursue my aspirations, all kinda tears me to pieces not gonna lie.
3. Something along the lines of hope. I can wallow all i wanna over time i should've been spending honing my skills, or dream all the dreams I can over what a great artist i could be, but what really matters now is I still have the time to do the things I want. Seeing someone as committed, as feverishly infatuated with the craft of art (albeit far smarter with your time, and far more developed) makes me feel a lot less lonely on the road to accomplishing my own goals.


Thank you for creating this. Deeply, from the bottom of my heart. I may be another stray internet comment on a video you might've just wanted to make for funsies, but the merit behind a video like this and the person, the artist who created it are incredibly important for the folks like me. It gives me, maybe even an "us", hope.


From this video alone, i can tell you are bound to do incredible things. From your work alone, I can tell you are so incredibly skilled, so incredibly committed, that your person is someone of intense value. And from this video alone, It gives me something to rest easy upon, knowing that I too can obtain the skills necessary to do the things I want. So thank you. Sincerely.
Congratulations on your acceptance! You deserved it and then some.

-btw ur accent is soooo cute lmao x3

[giuliaregis]

“I was 15 when I did this” my depression hits like never before. I mean wow. I’m 16, almost 17, and I do an high school specialised in arts and I can’t do any of these things.

[Eidolon_of_Ashley]

Congradulations on getting in calarts, That's a huge accomplishment! You really show a great range of different skills, and interesting points of advice. Your video is helping me apply to a different art school. I hope I can get it too. So thank you so much for this video, I hope you like it there!

[BevvyIsTheBest]

Would it be possible to make a vid on how you reached your current skill level? Like how often you draw and of you took classes, what ones? Also awesome advice! I'm not even looking to goto calarts, just wanna improve my art

[emi]

hello!

as a little kid, my dream was to live in paris and paint all day in front of the eiffel tower. as the years passed this idea started seeming quite unrealistic, but the wish to become an artist stayed with me the entire time. for a long time i had no idea of what i would do in the future, and then in 2017/2018 i found out about art schools.

i realized i could actually pursue a career in art, just like i wanted to be when i was little, and that it wasn't impossible as i had convinced myself it was!

i just turned fifteen years old and at the moment i want to write and illustrate my own books. but not like children's books. i want to mix "normal" writing with comics and big illustrations that cover up entire pages! this idea started after i read the book "moletom" (sweatshirt) by a brazilian author, julio azevedo, that is basically the kind of book i want to write. not sure if there is a translated version, but it is a great book.

i thought maybe i could apply to an art school on an illustration program? i'm pretty satisfied with my writing, so i don't wanna go to college for that.

there are still two years left until graduating high school, so in the meantime i'm gonna do some research in art schools! right now, my dream school is artcenter, but it seems really hard to get into. also, it's bit expensive.

anyway, i guess i just wanted to say thank you for the great video! it helped me a lot!

also excuse me if i made any grammar mistakes, i'm a brazilian kid and have only been studying it for about two years, so i'm still not fluent!

hope you have a great day :)

[duckyc]

CONGRATS I can’t wait to see what you make next :0D

[ladykaya]

i am obsessed with yellow, this video makes my brain go “ahhh!”

[pelinozge]

haven't even started watching the video and tbh I don't even know you but GIRL the cover of this video SCREAMS that you have an amazing understanding of perspective AND IT'S INSPIRING HONESTLY LEMME GRAB SOME PAPER AND A PENCIL RIGHT NOW

[alyciaanimates]

Bless you so much for making this! Calarts is my dream school as well and want to apply there sometime in the next 2 years. The advice here is really helpful, also congrats on getting in as well.

[sandyg.]

She looks like the female version of Joaquin Phoenix

[sisjddjsoks]

I’m eleven, I’ve always wanted to work for Disney, by going to cal arts. This is extremely inspirational, and is helping me learn what to practice to get in! Thank you so much!

[beesquestionmark]

Those ones you say you made at 15 are so good for a 15 year old wtf??? I’ve been doing art all my life and I’m 19 and nowhere near the level you’re at. You’re amazing :O

[malloryminx]

i’m not sure why but i teared up a lot during this video. you’re such a strong, beautiful inspirational young lady and i wish you the best of luck on your travels. thank you. 💛