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  1. Tue, 10-04-2005, 12:38 PM #21
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    I've never done all nighters but I've gone to school on about half an hour of sleep on regular occations. Do that for a month or two and you feel that the world is three steps ahead of you all the time. I remeber after I finished collage and I hung out with my freinds they were surprised how diffrent I was from all the sleep I was getting. Food really helps keep you awake. eat like half a sandwitch ever hour and drink alot of water you can go for days like that with out any problems. I do that when I'm working on film's and we do like 18 hour days for like five days a week, really helps.
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    I have a major problem with insomnia to the point were i've be hospitalized as a result of severe sleep deprivation. Its not the staying awake i have a problem with

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    Soda, get the sugar in your system and you will be able to stay awake.

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    Originally posted by: Lefty
    I've never done all nighters but I've gone to school on about half an hour of sleep on regular occations. Do that for a month or two and you feel that the world is three steps ahead of you all the time. I remeber after I finished collage and I hung out with my freinds they were surprised how diffrent I was from all the sleep I was getting. Food really helps keep you awake. eat like half a sandwitch ever hour and drink alot of water you can go for days like that with out any problems. I do that when I'm working on film's and we do like 18 hour days for like five days a week, really helps.
    Food does the opposite for me. Whenever I eat I get food coma and ass out. Soda and coffee doesn't work for me either. If I get sleepy, nothing can stop me.

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    My question still stands: Why is being an animation student so demanding? 0.o

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    Originally posted by: XanBcoo
    My question still stands: Why is being an animation student so demanding? 0.o
    it's alot of fun but also alot of work. my focus was mainly in 2d because i like drawing. i took a couple years of 3d animation but it's basically just like engineering. all math and such and i hated it. but going into 3d is just as demanding as going into engineering. 2d on the other hand, like i said before is alot of fun but also alot of work. 1 second of animation can contain 30 drawings. and i like to draw but i suck at it so it often took alotta redos of several drawings. pluss, when you start making short films for your finals, in addition to the animating, you need to write a story, storyboard, revise the boards over and over and over, film an animatic, make more revisions, make character and prop designs and make more revisions and you need to do all these things by a deadline. again, it's fun, it's high paced, but it's alotta work.
    the downside is, there aren't many jobs in 2d right now. i've been applying at the studios for over a year now and still haven't been hired. all i've been doing is working freelance on whatever i can get (right now i'm currently working on a flash animation for a website) and running out to the studios everyweek picking up and dropping off portfolios. but if ur a kick ass artist you shouldn't have any problem getting a job. i'm not so the struggle continues.
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    My strategy for all-nighters = Loud music. Keeping loud, upbeat music going will really help you keep going. I've found that it's one of the few things that isn't a drug or caffeine that helps me stay awake. Lots of bright lights and the occasional splashing the face with cold water helps alot too.

    You'll feel like hell the next day though. And pulling 2 all-nighters in a row can really leave you a frazzled wreck at the end of day 2

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    Man, if u guys don't sleep for 4 days at a time or only 30 mins a night per month, won't u look like shit considering ur eye bags and body pains?
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    Gotta write a paper so gonna be doing an all nighter tonight. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

    I don't think it's even possible to do 30 minutes a night for a month or even 4 days without any sleep.

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    Originally posted by: ChiaCheese
    Originally posted by: XanBcoo
    My question still stands: Why is being an animation student so demanding? 0.o
    it's alot of fun but also alot of work. my focus was mainly in 2d because i like drawing. i took a couple years of 3d animation but it's basically just like engineering. all math and such and i hated it. but going into 3d is just as demanding as going into engineering. 2d on the other hand, like i said before is alot of fun but also alot of work. 1 second of animation can contain 30 drawings. and i like to draw but i suck at it so it often took alotta redos of several drawings. pluss, when you start making short films for your finals, in addition to the animating, you need to write a story, storyboard, revise the boards over and over and over, film an animatic, make more revisions, make character and prop designs and make more revisions and you need to do all these things by a deadline. again, it's fun, it's high paced, but it's alotta work.
    the downside is, there aren't many jobs in 2d right now. i've been applying at the studios for over a year now and still haven't been hired. all i've been doing is working freelance on whatever i can get (right now i'm currently working on a flash animation for a website) and running out to the studios everyweek picking up and dropping off portfolios. but if ur a kick ass artist you shouldn't have any problem getting a job. i'm not so the struggle continues.
    Oh my God I'd love being an animation student (2d, like you - I suck at math n' shit). That sounds so awesome! Mabye I will look into it...

    Sucks about the job though, good luck.

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    Staying up all night is something you should avoid at all costs. If for any reason you need to stay up all night, let it be for a damned good reason. If that's the case, just keep reminding yourself of what will happen if you fall asleep. That remains the single most potent stay awake technique for me.
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    I would say that the math for 3d animation and graphics isn't really that bad. Graphics uses matrices and vectors to represent everything that is happening. Once this basis is created, its all just a matter of simple linear algebra to determine how various things relate to each other. It seems like alot of math, which it is, but its all pretty basic stuff to apply.
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    tehres a huge difference between ur average math and say, fourier series, or differential equations.....a HUGE difference
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    It's true, us animators are always pulling all nighters. In fact, I'm pulling one right now in order to get some storyboards done. (In case you're wondering, I'm currently an 2d animation student at Capilano College in Vancouver).

    I normally just make sure I have plenty of snacks and liquids, the body requires alot of energy to compensate for the lack of sleep, either way though, your body's going to regret it the next day.

    Well, back to storyboarding I go.
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    place a candle in front of you (in case you are sitting) and if you fall asleep you should wakeup quick enough.
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    I go to an art school and had to do all nighters all the time last year, I finished a painting in a sitting that took me 30 hours or so to complete, 3 in the afternoon till 12 in the afternoon the next day
    All I need to worry about the next day is making it through my classes before I crash
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    Originally posted by: hopeknight
    It's true, us animators are always pulling all nighters. In fact, I'm pulling one right now in order to get some storyboards done. (In case you're wondering, I'm currently an 2d animation student at Capilano College in Vancouver).

    I normally just make sure I have plenty of snacks and liquids, the body requires alot of energy to compensate for the lack of sleep, either way though, your body's going to regret it the next day.

    Well, back to storyboarding I go.
    nice. i had a friend that went to Vancouver to study animation. It's a very intense program they run up there, but they're turning out alotta great animation and animators. do you have a website with some exapmles of your work? i would interested in seeing some.
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