Anonymous
Why do most people from CalArts draw big round eyes? Is it an animator’s thing? Is it a technical choice?
Two reasons:
1. Confirmation bias. If you say that most CalArts students draw big round eyes, then you’ll find CalArts students that draw big round eyes. There is a wide variety of “styles” at CalArts, go and find the ones you like!
2. Some people like mustard on a hot dog. Some like ketchup and mustard. Some like relish. Some like onions. Others enjoy chili and cheddar cheese. No one knows why they prefer their hot dogs’ ingredients, or think about why, they just like eating them. It’s no different with drawing.
Here’s some storyboard to final comparisons for my fourth year CalArts film, Please! I wanted to do this a few weeks after I put the film online, but didn’t want people to see spoilers, so then I just forgot about it. I did all the boards on Post Its. Since it was such a pain in the ass to fix issues in the animatic, it really forced me to get it right when drawing. And crumpling up Post Its and throwing them on the ground is just satisfying.