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I love drawing fishπ and yo girl passed her exams WHOOP WHOOP!Related content
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It looks lovely! I love the way you draw fish!
Aaaaah im so glad to hear that you passed your exams! CONGRATS FRIEND! How are you doing?
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Aaah thank you <3! 
YAAAAS 
we are actually in a midlife crisis lol. So we went to WDKA and at first I thought the day went pretty well (it was much better organised than at HKU). So basically we had to make 2 assignments, and have a conversation with 2 teachers about our portfolios. Making the assignments was pretty fun to do, because there were more people who we could talk to etc : D
So everyone had to talk to the 2 teachers, but they ran out of time so they had to shorten the conversation time. But like, when it was our turn they split us in two, so normally you talk to the 2 teachers, but we both got 1 teacher to talk to. And tbh I thought it was pretty unfair because now only 1 person judges your work and you don't get a second opinion. I mean, if you are going to split us, also split the people who come next to us... but they didn't do that. I'm honestly getting a bit tired of it since people always see us as 1 person because we're twins. So I got the drawing teacher and S got the animation teacher. The teacher I got immediately basically said that my art wasn't my original style, that it was 'borrowed', that it was anime/manga and i was like BRUH. Honestly I feel like this is my own style, obviously I got inspired by lots of artists, but if you think all art that isn't realistic or in some artsy style is anime/manga then I feel like I don't need no teacher who's going to shape me into their liking and let me change my style from my original style to something they have in mind (which is going to end up being unorginal). And then he came with questions like, do you go to art museums and are u interested in art history. And I'm just being honest, like, no, it's not something I would voluntarily be interested in (besides animation history of course). I understand it's needed to understand a bit more, but we got the feeling they were more focused on the past, on traditional art and styles, but we honestly feel like animation is so much more based in the future. I mean look at the weird animation at MTV, animation in music videos, I don't feel like art schools are looking at that side of animation at all, but that is what is where the future lies, and what in the end will get paid for, in my opinion. And then I showed him my animation and he cut it off and said: so you already can do this, what do you want to learn at this school? And i was like, anatomy, writing stories, basically becoming better at animation lol, etc etc. And then he said, well, this school is namely self-study. And at that moment i thought like, I know, but what else am I going to learn here then? And tbh we already had doubts about art schools that it would mostly be assignment - deadline kind of teaching, but we just pursued because we wanted to have a study experience and didn't like any other studies. S's experience overall went a bit better we think.
But anyway, it all comes down that I got rejected and S hasn't received a letter yet. Although even if S will get accepted she won't go. We actually think it's for the better, we and art schools just aren't on the same line, and I feel like we would have regretted it later on anyway. So now we're going to take a gap year and work, and look for other studies which we don't even know whether we're going to find. Anyway, animation is still a thing we want to do but just not on an art school. At least now we can not only focus on animation but also other stuff like film, fashion etc we want to do too. Now we're actually more motivated to kind of prove to ourselves that we can do it on our own, but then next to maybe a regular HBO/university study (because to be honest, we already had doubts whether or not we could live from animation alone).
The only thing we're sad about is telling our family that we didn't got accepted, because it will come off as if we aren't good enough, while we honestly think we at least have potential to become better.
tho we just loveedd Rotterdam on itself so we still hope we can study there omg!
Omg, sorry for the long comment but I just had to vent a little haha. OH and S's laptop is kind of dead so we kind of typed this togethaa haha.
How are you doing? Hope you're enjoying your holidays! <3
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Yeah I can imagine! Fortunately it would've been possible to go to VAVO for just 1 subject BUT WE DONT NEED NO VAVO CUZ WE GRADUATED! Β Β Β I'm so happy for you both ;u;
Oh dear. That really sucks. I of course have no real experience with not being seen as a full person, but I can imagine that it must be very frustrating to only be recognised as "the identical twins" instead of just D. or just S.. I mean, you're both yourself? I don't think it was fair at all that only you and S. got to talk to one teacher, whilst all the others got to talk to both? Fortunately it did not matter that much as the things that the school was offering just didn't appeal to you in general.Β
BUT; What. The... Not YOUR style? What .... I mean there's just so many people around, of course it's not unique unique like no one has ever seen before and people always get inspired by people somehow? And tbh i can always recognise your art as your art. The way you do the colouring etc. Pssh. There are so many artists who got inspired by other artists or manga/ anime styles. Nothing wrong with that?
I don't know that much about animation to be fair, but it sounds somewhat reasonable to have an understanding of the past to look at the future. I wouldn't think of it as fun, but it might help? idk. I think both the past and the future should be equally important. I mean, it's no use to know what artist died in what time period and what artist had which breakthrough or whatever, but the fundamentals of some things can sometimes show a deeper understanding. But like I said, I really dunno how this would like directly apply to arts n stuff. But we don't only have to get stuck in the past, gotta use the past to understand the future and to look at the future. Both should be given equal attention imo.
Wat lol, did he really say that to you? It sounded like you've already passed what they teach there. I think the assignments are just there for like practice and stuff and show people new possibilities. Practice makes perfect I guess. But it's kinda weird that that's just basically all. Art schools can be very weird sometimes, so I've heard.
Art schools are super tough as well. The deadlines are just crushing people and the stress it gives people is incredibly high. It sometimes feels ridiculously unfair too, how they give people marks etc. It sucks that it isn't what you had expected it to be, but i think that it's good that you had a clear vision of what you wanted and decide now that you don't want to follow through. It's better than seeing this like when you've already started and already started to accumulate those debts (god, college fees are frickin' high). To be honest, you might be able to pursue what you want without an artschool with enough time and dedication. It's hard, but if you enjoy what you do you it doesn't feel that way most of the time.
I hope you can find a study you enjoy next year. To be honest I wouldn't have ever thought that I'd go and study law a few years ago, and now I'm nearly starting... It's so weird. There are also some things like Game Design studies, etc. which you might could look into. It's of course a majorly different study, but it might have some things in common. I'd just go and try to catch some open days of unis or HBO's and maybe there is a study which is nice c:Β
I can imagine that that must be hard. You could maybe tell them that you didn't want to go there so you kind of said no to them instead of them telling you 'no you're not accepted'? But idk, family doesn't always understand, my family doesn't always either. Hopefully they will not make a big fuss over it.Β
Did you already start your job at the Action (it was Action, right?)? Is it fun?
No worries! Sorry to hear about the laptop OTL. Do you think that you can still fix it somehow? Or is it time for a new one? D:Β
I'm all right, thanks! I'm quite bored though the last few weeks. I've picked up running again and I do that now once every 2 days, I was able to run 5km straight (no walking) yesterday which felt like quite an achievement. Since I haven't got a job or anything and since the weather has been quite meh, I've not been able to do much (can't really be bothered with drawing/gaming/reading either somehow). This Friday im going to Utrecht to look for a room, which I really hope I can rent when I go to uni. I hope the girl is very nice, but she already looked quite friendly over whatsapp and stuff so I think that that should be OK. I hope that she thinks I'm nice too so that I can be her new roommate <3Β
I've also got the UIT-week coming up next month. I was very hesitant to sign up (it's quite expensive!) but I heard it was fun and that it was very good to get to know the city of Utrecht and make friends more quickly there, so it should be worth it. I'm pretty excited but it still feels quite surreal, it's all going so fast.
Oh and I also passed my International Baccalaureate exams for the bilingual classes. I scored a 6 out of 7, (there has never been a 7 -the best possible mark- at my school) and I was only 1 out of 2 students with a 6. I was very surprised as I thought that I had written complete poop on my essays (the exams in early May which were 50% of my final mark) that didn't even make proper sense imo. But this score is super neat in case I'd like to go abroad to a uni someday, as most unis want a certificate from me to prove that my English skills are all right (and they want at least a score of 5 on this programme).Β
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SO sorry for late reply!
YAAS I'm so happy the 3 of us graduated! omg time flies, I remember us talking when we were still in year 1 haha.
I think it was all a good learning experience that art schools just aren't for us. I know I should have brought more diversity in my art (not only my digital art) and other styles, but tbh that just isn't me (same goes for Seraja). And I think you're right about past and future being equally important! I would love to learn about animation history, just not the whole Rembrandt van Gogh stuff all over again (though I think their art is beautiful, I wanted to do animation school because I thought it wasn't so 'artsy', but I thought wrong lol). I'm actually really glad now that we weren't accepted because we actually found something that I think I like even more! (and I can always keep doing animation next to uni ofc) So we're thinking of doing Asian/(Korean) studies in Leiden. I just always wanted to learn about an other culture and language and since we're really interested in Korea we think it will be fun! BRUH in your second year you're going to a korean university OMG I ALWAYS WANTED TO STUDY ABROAD TOO. this' ma chance lol. So this year we'll just go to the open dag and see!
Ooh and we thought we'd start working fulltime after the holidays, to keep some free time haha!
And I think it's time for a new laptop since it's already really old! (and we want a new (faster!) one too haha).
Omgg 5 km straight? Dayumm I couldn't do that (should start running as well now I have some free time haha). Yesterday I longboarded 22 km, but tbh it's barely any workout because I don't have to make much effort to ride for a while lol. Like, I once had to bike 11 km and was all out of breath, but going with a longboard is so much easier and more fun!
Ikr, for some reason I can't be bothered with drawing/gaming/etc these days as well! But luckily the weather got a lot better 
Oh myy I hope you can rent the room! Is it nice? ^^ <3
And I hope you have fun at your introduction, but I'm sure it will be!
Wooooh congrats on passing those exams girl, with that score omoo! <33! And indeed so neat that you can show that in the future when you're studying abroad! Already have a country in mind? My friend is actually going to study English in Wales, I'm so jelly haha! And my other friend (one that moved to England 4 years ago) is now moving back, and we will meet up soon after 2 years I think! I'm really excited to see her again after so long, hehe!
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Hi there! Excuse me for the late reply too!Β
Indeed, haha! I think we even started talking before year 1, haha. Time really does fly.Β
That's very true! At least you won't have any regrets of not applying to art schools. I mean, if you hadn't tried it you might (years later) actually have "regretted" it since you would've thought it might have actually been a nice thing. Now you know that's it's just not a path you would want to choose, and that's better than thinking you would've missed out on it.Β
Oooh, I think I've heard of that study before. A friend of my brother's did that as well I think. It sounds really awesome! I think it would fit you both really well, haha. Just go to the open dag and take a meeloopdag too, and you'll know soon enough if it's something for you. You might as well just go and visit some other studies at the meeloopdag to get the whole feel of that particular uni a bit better. I assume that the first open days will be like, somewhere in October or something? AAAH studying abroad is so epic ;u; I think you'll go there for your minor then? That's really cool! I'd really love to go abroad and study there too! Just to feel the whole culture, have a great experience etc. etc.Β
Aaah good idea, holidays are very important. Sad that the weather hasn't been super great all summer so far though :c You still planning to go and work at the Action?Β
Aah, a new one might be better then! You already got a selection of laptops, or haven't you looked into it much yet? I am looking into a few myself atm, but they are so hard to compare and everything is so expensive, bwah. Like, I need to spend at least 600-700 euros to get a proper laptop on which I could do like some painting and some ordinary gaming properly. But I also need it to be sorta lightweight and not too big since I'd have to carry it around all day D: But if you are looking into a laptop of that price range I might be able to help since I've seen like most laptops of that price range atm, haha. I've compared so many already!
Oh god my heel started hurting somehow and I haven't run for the past couple of weeks since running hurts terribly. Maybe I did too much running, haha. Hope it heals soon! Oooh, that is a lot of longboarding! How's it going? It's the longboard on which you can sorta "dance" right? It looks hard but very cool!
I got the room! I hadnt' really expected it since it took her a whole lot of time to give me the message, but i can get it on probation. I got like a "trial period" of 3 months, and if we both are happy with how things are going, then i can continue renting the room (otherwise i'll just be heading home again). It's a very small room (only 8m2) but it's good enough for me. I only have to share everything with 1 roommate (the girl) so that's very nice as well. I am going there next week to spend my time during the first introduction there. She won't be there, so I'll be all on my own in the tiny house. Pretty daunting that my introduction week starts next week already (it's not exactly a week tho, only from 15th to 18th of august). ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND BILLS ARE APPROACHING TOO D: D: D:Β
Thanks! I hope it will be! I'm still a little nervous (but well, I'm always nervous for new things so) but I'm sure it will be all right. Just gonna have a good time there and meet some new peeps!
Thank you so much!! I'd love to go to England or America once to be honest. I've been looking into England for a long time already, and America seems pretty rad too. Aaaaah I'm very jelly, hahaha. Is she going through a special programme or something? Since I heard that the college fees in the UK are very very high, sadly. Some unis take like 9k a year or something, it's insane!Β
Aaah that is wonderful! I hope you have lots of fun during the meet! Is she going to live near/in your home town again?Β
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Wat fijn dat je geslaagd bent en leuk idee zo die vissen als 'haar'. Geniet van je welverdiende zomer!
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Ahh super bedankt! <33
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