Carla's Story

My passion is art.

I first discovered my passion for art when I was nearly 6 years old. I never knew why I became so intrigued by that subject, but I did. For the following years, however, I did not accentuate on my hidden desire to learn how to draw because I did not know what to draw. At the moment I thought, “Maybe I am not meant to become an artist..I lack the creativity,” and I stopped thinking about it. Last year, during the summer, my oldest brother reintroduced me and my siblings to a Japanese form of cartoons called Anime. I became so fascinated by the art they used; it seemed like a simple--yet attainable form of art with a hint of complexity found within it. And so, for the rest of that summer I spent most of my time watching anime-character drawing tutorials; trying to immediately start drawing.

A great reason why I would like to attend US Performing Arts Animation is because I feel that it would inspire me to develop my own unique style of drawing. I would also love to have a hands-on experience with creating different types of things and to be able to witness other types of techniques used to create art.