Quote from Camila

Just want to congratulate you guys. The collab was a success!!.

And we almost have a perfect score

I wanted to know tho, what do you guys want to do next?, I'm at your service, I'm also worried about guz, could any of you contact him?.

Camila, I can try it for you.. I can talk to him with Indonesian language, so I will tell you..

EDIT :
damn, he is also ignoring us.. maybe I should ask opalino for contacting him if you want.. cause gus never ignore opalino

Quote from Resh

I suppose so. I guess im just asking for advice here, since Im completely lost.

If you want advice, you could try making a thread in the general section. You'd get a lot more people seeing it who may have good advice or past experience to help.

Sorry I can really suggest anything personally. Best advice I can give is that you shouldn't stop doing art completely if your enjoying it as much as it sounds like you do.
Putting on hold for a while sure, but quitting entirely would probably make you feel terrible. That's about all I can say (have a similar problem too, but on the education end).

Thanks kursura, and I hope your problems work out in the end as well!
I'm going to man up and have a serious talk with my parents this time, hopefully they can see my side of the situation and we can come to an agreement.

I admire your bravery, good luck .-.
It sounds like there rather 'traditional' (not sure if right term) where grades are everything, rather than finding something your passionate about or skilled at.
It's a shame no one you know seems to care about your hobby or your talent.
I recommend asking for more peoples opinions on what you can try. There's only a few people here (and some of use can't even solve our own problems :/ ).

(as a side thing, does that umbrella fullbody animation not impress them? My parents backed off a bit after I won bse so I got lucky there)

IF animation is the reason why your grades have been low, then I guess you really need to spend more time on your academics. I'm not telling you to stop, just telling you to prioritize your studies more than your hobby. I've been prioritizing my studies as of now and I'm doing just fine, not like in the past where I put my all in animation.

Though if it's not the reason, your parents have no reason to make you stop. It's your passion after all, as long as it doesn't affect your studies in any way, it's alright. What you need to do is just... balance. Balance your time for both school and here. Though it's a preferable option to give more time to studies.

Resh, your artistic touch is not a hindrance. Your parents think you're going nowhere with your grades due to animation, but for me, your animation is what's gonna lead you to future success. You never know, it might be your lifetime job and it may bring more than the future your parents planned for you.

I'm not really good with advices, just saying. I've been here, my parents were trying to stop me. Until I showed them that I can earn money with art/animation and that I have a future with this field of study. I wish you good luck. Hope everything goes well.

EDIT:
LOL Kursura! Same here! They started supporting me when I won BSE V4 and earned money XD
I told them it was an international internet contest lolol

Now there's some great advice. Thanks for writing that Fordz.
I told mine it was an international internet contest too XD , Highfive! In all fairness it was though. And because I have a habit of discrediting my stuff they didn't mind when I told them how fluky and niche it was XP .

I'm not really sure if this is on topic or not, or whether I'm welcome to give input or not, but whatever.

@Resh, I think you're a cool guy. I can certainly appreciate your work. But to be blunt I think your parents are right on this one. Now I'm not trying to discourage you or anything, in fact you're probably one of the newer animators that I seriously admire, but how do you think will you fare if you do decide to take animation to a more serious level? In your part of the world, how does your art do in terms of financial security? There are literally thousands of great and talented artists - be it digital, on canvas, or music artists, that have gone unnoticed and are having a hard time with living independently because they followed their dreams.

There are certainly people who have succeeded, but for every success story you hear, there's a thousand of failure stories you don't hear.

In the end, I think you should just do what you think you'll regret the least. "I shouldn't have given up on my art" or "I shouldn't have ignored my parents" are the possible things you'd be saying 10 years from now, and I think you should go with the one that you think will leave you less fucked. It seems to be a pathetic philosophy that I can see people would interpret as "selling your soul to the world", but personally I still think it's the more realistic approach.

Dont worry Resh, you'll figure it out and get through this c:
Like DiPi said, we cant control your life, but we're here to support you!! :D

Am I the only one who thinks that resh's parent are not right?, can't they see that their son has an amazing gift making animations?, is the classic "my son must be a *i.portsnt profession here* idc if he's good at something else" case, they really should ask reshy what does HE want, instead of making him be something that he doesn't want to.

Resh, think on what you really love and want to do, try to talk with them, and don't be afraid to dedicate time to your artistic gifts, eif it's what you really want, you should pursuit it.

I'm not saying that they don't love you, I'm prety sure they are awesome parents, but I do think that they should ask you what do you really want.

Edit: damn smile that was a pathethic philosofy, you can find nalance as fordz said, and keven if they don't let you "wasre" 1 sec animating, then tjey are wrong.

Resh, do as YOU please. I mean, don't disobey your parents completely, but make sure to tell them how important art and animation are to you. And FordZ is right, try finding a balance!
Good luck mate.
10000th reply on this thread, woohoo!

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Resh, do as YOU please. I mean, don't disobey your parents completely, but make sure to tell them how important art and animation are to you. And FordZ is right, try finding a balance!
Good luck mate.
10000th reply on this thread, woohoo!

Yours is 100001 though :P check the top right corner of your post.

It isn't the 10000th post, but as I said: "10000th reply on this thread, woohoo!"

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It isn't the 10000th post, but as I said: "10000th reply on this thread, woohoo!"

My bad ^u^

@kursura they dont seem too impressed, since they see it as more tedious than "fun" (I've also never gotten any money from my crap which might be another factor)

@smile/fordz yeah, I dont plan on becoming an animator/artist when I grow up, since I also prefer the "practical" approach. However, it seems like they are trying to limit it as a hobby as well, which I find unfair. Sure, my grades could go up a bit, but im satisfied with what I have. But they arnt. I'll try my best to find a new balance, thanks guys!

@camila/barithmo/jan Thanks for the support! I'll see if i can come to an understanding :)