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Good Adviceby *TomPreston

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I’ve been given such great advice over the years... no wonder I’m so happy and content with my life...

When I went to Disney World in Florida and took the back stage animation tour, the tour guide (a real Disney Animator) kept saying how awful it was and telling us horror stories about working there.

A favorite book of mine growing up was the autobiography of Bill Peet, a children’s book author who worked for a good many years at Disney and helped write 101 Dalmatians, Sword in the Stone, and The Jungle Book among other accomplishments. But the book is very clear in depicting Disney NOT as the great man he’s usually made out to be.

Before going to college I was warned a number of times that going for Art would be challenging and difficult, and I was constantly reminded that working for Disney meant signing away your soul and your personal creations.

When I graduated from college in 2004, the field I got a BFA in wasn’t doing so well and in the end Disney did fire all their 2-D animators to try and take on Pixar. Leaving me fresh out of college with a degree I couldn’t really use and no job prospects.

There are other reasons of course, but I sometimes wonder if a lot of the reasons why I haven’t done more with my life is because my dreams were crushed at such an early age.

Honestly, even if it meant signing away my “soul,” I don’t think I would mind working at Disney now...

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So apparently a few people are getting the wrong idea about this comic. I'm not trying to suggest that Disney is bad and that I have received "good advice" in staying AWAY from them. I'm trying to say that by listening to all the negative advice I haven't been able to achieve with my life what I set out to do as a kid and that I'm not as happy as I should be.

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*6Phantom6 Feb 10, 2013

Now I'm more depressed about college life in general.

~BlueAuroraLight Jan 25, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

i would dream of aniimating for Disney, but I heard so many bad things about Disney, that now i don't know, but I still try to accomplish the dream, it would be cool to see you work for them

~sampea Oct 26, 2012

I have the same dream!

~ThomasAnime Oct 26, 2012

I find this comic similar to the Aesop fable of "The miller, his son and the donkey", and its moral is similar to the fable: If you let everyone's negative opinion of you and what you're doing affect your decision, your life will be ruined.

*oOLunariOo Aug 25, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I read that book too about Bill Peet, it was really interesting, and changed my view on disney a lot.

~SerenDippityDooDah Aug 22, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Really?
I myself have always wanted to be an animator at Disney!
I don't know if you're reading this, but, it's nice to meet you! lol We have a career ambition in common.

*BigDream64 Jul 4, 2012 Student Artist

Disney in MY opinion is the greatest still. Yes, they MAY HAVE gone down hill cuz the world is screwing itself up, but we HAFTA pick it up! After all, Pixar's doing it, why can't WE?! I still love Disney in any way shape or form. (Except for horrible paradies from crappy adult shows.)

~Sarafan206 Aug 2, 2012 Student General Artist

same here, i love diseny

~Cartoonnut1 May 3, 2012

Hey where's that one comic where you found out your old roommate was working for Disney?

~EnglishRoses Apr 27, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

I've heard all this advice as well... I still want to work there! Whats the worst that can happen, you go for it and you don't like it? So quit, and work some place else! At least you'll have your OWN experiences to go off, not other peoples!

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