Hi there!

***Congratulations! If you are reading this, you have stumbled upon my very first blog post on my very first public blog. Before you start reading on, let me warn you that am brand new to the blogging world, so please excuse my inexperience to entertain readers. But trust me, I will try to make this blog as interesting as possible. Now, where should I start?***

My name is Kory.
I am eighteen years old.
I am currently a freshman enrolled in The University of Texas at Dallas.
My major is ATEC(Arts &Technology).
As of now, I plan to minor in Visual Art.
My favorite color is turquoise.
I love my family and friends.
I love music.
I love movies.
I love art.

So the reason I majored in ATEC was to pursue my dream of someday working at an Animation Studio such as Dreamworks or Pixar. ATEC has many areas of study, such as game design, sound design, and animation. The area of study I decided to pursue is 3D animation. The only thing is, I currently have very little to no experience with how the animation process works, the different  animation software, and the overall lifestyle of the professional animation industry. With that being said, here is where the blog comes in.

I consider myself a complete amateur when it comes to art and computers. Sure, I've taken a digital graphics class in high school, so I have a little background experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash. I also took a couple basic art and drawing classes, but other than that I am a complete beginner in the world of technological art and design.
I know that I am only a freshman in college, and you're probably thinking that the whole point of college is to gain knowledge in your area of study, and that college is the place to start learning how to do everything you didn't know how to do before. I  totally understand this. The only thing is that there are many other freshman in ATEC that have much more experience in the artsy stuff(incredible drawings and paintings) and tech-e stuff (knowing adobe software forwards and backwards), so I feel a little disadvantaged.
But instead of being pessimistic about it, I'm going to embrace it. The only direction I can move is forward, right? :)

So here comes the point of this blog. I am going to use this blog as a sort of learning tool. It's going to be a learning tool for me, and a learning tool for all of my lovely readers. Every time I find out some new information on art, animation, Photoshop, etc., I am going to blog about it. It could be either information on an animation company, different art techniques and artists, or some tips and shortcuts on how to do a task in an adobe software. I might even post some of my own art, to see what you guys think. Basically the subject matter can vary on each post (Although my posts will be relevent in the matter of increasing my skills for becoming an animator).
This blog will be an experience. Hopefully a positive experience in which you and I can gain useful knowledge.
It starts now.

-AA