The class started out as predictable as all of the others I had taken at college. It was normal, except for the woman in the bright red kimono in the back of the room. She didn’t look like an undergraduate student and was seemingly out of place in her glaring red attire. I looked around the room at my peers and I seemed to be the only person who was actually surprised by her wardrobe choice. Our professor entered the room and motioned for the woman in the kimono to come up to the front. And the thing that happened next still shocks me to this day–she dropped her kimono. I was pretty sure Intro to Animation wasn’t a nude figure drawing class, but apparently I read the course description wrong. I quickly averted my eyes in a mix of horror and embarrassment. I couldn’t believe it. Why was I here? Wasn’t this supposed to be a Digital Arts class? What did this have to do with animation?
At the time, I was no artist. I had never taken fine arts class before. And in all honesty, there was a reason…
Taking Art to the Next Level 