ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 4
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 4
(Or: Why Every Art Student’s First Style Is Just a Glen Keane Knockoff)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE BURN ART SCHOOL TO THE GROUND 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Expose the art school scam.
✅ Teach you things that actually matter.
✅ Remind you that “finding your style” is the biggest scam they sell you.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I have to suffer, I’m dragging everyone with me.
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(Unless you want to keep believing that “style” is something professors can teach you.)
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LESSON 4: THE GREAT LIE OF “FINDING YOUR STYLE”
(Or: Why Your First 500 Drawings Are Just Bootleg Disney Characters)
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🔥 THE MYTH: “YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR STYLE”
Art professors love to tell students:
🖌️ “Develop your own unique artistic voice.”
🎨 “Style is what makes an artist stand out.”
🤔 “What’s YOUR aesthetic?”
What they don’t tell you?
🚨 You already HAVE a style. It’s just buried under years of self-doubt. 🚨
Also, half the time, they’ll just punish you for having one anyway.
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🔥 WHAT “FINDING YOUR STYLE” REALLY MEANS
1️⃣ You start by copying everything you love.
2️⃣ You spend years imitating Glen Keane, Hayao Miyazaki, and whatever anime you watched last week.
3️⃣ You feel guilty because your art “isn’t original enough.”
4️⃣ One day, you realize no one is actually original, and every artist is just a mix of their influences.
5️⃣ BOOM. YOU HAVE A STYLE.
That’s it. That’s the process. Nobody tells you this because art school profits off your confusion.
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🔥 THE FOUR STAGES OF “STYLE DEVELOPMENT”
STAGE 1: THE GUILTY PLAGIARIST (aka: “Wait, this looks too much like X”)
• You copy every artist you admire.
• You start drawing Disney characters but give them emo hair.
• Your professor says, “I see your influences, but what’s YOUR voice?”
• You feel like a fraud.
🚨 REALITY CHECK: Every artist starts here. You are NOT a fraud. You are absorbing influences, and that’s GOOD.
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STAGE 2: THE FORCED EXPERIMENTATION PHASE (aka: “Professors Made Me Do This”)
• You panic and try to be different for the sake of being different.
• You draw with your non-dominant hand to “break free.”
• You try cubism, surrealism, and drawing with a chicken feather dipped in ink.
• Your professor acts impressed but still hates everything you do.
🚨 REALITY CHECK: Trying new things is great, but forcing yourself to be “different” when you don’t even know what you like yet is a waste of time.
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STAGE 3: THE “SCREW IT, I’M JUST GONNA DRAW” MOMENT (aka: “Wait… I actually like this?”)
• You stop thinking about “finding a style” and just make stuff.
• You absorb your influences, but now they blend naturally.
• You stop worrying about what’s “unique” and start worrying about what’s “fun.”
• Your work starts to feel like YOU.
🚨 REALITY CHECK: This is when style actually happens. The second you stop forcing it and just make stuff, your influences mix together and become “your style.”
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STAGE 4: ACCEPTANCE – YOU HAVE A STYLE (BUT YOU KEEP EVOLVING)
• You realize style isn’t a destination—it’s a process.
• Your work keeps changing.
• You experiment for fun, not because you feel like you have to.
• You finally understand that “finding your style” was never the point—getting better was.
🚨 REALITY CHECK: If someone tells you they have a “finished” style, they’re lying. Every pro artist keeps evolving. That’s the whole point.
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🔥 WHY ART SCHOOL DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS
If art schools admitted that style isn’t something you “find” but something that naturally evolves,
💰 They wouldn’t be able to sell you four years of confusion.
Instead, they’ll:
• Act like “style” is something that must be discovered through deep suffering.
• Punish you for imitating other artists (even though that’s literally how every artist learns).
• Confuse you into thinking you need them to “find your voice.”
🚨 YOU DON’T. YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP MAKING ART.
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🔥 HOW TO “FIND” YOUR STYLE (THE ACTUAL WAY, NOT THE ART SCHOOL SCAM WAY)
1️⃣ Absorb influences. Copy artists you admire. Everyone does it. The greats did it. Do it.
2️⃣ Keep drawing. The more you make, the more your natural tendencies will appear.
3️⃣ Let it happen naturally. Stop forcing it. Your “style” is just the sum of your influences + your own taste.
4️⃣ Remember: NO ONE is “original.” Every artist is just remixing things they love.
5️⃣ Style is a process, not a goal. It will keep evolving forever.
🚨 That’s it. That’s the secret. 🚨
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: STOP WORRYING ABOUT STYLE, JUST MAKE STUFF
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Style is not something you “find.” It’s something that happens while you work.
💀 You don’t need permission to draw like yourself.
🚀 The only way to develop a style? KEEP MAKING ART.
Don’t let art school sell you a lie. Just make the things you love, and your style will find you.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
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💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 5 – Networking: How To Befriend the One Student Who Will Actually Get Famous
(Or: How to Strategically Attach Yourself to Future Success Like a Parasite.)
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the worst “style” phase you ever went through?
(Or, who was the first artist you copied when you started drawing?) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
