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Shaikoten196 karma

Is hair pretty much the best thing to draw ever?

http://i.imgur.com/Xx9G6yI.jpg

traceyelle133 karma

nothing turns me on more

DivideAndConker79 karma

Solid hook, I'll edit in a headshot in a little but, my question is this:

Judging by the title of the AMA you feel it is important to not only identify as an animator, but a female. Is that significant? Do you feel that it makes a difference in your job/career? Why?

Picturelink added**

traceyelle102 karma

I think being a lady is great I'm proud of what my gender can do and it's been a good year for women in animation. Jennifer Lee won an Academy Award for Frozen and Christina Miller is the head of Cartoon Network. The important part of identifying as a women is that it encourages girls with dreams

Streetster76 karma

Your art is amazing! Have you ever made any watercolor animations? I've heard that animating "ink" is extremely difficult.

http://imgur.com/axlQv2c

Thanks!

traceyelle4 karma

No but I really like the Princess kaguya movie from Miyazaki and I'd like to try out the style for my next piece if it suits.

benjitudinal49 karma

How was it making the transition from hand drawn art to computer generated? Or did you learn these skills simultaneously?

Me and this noble creature

traceyelle20 karma

I think the tools you uses have nothing to do with your skills. If your know you principles you can learn to use any tool

SpoilySwiss49 karma

This is such a cool idea! First a question I've often wondered about: do you think anyone can learn to draw, or is a person born with a certain amount of talent?

My photo: http://i.imgur.com/dtuNx7g.jpg

traceyelle29 karma

Thanks spoily swiss I think anyone can learn to do anything and your only as great as you push yourself but talent is when you make what you've learned your own. If you find a skill that is worth doing it's gotta be worth doing it well. The only limit is your head

traceyelle79 karma

Here you go spoilyswiss SPOILYSWISS !

scrumbly38 karma

Could you draw me wearing my favorite tiara?

Question: I find drawing frustrating because I can't make what I see in my mind appear on the paper. Do you, as a professional, experience that too?

traceyelle3 karma

https://twitter.com/traceyelleart/status/572232449922494464 here you go ;) (can't say no to a tiara )

SlightlyEnraged29 karma

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traceyelle3 karma

I love Haitian food so much but pizza is great too

circa_198428 karma

What inspired you to do this?

traceyelle50 karma

I do this for my friends and now I'm doing it for you so now we're friends

budlightkilla26 karma

What are your favorite subjects to draw? i.e, people, places, inanimate objects?

self image: http://i.imgur.com/lJshnMx.jpg

doomketu26 karma

Do I make the cut to be drawn ?

So what made you do determined to draw 50 redditors ?

traceyelle22 karma

First one's done! http://i.imgur.com/hcr6jwm.jpg Who's next?

ToothbrushWilly19 karma

Your work is fantastic! When and how did you realize you had a talent for animation, or art in general?

http://imgur.com/EWklNls

traceyelle2 karma

Thank you! When I didn't know English, I used to use my art as a way to communicate things and my skills developed from there

pdv9018 karma

Me

If you had a week all expenses paid and a plane ticket, where would you go?

traceyelle15 karma

Paris

traceyelle15 karma

Hey guys I have a couple done but I'm having trouble posting a pic anyone know how to post a pic or a link with a preview ?

saltinado15 karma

What helped you develop such a distinctive style? Were you inspired by anything, or does it just kind of pour out of your head?

http://imgur.com/cjL6Ykd

traceyelle9 karma

I like at ALOT of illustrators (loish, tuna bora, john mahoney etc) and film makers (bad lurhmann, wes anderson, etc)

l_v_r8 karma

Which is your favourite pair of socks?

traceyelle11 karma

I got this foot socks with a rabbit on them rabbits are dope

Digzzy8 karma

http://i.imgur.com/EEgULo2.jpg

Great idea! How do you get new clients? Do many animators submit ideas and the customer picks the ideas that fit best?

traceyelle20 karma

Animators in the wild usually work in groups to find food, shelter and freelance jobs , sometimes a leader will emerge in the pack and it make a studio were they work for other larger creatures called ad agencies or production studios. Remember to not give the animator to much sunlight because the outside world confuses them

traceyelle7 karma

I'm working hard on your pictures, guys-- a couple new ones coming up in the next hour. I'm having so much fun, best Saturday ever!!

fix-it-up-chappie7 karma

http://imgur.com/lvu98MM

What specifically motivated you to become an animator in the first place?

traceyelle9 karma

English wasn't my first language and drawing helped me speak what I couldn't say I drew and I never stopped since

DapperDodger6 karma

Me and my fiancee

I am terrible at drawing, what should I do to get better?

traceyelle3 karma

Draw and draw and draw some more, I made SO many bad drawings in my art career; just look at my deviantart!

The secret is practice. No amount of talent can cover for hard work.

traceyelle5 karma

HEY GUYS SO SORRY REDDIT SHUT #50headshots DOWN FOR NOW I'M GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO PUT IT BACK UP TILL THEN WE ARE GONNA MOVE THIS TO FB HERE https://www.facebook.com/animatedesicions OR MY TWITTER https://twitter.com/traceyelleart FOLLOW ME I WILL DEFINTELY KEEP POSTING PICS. IF I DON'T DRAW YOU THIS TIME SEND ME A MESSAGE WITH YOUR EMAIL I WILL BE DOING THIS AGAIN IN MARCH PEOPLE ON THE EMAIL LIST WILL GET A HEADS UP THE DAY BEFORE I GO LIVE #50HEADSHOT #TRACEYELLE #TRACEYELLEART

gettingpaidforthis3 karma

Why did Reddit shut you down??!?!

traceyelle3 karma

They said I need to show evidence of primary income

traceyelle3 karma

But i've been doing this for years as a freelancer

Hot_Shot_McGee5 karma

This is awesome! Here's my buddy Jacob.

What got you started into this style? It's really cool and unique.

traceyelle2 karma

lots of experimentation and doing bad drawings-- I started looking at what my favorite artists were doing and I mixed and matched what I liked in my own art.

Drastnikov3 karma

What is your favourite animation? Me

traceyelle18 karma

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supercrackers2 karma

How long do each of these take you? 50 seems like a lot of work!

Here's me, I'd love to be illustrated: http://m.imgur.com/ZiRXat1

traceyelle4 karma

an hour I will try to fit as many of you as possible hopefully i can do over 50