Blog #3: My Relationship With "Cartoons" From Childhood-Now

Basically what led me to begin being interested in animation was my fascination with TV when I was a child. I would sit in front of the TV a LOT, at least more than usual kids in the 90's did. I would watch Nickelodeon, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, and the PBS kids cartoon shows. There was a time that if you threatened to take away my TV I would burst into tears. Life seemed unimaginable without being able to sit in front of that box and watch magic occur right in front of my eyes. Just so you get a gist of the stuff I've grown up watching here's a short list of the shows I used to watch regularly: Catdog, Angry Beavers, Rugrats, Looney Toons, Tom & Jerry, Pokemon, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Doug, Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, Spongebob Squarepants, Wizard's of Waverly Place, etc.) As I got older I found that I was still watching cartoons regularly while other people were watching MTV, sports channels, and other  "boring" TV. I really haven't stopped watching cartoons all together but I'm more into the believable animation (fantasy or not) and the process of how things are made. A lot changed from the 90's to the present 2010's. Though I saw the differences in graphics and animation over the years, I can't really think of a complete list of the movies that impacted me most. I do however, know that the original Shrek, Toy Story, Harry Potter, 1000 B.C., Up!, Avatar, etc. did really peak my interest in animation and CGI/SPFX. (Avatar was probably THE most influential for me. I watched documentaries, read books, surfed the internet for information about it, I was extremely inspired.) I don't think that I would be as into creating movies if I hadn't watched the amount of TV/movies that I did as a kid. So I salute my parents for not always encouraging me to go outside, and for taking me out to movies a lot, they may have sparked my interest in my future career!