I always find it important to look at animation from other countries, not just to see the contrasting styles and themes, but to also support animation as a universal art. This year, I got to go to the Chicago Latino Film Festival near the end of its run, seeing an animated film from Argentina! The Director, Maria Ramirez, was there in the theater, and I loved how she spoke in her native Spanish saying that she was very honored to show the political and social aspects of Buenos Aires in various stories depicted through animation. One of them, dealing with a little boy and his artistic imagination chasing a pretty graffiti artist, became my favorite. It's that simple story about chasing love... and then it becomes this inspirational piece of work about inspiring artistic freedom in a city that's claustrophobic and somewhat tight from conformity.
It's moments like these that inspire me to keep doing art.
Which... by the way, is going very well! I've sold a couple illustration pieces from my online store, and I'm glad that people have commented on my work and are supporting me. I'm not about to drop everything and do this full-time (though that would be amazing!), but it's one of the things that's pushing me to get up every morning.
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