Bree Lydon: animation

For sophomore Bree Lydon, art has always come naturally. After picking up crayons and doodling on paper when she was two, she knew she wanted to pursue art. The 14-year-old is starting to learn animation in her home and has recently begun a new animation club at school.

“I have always been attracted to art. I like pretty things, especially when it comes to the art that I make. There’s something about being able to express me in [the art that I create] and also being able to tell a story without having to think about how to spell words,”  Lydon said.

Lydon is currently in the process of learning how to create animation. She wants to work in a big-time studio such as Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network and sees animation as a career option. However, Lydon has experienced a few bumps while discovering her passion for art.

“Self-doubt is my largest struggle when creating a piece. I’ll be extremely confident one day and then look back on it the next day, and I don’t even know what I’m looking at, or I’ll just completely run out of confidence on some days. Sometimes, it takes a whole week to get back to working on my projects, like animation. But with school, I like [projects] because [the class] is paced,” Lydon said. “You can only put so much effort in until there’s nothing you can think of, and that’s when artwork sets in, and that’s just a whole new pain to deal with.”

Bringing her passion for animation to the school, Lydon recently began the new Animation Club. Wanting to start a club for animation since middle school, Lydon didn’t have the confidence to get a teacher to sponsor the club, but this year, she got impatient and gained the confidence to ask a teacher to sponsor the club.