Pixar... you let me down.

so exactly one year ago today i was sent a denial letter from Pixar, for my application to the Art internship for Summer 2008.
so what do i get today, a letter i wished would never come.

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Dear Amanda Wallace

Thank you very much for applying for the Graphic Art Internship position with Pixar Animation Studios. While we appreciate your background and experience, we unfortunately do not have a position to offer you at this time. We encourage you to visit our website periodically and apply to future positions of interest.

Pixar Animation Studios wishes you every success in your future career endeavors.

Thanks,
Pixar Recruiting
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its a sad day, but obviously there was someone better. i do have to say my portfolio layout and work has been much improved since i sent my portfolio to Pixar. so here is to next year and a fourth try. i will never give up, because you always have to have a dream and Pixar you are mine. someday. someday.

all i want to know...
where do the portfolios go after being looked at. what dumpster do they end up in because my poor, gold book doesn't deserve such a future. i want it back! so Pixar where do they go, is there a vault? a special room?

pixar.... do you see me?

so as many of my readers know, i have a dream to some day work for Pixar Animation Studios. so again this year I am knocking on their door! After finishing the toughest quarter of my life in school, which included many all nighters, very little sleep, and no social life, I took on one more thing... handmaking my crazy portfolio book just for Pixar. It took me about 4 days of finding all the files I needed, lots of formatting and a spur of the moment photoshoot, but I got it done and the book arrived at Pixar yesterday at 9:10am.

This is my shout out to you Pixar! This is my third year applying for an internship and I am hoping this is the year, because there is a Graphic Art position! I am hoping it is destiny calling, because I am graduating and my dream job finally is up for grabs. So, hey Pixar, I am the one you want, I will work my hardest everyday, please give me a shot? At least an interview? The portfolio, (that I sadly will never see again) is me in a book, hopefully it was enough to knock your socks off.

Oh and yes, I know the book is intense, but it shows I am driven and it was supposed to be overwhelming, maybe a little crazy is good. Shows I want it!

portfolio for Pixar.

so i am setting my bar high, which most of you already know i tend to do, and apply to PIXAR for an internship. this is my beautiful - one of a kind, never to be repeated - mini (5x7) portfolio that will never be given back. sadly. i whipped up the little box and now i want to keep it. yikes. but, sometimes it is better to make something that will give the extra "oooo...." factor. keep your fingers crossed, and maybe i'll get lucky and at least get an interview. here's hoping the box will show i can think out of the box?