Bellísimo.

You're welcome!

Aw, I don't want you to feel bad because of my work! I hope you feel inspired instead!

Thank you!

-All of the portfolio requirements are up on their website. [link] Use that as your main guide.

-At least 75-100% of your portfolio will be life drawings. They want both short (10-30 seconds) and long (no more than 15-20 minute) poses. Like 15-30 drawings is fine. They don't want to see photo-realism or conservative drawings like the old masters, but drawings that exhibit knowledge of movement, form, understanding of the human body and the placement of weight, and some stylistic fun stuff (but don't get hung up on style!!) My accepted portfolio is here [link] , but PLEASE keep in mind that it's just a reference and you shouldn't try to replicate any accepted portfolios! The Review committee hates that, haha, and warns against it a lot.

-Sign yourself up for a figure drawing class pronto for the above!

-They love to see figure drawings of animals, too! Draw at the zoo!

-Learn to draw expressively, experimentally, and just in every way possible. Diversify your skill set! Draw people, animals, settings, play with perspective, do a bunch of different body types, ethnicities, etc etc etc. Don't limit yourself to furries or anime or any of the usual sub-cultures of art for teenagers. Hell, you can be a professional and a teenager! Get yourself out there, put a professional face on, and do stuff!

-Keep a sketchbook with you and draw every day. Draw from life. You can see my sketchbooks on my Tumblr, here, if you want some inspiration: zakeno.tumblr.com/tagged/sketchbook (sorry in advance for dumb pairing sketches) (I'm a dweeby teen despite the big talk )

-They hate seeing elves, unicorns, or the specific type of anime that you see on dA all the time. There's a lot of different 'anime' style so as long as you experiment you'll probably be fine. Just make sure your art represents your individuality.

Good luck!