So he got a job at the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he produced short films using cutout animation.

вЂ“ Walt Disney First commercial success and bankruptcyДЄs determined as Walt Disney was to achieve his goals, no amount of belief was going to get him anywhere without the money to fund it. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you Walt was dismayed, but far from ready to quit on his dream.ДЄll of my obstacles have strengthened me. Sadly, they failed to attract enough customers andВ the business went under after only a month. Together, they formed Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists. With unwavering optimism and the support of his new friend Ub, Walt opened his very first business. This would have discouraged many aspiring artists, but not Walt Disney. Not even a year had passed when a sharp decline in revenue pushed Walt Disney out of the job, the justification being вЂњhe lacked imaginationвЂќ. His brother, Roy, got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he met Ub Iwerks, a fellow cartoonist there. Some of his work was even published in the army newspaper.ДЄfter his time in the Army had ended, Walt Disney returned to Kansas City at 18 years old with the goal of becoming a newspaper artist. In his downtime, Walt would give life to his unrelenting imagination by drawing on the side of his ambulance, covering it with cartoons from stern to stern. He was accepted and soon shipped to France where he spent the following year driving an ambulance.ДЇor all the blood and grisly injuries Walt would face on a daily basis, he found comfort in dreaming up new cartoon characters for his future career as an artist. Nevertheless, Walt was insistent on joining, and so he tried again вЂ“ this time enlisting for the Red Cross with a forged birth certificate. But he was rejected since he was still under the minimum age of 17. At night, he took illustration courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts to broaden his skills.ДЄt 16, a shy yet determined Walt Disney dropped out of high school and attempted to join the Army in their fight against the Germans. Walt Disney attended McKinley High School back in Chicago, where he drew patriotic pictures about WWI for the school newspaper. The job was exhausting and Walt would often fall asleep in class, but he continued his paper route for more than six years to help his family. They would make another paper round after school as well. Being amongst trains all summer induced Walt with a fascination for them, a passion which can still be seen in his theme parks today.Дuring the rest of the year, Walt would wake up at 4:30 every morning with his brother Roy to deliver the newspaper before school.

As he grew older, he picked up a knack for storytelling and would tell his classmates outlandish tales while illustrating on the chalkboard.ДЄt ten years old, Walt and his family moved to Kansas City where his uncle employed him to sell snacks and newspapers along the railroad. His teachers would often catch him daydreaming or doodling pictures of animals and nature. At seven years old, Walt decided to help his struggling family by selling his drawings to neighbors and family friends.ДЄt school, Walt Disney was rather inattentive. Young Walt instantly fell in love with art and intently developed his skills by copying the cartoons in his fatherвЂ™s newspaper.

When Walt was four years old, his family moved to Marceline, Missouri, where his artistic talent was sparked by a neighborhood doctor who asked him to draw his horse.

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