{"id":622,"date":"2010-04-21T00:53:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T04:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=622"},"modified":"2010-04-21T02:17:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T06:17:13","slug":"can-i-learn-character-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"Can I learn character animation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I guess this is a taste of how uneventful my blog will be whenever I get a full time job.  Besides going to work (and constantly tweeting how many hours I have left), I&#8217;ve been spending the rest of my time working on composing the underscoring for a documentary, which I mentioned last week, which I think is going well, though I wish I could do it a bit faster (while not sacrificing quality, of course).  And, of course, I wish I could do it full time!<\/p>\n<p>I did post a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oArwJT4WIPs\">new YouTube video<\/a> the other day.  That&#8217;s one of the cues I wrote for the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Um&#8230; yeah&#8230; not really much else&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I have been looking into this online animation school: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animationmentor.com\/\">Animation Mentor<\/a>.  I came across it exploring animations on YouTube.  (I was researching stop motion animation with the ambition of buying a camera and filming some shorts.)  It looks extremely tempting; I would LOVE to learn to do the kind of character animation they teach.  The thing is&#8230; it costs quite a bit (like, $18,000).  It would basically be like going back to college.  But still&#8230; gah, does it look tempting.  It&#8217;s a definite maybe.  I mean, I&#8217;d apply right away if it cost less, so it&#8217;s mostly a matter of financial support&#8230; and even if I applied, I might not get in&#8230; though I think I meet all the requirements (there aren&#8217;t many), I don&#8217;t know how selective they are, or if they might have a preference for people who have studied art, animation, and drawing longer than I have&#8230; after all, I majored in Computer Science!  But of course, I never had an opportunity like this&#8230; anyway, it&#8217;s feeding my daydreams for the week.<\/p>\n<p>Things that look good about it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taught by pros from the big studios, like ILM, Pixar, Blue Sky, etc. with actual online interaction with them.<\/li>\n<li>Very focused on just character animation, not diluted with software specifics, or how to model things, or do lighting, etc. \u00a0Just character animation!<\/li>\n<li>Few requirements. \u00a0I don&#8217;t have to submit a portfolio, like many art schools require.<\/li>\n<li>Very nice looking showcase reels from previous students. \u00a0(Though some students&#8217; reels don&#8217;t look as good as others (some on YouTube look pretty awful), the ones that make it to the showcase are pretty spiffy.)<\/li>\n<li>Very good reviews online found by Googling around about it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The things that make me hesitate:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Price&#8230; $18,000 *gulp*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guess this is a taste of how uneventful my blog will be whenever I get a full time job. 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