For the last three months I have been attending Animation Mentor. I have to say I have learned more in that time than at any time previously in my life. Honestly. The people are straight forward about what they teach and how they teach it.

The first term was about the twelve basic principles of animation. So I kind of straggled my way through doing the minimum. It dawned on me at the beginning of this term that I was actually studying to be a professional (there's a difference between...

Berticus

So I wrote my first (application specific) tutorial for Blender today. It's about my own paneling technique which, while it gets the job done, is a tad crude.

I would accept comments on how the process in general can be improved.

Find it here.

Berticus

So it goes like this: the chosen package to use in Animation Mentor is the latest version of Maya. So here I am, a seasoned veteran of Blender (I know most aspects of the program and can use them somewhat efficiently) and now I'm looking to migrate to Maya. As of yet I have not found any specially targeted tutorials or any tutorials that meet my needs (that is, tell me where the poly editing tools are hiding, hot-key shortcuts - these are extremely important to me as I am a hot-key fanatic - and...

Berticus

I'm quite taken by this scottish poem I ran across... :P Just thought I would share it with the crows.

An update on my Animation Mentor experience:

1) I had a long conversation with the registration adviser at AM and I asked a few questions:

Q: "How many students have dropped out of Animation Mentor?"

A: While she did not have the number on hand she was able to give an estimate (good as gold to me) that less than a tenth of the...

Berticus

Well, sides from Aceman (bless him for this wonderful addition...) I think I'm so far the only one to take advantage of this sweetness. I will be recording my misadventures at Animation Mentor on this blog (first: because I like y'all more than I like the whole world, second: this places is sweetness on a server, third: ... ¿ I think I covered it all...?)

So far I have:

1. Applied: it was difficult to actually come up with appropriate answers for the questions proffered....

Berticus