...and so it begins

The past few days have been incredibly eye opening and inspiring. Of course it has come with a lot of stress and empty honey bun wrappers, but I know this is the path for me. 

I've been getting a lot of questions about Animation Mentor from friends, and honestly I could write a whole blog entry dedicated to explaining more about the school, but I found a video that can do a better job explaining than I can...

 

Animation Mentor is a 18-month program that focuses in teaching advanced studies in character animation, thoroughly preparing you for the industry, mainly because you are being taught by the industry. In those 18 months, you take 6 classes that last for 12 weeks:

Basic Foundations
Pychology of Body Mechanics
Advanced Body Mechanics
Introduction to Acting
Advanced Acting
Polishing & Portfolio

 I will be starting Class One, Basic Foundations, in a couple of weeks, and even though I've already learned the basics of animation, from SCAD, I'm excited to learn it all over again from people in the industry.

I recently started orientation for AM. Orientation runs for approx. 3 weeks, until the first day of classes, March 26th. It's a pretty straightforward schedule. We were given access to the student handbook, a free copy of Maya, along with special AM tools that help produce better and technically sound animation. In addition, we are expected to go through these next 3 weeks watching orientation videos that explain different aspects of Animation Mentor and how our learning experience is going to go.

I'll try to update my blog every week, and when classes start I'll update you on progress with my animation. Eventually, I'll start to post sketches from my sketchbook as well. But for now, I'm going back to sleep. 

In the meantime, enjoy this Animation Mentor video showcasing student work from last year!