March 2006 - Animation Mentor Report

Quote of the Month:
"I am so happy with my experience at Animation Mentor so far. The website has the most incredible community building aspects that I have ever encountered online... And I love how students and mentors here are so helpful and nice to each other. ... What other school do you get to interact with so many professionals in the industry!? This is definitely the experience of a lifetime and I'm getting so excited about animation."

Ken Music
AnimationMentor.com Student

You did it! You spent all this time working on the short film of your dreams; the story rocks, the storyboards are now ancient history, the sets look great and the characters are modeled, rigged, and even animated! You've spent months at the computer and just as long at the editing station. You've tracked sound, tweaked the lighting, rendered it all out... ran it all the way through to the final cut. You're done... right?

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My ultimate dream job would be in a place with people that are creating ideas and stories that they're passionate about. Somewhere that I'm going to be pushed and challenged, and where I can learn from other animators, and keep striving to become a great animator myself.

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I grew up with Star Wars, Disney and Ray Harryhausen. I initially wanted to be somehow involved with special effects. My father was an artist and constantly fed me with inspiration of all kinds. He bought me the Illusion of Life for Christmas when I was 9.

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Particularly the first few years of your animation life, we are constantly plagued by the nagging, overwhelming need to have our characters doing SOMETHING at all times. We're animators, after all, and we want to animate! A character can't just stand there doing nothing! He'll look dead! He should always be doing something, right!?

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Our book walks the reader through the process of creating a 3D animated short by breaking down the steps along one possible digital pipeline into individual chapters where the concepts and techniques of the topic at hand are discussed and demonstrated by way of general theories, examples, suggested exercises, case studies, and occasional interviews with short film directors and various industry specialists.

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The Animation Mentor Report is your inside guide to US movie releases and the visual effect companies who made movie magic.

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Check out this month's photos! Carlos Baena, Animation Mentor Co-Founder, was in Colorado recently to give a talk and hang out with some Animation Mentor students. Also, the Animation Mentor staff travel to Lake Tahoe for the 1st annual Animation Mentor staff Ski Trip!

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