Wow, great responses. I think I'm going to do both. Learn on my own and take some classes. At the very least I'm hoping the classes will keep me motivated through the rough stages of learning. I've watched all of the demo clips on autodesk.com and was really fascinated by them. I've also been following the Dominance War…
Hello George, well I geuss you will of gotten some damn good advice right about now on a direction. So I'l add my little ounce of advice. http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/money_mouth.htm Read that, is all.
I love my job more than ever. Now, 22k is a lot of cash to outlay if you are trying to decide on a career, and you OBVIOUSLY have doubts. So don't spend any money yet and do what the rest of old buggers did - have a go. It's not open heart surgery, grab Silo or XSI mod Tool and start modeling. There are thousands of…
Art college for games is a waste, imo. Unless it's extremely game-centric like Digipen (15yr waiting list, btw), it's really a waste of money. If you look at the portfolio's of graduating students, the majority look like high school level art. Being self taught (as myself, and MANY others on here are), shows the studio…