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Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
Thanks guys, keep em comin! @Slipsius - Yeah iAnimate and AnimSchool both look good, but as I mentioned, I can only secure student funding here in the UK for Animation Mentor since they are the only 'Animation School' who are accredited by the UK govt. -
Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
Did they let you take up paying where you left off, or did you have to raise the entire fee again? Theres a cheaper, and some would say better, animation program out there, I believe its called ianimate? It lets you pay in instalment (by class section). I hear a lot of rumours about games studios not hiring AM graduates… -
Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
Back when I worked at Disney Interactive we had a intern who enrolled at AM when his internship with us was over. He was an alright animator before, but after we was awesome. We hired him on as a full-time animator, but he ended up leaving to dreamworks six months later. If his massive change in skill is any indicator,… -
Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
I know 2 guys that took Animation Mentor. Both of those guys were already seniors working in the games industry, And they both had tremendous things to say about it. The issue with Animation Mentor in regards to game animators (as was touched on before), is that a majority of the program is revolved around performance… -
Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
I don't know of any studio that specifically refuses to look at reels of non-AM grads. A policy like that would be silly, especially because pretty much every lead and supervisor hasn't attended an online animation school. There is certainly an undocumented boost that seems to happen with AM grads applying at studios where… -
Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
A friend of mine is an AM graduate. He wasn't very good before he started and now he's being picked as animator of the day on some animation site every now and then. He's become very good. What he told me was that it was definitely worth it and that AM graduates are actually pretty popular. They've gotten jobs at Pixar,… -
Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
This sounds a bit silly too...and more like a single 'case' example than a general rule for 200-ish AM graduates per year. I'm currently in class 5 at AM and have yet to have been taught any sort-of 'ego'...if anything, it's the exact opposite with the general gloves-off style of critique one gets from mentors and peers… -
Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
Hey everyone. I'm currently facing a bit of a decision, and I'm doing some research before I make the choice. I got accepted onto the Animation Mentor program back at the beginning of 2011, and unfortunately had to pull out due to lack of funds. I am taking a student loan to cover the majority of the fees, but they can… -
Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
I can't give you much more detail on the whys and wherefores, but a guy I worked with a couple of years back went through AM and straight into animating at Weta on Planet of the Apes and The Hobbit. -
Re: Animation Mentor, post graduation thoughts and advice
Thanks Chris, good to hear! I'm curious, these stories are all obviously very positive, but a lot of these grads are already animators with some degree of experience. Is it possible to go from beginner, to competent through AM do you think? As I said in the OP, I'm not entirely new to it, but I'm certainly not anything…
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