I have been a huge proponent for the old atelier style of learning craft with any art form. In the 17th century in Europe if you showed an aptitude towards a trade like painting, you were shipped off away from your family to live with your master at a young age to learn everything you could about that craft.
Animation lost the mentor/apprentice paradigm with the invention of CG. You do not see this relationship as part of the workforce today. These animators are being taught early, while still in high school by professionals and will be way ahead of the curve when they go to college.
My friend Lennie Graves is one of the teachers on this video (red shirt) and I think this is a really great way to mentor students online - check it out!
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So, if I want to be an animator can I come study/live with you, and put flowers in your hair each morning, goddess?
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so will i have to peek over his shoulder every time i need to learn animation.Bill Plymton has been doing this,but i find this method absoulutely useless.Of course if there was live interaction like at worth1000.com then learning animation via mentors will be worthwhile.
Late to the party on this one, but I can say from first-hand experience that the ACME program is a huge help to students, especially the live videoconferences. To get feedback directly from studio folks is of tremendous value, and it helps reinforce what I'm telling them in class - sometimes they need to hear it from someone else besides their instructor for it to register :0) Dave and John and everyone who participates in ACME is doing the future of the industry a great service.
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