Since I seem to be pissing a couple of people off with my hatred for motion capture in feature cartoon animation, I figured I should go one step further and piss off some animators that do it by hand.
Animation Mentor. That online "school" that helps newbies and experienced animators alike get better at their craft has recently released a School Demo Reel.
They are basically showing off the work from the students. Quite a bit of this stuff is top notch. Dare I say, it is even better than some of the mentors own professional and personal work. Not to slam the guys helping the students, but I think some of them are getting embarrassingly lapped by their students. Good for them!
This of course could be a result of the student getting more time to hone their shots than the pro animators get on whatever show they are working on. And of course we know that working on some other directors vision can sometimes be stiffling. Whatever the case, it gives me hope that some of the new guys are going to be half way decent. Unfortunately, most of the other schools are turning out terrible animators/artists/TD's.
3 comments:
yep, the students are doing GREAT work! and as a mentor, I can honestly say that I'm stoked that the work that some of these students are churning out is better than some work that the mentors are able to do. It means two things.. one, that there are more kick-ass animators out there to be inspired by, and two, that the mentors are able to give direction and feedback that helps the animators meet and exceed their own expectations. So not only are we training up the next round of kick-butt animators.. but we're also training the next round of animation directors.
makes me smile. :)
Yes, that reel looked awesome! AM is such a great place to learn when you've got so many devoted mentors teaching. There are just so many resources inside Animation Mentor to learn animation! Keep up the great work everyone.
You guys in the states are lucky.
You have an animation union.
In the overall future of western cg animation:
I hope work does not go overseas.
I hope that people don't get slave
worked on a consistent basis.
I hope wages stay fair & equitable.
cheers.
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