In our home city of London, animation production is up 300% over three years, with more growth on the way, and the industry crying out for studio-ready talent.
Below is a brief list of stuff to help you get ready for September 5th, including buying one or two books. You don't have to do all of this, but tick off a few of the things on this list and you will be a making a great start on your animation career.
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| The best book on animation |
Any serious student of animation should buy a copy of The Animator's Survival Kit, by Richard Williams. It is now the standard textbook for animators and easily the most comprehensive book available for learning animation.
Animation Methods by David Rodriguez
Animation Methods by David Rodriguez is a very useful overall guide to all the processes involved in Maya animation. It is especially good for the technical bits that the older books don't cover. It takes you through Autodesk Maya and shows you what all the tools do, and how to apply them to your animation.
OK - so you've bought a book or two - what else? The next thing to do, assuming you have a laptop at home, is get yourself a free copy of Autodesk Maya . Maya is the main software we animate with, nowadays it's the industry standard. We suggest downloading Maya 2015 for now.
Below is a free tutorial in the Maya tools (there are lots of similar ones) hosted at YouTube, to get you started.
Don't be daunted - just take a quick look! Maya does look a bit confusing at first but it's good to get familiar with the layout, and learn where the main hotkeys are, and how the interface works. You can register and get a free Maya student license here.
Start watching our free videos
Once you have done that, take a look at the week 1 videos at the website. The week 1 videos are all free and this gives you a general introduction to the medium of animation, helping you to get familiar with the language of the medium.
You'll need a decent laptop, something powerful enough to run Maya, which you can download from Autodesk here for free. You might also want to get a Wacom tablet and pen. See this post here on the perfect animation workstation.
Got questions?
Got questions about the course? Post them in the comments section below, and we'll be glad to give you answers!
Welcome to our course!
If you do some or all the things on this list - you will have a great head start with us! We look forward to meeting you!
To Register and get started, follow this link.
----Alex
To find out more about Animation Apprentice, click here for a link to Frequently Asked Questions. To sign up for our next classroom at Animation Apprentice, follow this link.
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