While online school for computer animation?

[KrzysztofFus]

If your serious about learning this. I recommend you skip online school and just get a Gnomon 1 Year membership for 500$ and just watch and do all of their tutorials.

[jubala]

I have some of the Gnomon dvds and looking to get a degree and schooling. I am in fl but can only go to a fl school or a ga school or do it online.

[KrzysztofFus]

If you do the gnomon tutorials for a year. You seriously might have a strong portfolio going to be able to go to a school like Ringling, SCAD or SVA. Fullride. Consider this. As in online schools. I cant recommend any.

Also, most of the Online Computer Animation Degrees, IE Gnomon, Fullsail. and the others aren't real degrees.

[Jinosuke]

If you do the gnomon tutorials for a year. You seriously might have a strong portfolio going to be able to go to a school like Ringling, SCAD or SVA. Fullride. Consider this. As in online schools. I cant recommend any.

Also, most of the Online Computer Animation Degrees, IE Gnomon, Fullsail. and the others aren't real degrees.


Not sure what he means by not "real degree's" as I know Full Sail does offer a degree program. The quality of that particular program though I couldn't say, though i have worked with several people who have graduated from the campus program who are quite good. I would suggest taking a look at www.animationmentor.com this looks to be a great program, and the quality can be seen just in the instructors (or rather "mentors" ) that are involved in the program.

Note that this program is not a degree program, but having worked for several game studios, I have never seen a quality animator (or other art professional for that matter) get turned away for lack of a degree, but I have seen MANY degree holders turned away for having a very weak portfolio. A strong portfolio will speak plenty loud enough as to your abilities, so I wouldn't get hung up on that particular issue.

I wouldn't recommend doing the Gnomon videos as your sole training, simply because as good as the training materials may be, lack of feedback (ala a traditional campus instructor, or online mentoring) can be extremely frustrating. Using them as supplemental training along with your instructed courses would be more ideal, as a lot of the different videos will teach the personal techniques of the instructor, which you can learn to incorporate (or disregard) into your workflow, as you find what works for you.

Having said that, please realize that undertaking any schooling via online requires a tremendous amount of focus and discipline and is not to be taken lightly because of the convenience of being able to study from home. Good luck to you!

[KrzysztofFus]

Not sure what he means by not "real degree's" as I know Full Sail does offer a degree program.

Fullsail does not offer an actual college degree. Fullsail is not a college accredited school. Fullsail is accredited by the same board that accredits tech schools and "massage institutes". You cannot get a degree from Fullsail and then one day move on to an actual college for a masters. A bachelors form Fullsail is not an actual bachelors degree. Although they love to advertise themselves as a university. They are not. I repeat.Fullsail is not an actual college or university. It is a tech school.

I do not know of any colleges that offer online Computer Animation programs.

[MannaTheBerserk]

I f you really want to learn animation and you're serious about this then you should really take in consideration "Animation Mentor" as an online school.

People who teaches at AM are just the best actual professional animators in the world, and their portfolio proves what I am writing.

Beware though, Animation Mentor is an animation school. They won't teach you how to use any particular software, and although their courses are Maya based ones, they are applied specifically to pure animation matter.

AM will require loads and loads of effort from you, and you will have to fulfill all the tasks perfectly and at your maximum in order for you to become a successful animator.

Hope this helps a little

Good luck ;)

[oldmonk]

my first post. Yay

I'm currently finishing my 3D program at seneca. While I'm learning a lot here, I've been watching Animation mentor student reels on youtube. They are leaving the rest of us in the dust...:sad:

...just need to win that lottery i bought ... then AM, here I am.

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