Who said that? It’s in his signature, he’s mentioned it sometimes and he just said he didn’t go on the PIXAR trip to hawaii 
Must be big typo
I really hope everyone will share valuable information won at siggraph, that doesn’t only count for AM. I want to know all 
Might just be going too next year 
Yep…Thems the ones.
Over at CGChar they were talking about the RV thats going to be in the parking lot, and a bunch of the AnimationMentor guys are going to be there.
Must be cool working for ReelFX. (Well, it must be really cool to be working period!)
Do you know Keith Lango?
all this is wonderful dudes…
but keep in mind students of anim!..
this is no guarantee for all you budding young animators!
Sometimes you just got it…or you gotta work longer and with more effort then normal.
I’ve seen groups of 5-30 amazing talented people in anim. classes…all of which came
out with 5-8 peeps making it in industry.
Don’t get me wrong. I think the whole thing is a fantastic idea…really cool.
Goodluck with everything.
Yep, I think I met Keith…I work in the audio department, I’m one of the sound designers. I’m a big fan of this whole cg thing, so I dabble a bit on my spare time…A good friend of mine Brandon Oldenberg who pretty much is one of the senior Animators at Reelfx has been giving me some useful tips/advice. I’ll have to ask them what their thoughts are regarding Animationmentor. From reading this thread this program sounds very cool, even for a new guy. Granted I love doing sound design and have no real desire to pursue animation professionally, but this seems like a good way to get a quality education at home.
I saw your reel and was very impressed, good job. I love what you did with the countdown 2 pop, very cool. Granted my opinion means absoultly nothing, but for what it’s worth, I think you’ll soon get a chance to animate for food.
Oliver
Hey thanks!
Too bad I’m axing that whole intro. Maybe its a bad idea? I have a new character/animation thats going to fill that spot, and I thinks its better.
Who knows though! :shrug:
For what it’s worth I might keep that intro Adam, there is other stuff on your reel which could probably be dropped first… Some of the commercial work is ruined slightly by bad modelling etc, on the whole your personal work is much better!
Looking forward to seeing the new animations with your big-mouthed dude, post it up will ya!
This is great news! Next year I’m going to try to be a student volunteer at Siggraph, so hopefully I’ll be able to go to some AM events at Siggraph 2005.
Agreenster, good to see your posts again here. I really love that character “Dumpy” that you created. I’d love to download the divx file, but unfortunately I’m currently on a 56k modem. I will DL it as soon as I get to my DSL service. I find your stuff inspiring, dude. Dumpy looks friggin’ hilarious. Hey tell us the truth dude… he’s Mike’s Grandpaw for a Pixar planned Monsters II, isn’t he?? I keep hearing this old backwater voice when I see him: “In my day, we didn’t have these new fangled ah-toe-moh-bills…”
Keep rocking!
cW
Ha ha! I wish. That is a pretty funny idea though. “all theeeese young wipper-de-snappers with their new-fangled gadgety-bobs! Why back in MY day we animated in the dirt with pointy sticks and we were thankful!”
Thanks for the nice remarks man, but I’ve still got a long way to go. :wip: I’m hoping to have the final animations done for Siggraph, so I’ll probably get them rendered and uploaded by week’s end…we’ll see though. I’d like to have something good to show Mr. B. Boom Beck so maybe he could convince HR to hire me as a part-time human foot-stool…I also double as a drink holder. I can hold drinks with the best of them.
“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming…”
Hey, great philosophy “Dory” , well remembered, i think i´ll never get tired of seeing Nemo:thumbsup: . Keep going man u´r going on the right way, i like your dumpy character a lot.
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Every now and then, I get a bit disheartened and wonder whether it’s worth the time and money investing in my quest to get into the CG industry. (From the point of view of how competitive it is and whether or not I have the talent.) The mention of this motto, lifted my chin a bit and brought a grin to my face! (I hope that made sense! ) Bring on AM!
Also, I noticed a few other people have had a few concerns about the email address they’ve registered with AM. I’m going to be in the same boat, as I’m about to move to the US, and of course will be getting a new email account. I read Clockwerkz’s post about this, but would like to just check and make sure what we should do in this situation.
Bobby, could you please clarify this issue for us? I received your email to my current account, so I know my original registration worked.
Glad I could help lift everyone’s spirits…
I mumble that all the time whenever I get discouraged.
I figured I’d join the club…
Hey Bobby (or anyone),
I have a question that Matt (mmkelly011881) and I were curious about. In the “unofficial” FAQ (thanks again Jozvex for putting that together, the question: “Who are some of the animators involved in AnimationMentor.com?” is answered with this list:
Gini Santos (Pixar)
Gavin Moran (Dreamworks)
Tracie Horie (Tippett)
Jeff Vacanti (Wild Brain)
Matt Logue (WETA)
Kevin Martel (ILM)
Jeremy Cantor (Sony Imageworks)
Dylan Brown (Pixar)
Scott Robideau (Disney)
Mike Belzer (Disney)
Jay Rennie (ILM)
Mark Behm (Blue Sky)
Mark Walsh (Pixar)
Mike Gasaway (DNA)
Mariko Hoshi (PDI/Dreamworks)
Rick O’Connor (ILM)
Jeff Riley (stop motion animator)
Carlos Baena (Pixar)
David Weinstein (ESC)
Glen McIntosh (ILM)
Bobby Beck (Pixar)
Mike Thurmeier (Blue Sky)
Delio Tramontozzi (ILM)
Cameron Miyasaki (Pixar)
Pepe (Sony Imageworks)
Shawn Kelly (ILM)
I had assumed that everyone there would be a mentor once the program started. But Matt is under the impression that it’s just Bobby, Carlos, and Shawn menoring, while the other animators will be contributing material, but not seeing the course through with a student.
Or perhaps it’s something in between–with some of those listed animators providing mentorships, and others contributing other material?
Just curious (and still “swimmingly” excitied!)… thanks for any information!
P.S. I’ve been following this thread from the beginning, and I don’t recall this question being asked before… if it has, please forgive my poor, poor memory.
haha agreenster! perfect motto. I’m gonna write it down on a sticky note and put it next to my monitor 
just incase I feel the need to scream at my computer o_O
Mooncalf and Matt, I understood that all of those people can be mentors. I don’t know if they’ll all be mentor. But I think they’ll assign some people to be mentors and those will probably be announced at siggraph.
Just thinking … if all they are going to be mentors, we have 26 guys and lets see, a good class should have 8 - 10 studants, so lets pick 10 (easier to calc), may be they are going to accept something about 260 people. Don´t know if i´m doing the right calc, may be each mentor will have 2 or 3 “classes”, who knows.
Just trying to figure how many are going to be accepted.
Well, since we’re pulling out our fears, my biggest one is getting into the game pretty late, relatively speaking. I’m 29 going on 30, and I don’t have a professional career in an art field. So my haunt is that I won’t be able to compete.
But alas I keep chugging. In fact, I really wanted to work both on the July 10secondclub project, and the speed animation gig here on cgtalk, but I was tied up all month with the move from our apartment to our recently purchased townhouse, and then with the remodeling of it. As I type now, I’ve finally set up my computer in what will be our bedroom and set up the dsl. Sucks not being able to do anything for 2 weeks.
As far as the e-mails are concerned, Boom got back to me and let me know not to worry about the e-mail list. If you put your new e-mail on the list, you’ll be fine.
“Just keep swimming…” I like it. Dory was the bomb.
I’m with you all the way, brother. I just turned 28. It’s about a year since I decided to really go for becoming an animator. I have no art training, and my drawing skills are abysmal.
Here’s the thing, though: I have a friend who works as a professional animator, and he says “Creativity and perceived talent can come latter, perseverance and a willingness to listen and learn is best.” I’ve heard similar things from just about everyone here at CGTalk, and any time I get to listen to any other animators.
Here’s something I’ve NEVER heard anyone say: “If you’re not super-talented to start off, and if you’re not young, then give up. You have no shot, buster. Get a grocery bag and start stuffing it with other peoples’ food, because that’s all you’re cut out for. You missed the boat.”
Yeah, there are people starting off a lot younger than us. Yeah, there are people more talented to us. But youth and raw talent aren’t the only things an animator should bring to the table. You’ve got a lot of other experience, and even if you think that you experience couldn’t be further from animation, I’ll bet it helps in ways you aren’t even aware of.
Twenty-nine is not too late to start. Fifty-nine is not too late to start.
Do you love animation, and want to become a better animator? Just keep, well, swimming.