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#9722

:bounce:First Day of School, First Day of School!

#9723

Don’t be late!

#9724

How many of you are starting the Springboard today?

i know pstrick30 is and i think Digibob is as well. Can’t wait to work along side you guys :slight_smile:

#9725

Anyone else get this message when logging in:

"Hello! Welcome to Animation Mentor!! We are currently in between terms…blah blah blah…look forward to seeing you then. Thank you, -The Animation Mentor Staff "

I double and triple checked my username/password, and it still won’t let me in…classes DO start today, don’t they?!

#9726

Hey Z252, The site isnt open until 12:00Pm US/Pacific Time. Which is 3.00pm my time.

So if you are on the same time with them its going to be at 12pm your time.

Your Password is fine.

#9727

Haha, I just realized that a second ago-I’m just so excited/hyper about the first day that I forgot about the time zone difference.

#9728

No problem! Excitement is Good:thumbsup: Good luck on your first day!

Are you taking the spring board?

#9729

Nope, starting Class 1! I could hardly sleep last night I was so excited.

#9730

nevermind.

#9731

Yeah i was so excited! as well but GOOD LUCK THEN! Hope you enjoy it. I’m starting out with the Springboard and starting Class 1 in March.

Have FUN!

#9732

Nevermind what Titus? Did you ask or say something that we missed? If you did very sorry.

#9733

Good luck to you too! And good luck to everyone else who’s starting today. It’s gonna be AWESOME! :bounce:

#9734

I amm IN!!:buttrock:

#9735

I’m in! Oh my gosh there’s so much cool stuff to read, fun videos to watch, people to meet…I’m like a kid in a candy store-I want it all! And I can’t wait to meet my mentor on Wednesday!

#9736

See you there! I’m a former AM student, trying his luck a 2nd time around… this time doing the workshop first so good luck to us! :slight_smile:

#9737

Good stuff. Can I ask how far you got previously, and why you’ve decided to do the workshop this time?

And congrats to all you new students…I’m jealous :slight_smile:

#9738

I got as far as week 10 I believe it was before I decided to throw in the towel. That’s not to say that I didn’t work extremely hard and exhaust all my resources including reaching out to AM for extra help, getting help from students, private QAs, etc… They really did all they could but I still wasn’t getting it so to speak.

Frankly, it was a lack of experience in Maya’s work flow when it came to Animation. I spent so much time trying to figure out how to use the tools that I couldn’t focus on the actual animation. It was very frustrating and very disheartening, almost making me not want to do Animation anymore.

After speaking with some fellow students, friends, former AM grads, etc… I decided that I would give it another go but this time (Even though I have a lot of Maya experience, minus the Animation part) that I would do the workshop this time around and give myself that extra edge. The price of the workshop is well worth it plus I feel that being in a classroom full of students that have little to no Maya experience will really help me to not only get a refresher course in what I’ve already learned but really teach me the basics of using Maya for Character Animation. To get that foundation I didn’t have my first time around.

Hope that helps! :slight_smile:

#9739

Very useful, thanks. I’ll actually probably drop you a PM, I’m accepted for Spring (prob deferring to Summer) but I was debating on the Jumpstart course. Now it’s sounding like maybe a better idea :slight_smile:

#9740

Sounds good, man! Hope to see you there and I’ll look for that PM… good luck!

#9741

Thanks man, dropped you a line.