Www.animationmentor.com

#9902

I’m starting in sep too. It’s going to be such a blast, can’t wait…

#9903

I believe so. I think alumni pay a small fee to keep access to the site/forums/characters/etc.

Congrats to those starting in the fall, you’ll have a blast :slight_smile:

#9904

Actually as Alumni you have life time access to your account page, you can watch video news, access forums… no fee for that.
What you can’t do is look other people’s public reviews and you have to pay yearly fee to be able to attend live Q&A with guest speakers.

#9905

Hey guys,

Has anyone one here attended animationmentor from Canada? I am trying but I dont have the fee’s so I looked into loans but it seems that the Canadian Government doesnt cover online courses.

-Andrew Castro

#9906

Cool, thanks for the clarification. Class 1 has been awesome so far btw, lot of work but it’s been great :slight_smile:

#9907

Hey everyone,

Has anyone here taken the course in Canada? I am having a very hard time finding a way to get the fee in terms of loans. The Canadian government doesn’t cover online courses apparently. Did anyone else come up with a different method?

#9908

Has anyone here taken the course in Canada? I am having a very hard time finding a way to get the fee in terms of loans. The Canadian government doesn’t cover online courses apparently. Did anyone else come up with a different method?

I am in the same predicament here (Vancouver) - the only thing to do is to save, save, save. Or, if you can handle the “risk”, choose a more inexpensive option. I registered for iAnimate, which fits exactly within my monthly budget, and looks very good, though as a new online course start-up there are certainly risks involved. But I just want to start learning to properly animate now - I have tried saving for AM, but the limited funds available to me, in addition with (let’s just call it) “life-happenings”, I kept missing out over the last few years, so…

#9909

Hey Guys,

I’m from Vancouver and started AM this summer so I’m three quarters through class 1. I wish I could say there is an easy way to save the money but there is not. The only type of loan you could secure to help you out would be a bank loan, and that can have significant interest depending on the bank. It took me about 2-3 years to save the tuition. I’m still working full time until class three when I’ll be working part time. I managed to pay for everything out of pocket but I can see how that is not easy for everyone.

AM is worth it, so start saving now.

Ianimate.net looks great. You can’t go wrong with Jason Ryan.

Anyway I wish I had a better answer, I just wanted to say good luck guys and don’t let money keep you from reaching your goals. If it’s what you want you will find a way eventually. Even if it takes 2-3 years like me. On the bright side I’ll be done school with no debt to my name.

-Jordan

#9910

less than a month to go.

i can’t wait!!

#9911

thanks for the info. good site indeed

#9912

Hello there,…

Well I just applied to AM, to start on winter 2011. I´ll have to wait for the confirmation that I got accepted, how long does it take?!
Is there any1 else here, that will attend to this class too?

Looking foward to the answer!!

That´s all for now…

#9913

Hello, I just accepted into AM today for semester 1 start (winter term 2011), and they replied so fast. I submitted my application form on Monday night ( 4th of Oct), and received/completed my
wonderlic test on tuesday night, and on thursday night, I got in! it’s only been two days.
But I hope by the time you see this reply, you have already got in. Best of luck! and I hope to see you there :slight_smile:

#9914

Hello guys,

it’s so great to find out about this forum, i have got lots of infor and feedback about studying at AM from it. Really great.

I am quite concerned about my animation skills, well, I did art and design in uni, and also a postgraduate course in 3D animation technology, so i do have some experiences and knowledges of life drawings, Maya and 3d animations. But still, I am a beginner to character animation (i just can’t do it right and great by myself! so frustrating!) , and I am just wondering if this is gonna be quite difficult for me to catch up to other’s level as well as passing the course?

Also, how many people are in one group? I saw some information about One Mentor will deal with no more than 15 students in AM, do you think you get enough attention from your tutor?

Thanks a lot for the help.

#9915

lee, you start off with the very basics in AM so a prior knowledge of animation isn’t required (although a lot of my classmates did have prior experience). Being able to get around well in Maya is a huge help, however, but as long as you can do that and are willing to put in the time to learn the animation part you’ll be in good shape.

The classes do average around 10-15 students, I never felt like I didn’t get enough attention from my mentor and he was really helpful in offering other help when needed. The real feedback you get doesn’t come from your mentor, however, but from your peers. The environment at AM is incredibly supportive and interactive and you can get tons of feedback and critiques from students in your class as well as students in other classes that are more experienced. My mentor was good but I really learned more from other students and from my own experimenting than anything else.

#9916

I want to go to Am to, but it’s still about 2 years at least, now i take a course in my country, and i want to train my english speech to, i wish i could go to AM in 2012,
thanks for ur information guys

#9917

Hello Fig, thank you so much for the answer, I felt a bit relief now, but I think I will still try to read and practice the basics of animation before I start the course in three months. :smiley: Really really can’t wait! :applause:

#9918

Being an Alumni of AMer, I have my own FAQ!

http://abtheanimator.com/blog/animation-mentor-faq/

Hope it clears some questions!

Anirudh

#9919

animationMentor, someday i will be there.
I like so much works of "alumni"s, great quality, i recommend it!

#9920

Just wanted to drop by and add that I’ll be starting Animation Mentor in Winter Term 2011. Hope to see some of you CGS guys there!

#9921

I’ll be there in Class 2, look me up :slight_smile: