Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:18:21 UTC No. 1009621

>>1009616
Yes. The main thing you learn from online tutorials is the technical side. Plenty of people are self taught though, but a good online animation school like animation mentor will push your skills years forwards, compared to someone who is just figuring things out on their own. Feedback and back & forth with colleagues, or in this case industry level teachers, is extremely valuable. You get a taste of what it is like to work an actual animation job, working under a director, and something that could be called proper experience, instead of just trying to criticise your own work, or maybe getting some relatively useless comments from amateurs and dunning-kruger idiots on some art forums.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:29:00 UTC No. 1009647

>>1009616
Wtf is that facial expression, looks retarded to me

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:03:06 UTC No. 1009656

>>1009621
Why is it so expensive though? I'm a leaf, and the cost for a course is similar to what I spent on a whole uni semester. Is this just how it works in burgerland?

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:14:07 UTC No. 1009658

>>1009656
Those dudes buying 1000$+ courses are insane. I personally just finished 11$ course ( my WIPs for this course in WIP thread: >>1009655 ) which has 12h of videomaterial a lot of which I rewatched twice and spent probably 30+h doing tasks from videos. It's a beginner tier course and I knew maybe 80% of theory, but those 20% were really damn valuable and I'm gonna do a lot of common things much faster now. Also a lot of insights regarding which things are more important and which are less, and how certain choices influence result a lot.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:05:35 UTC No. 1009663

>>1009616
The answer is yes,
'Will it be worth it though?' Is the real question, and the answer is: who knows? (probably not)
It's a gamble at the end of the day, especially during the times we're currently in.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:38:04 UTC No. 1009667

>>1009658
Do those teach you fundamental skills though? My biggest problem with online courses is that all of them seem to be "Here's X. I will show a step-by-step process of how to make X. The End."

I don't see them go into anatomy or things like that, so the course is less "How to make humans" and more how to make this exact thing.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:58:09 UTC No. 1009671

>>1009658
>>1009667
>>1009656
Of course a video course is cheap. The things that cost so much in those 1000$+ courses is personal comments from industry veterans, giving you personalized criticism and suggestions fit for your level and needs. They are teaching you, not selling a pre-recorded video pack. And since the teachers are industry veterans, if you do well, you might grab some much needed connections to the industry as well, which is the best way to land a job. Obviously depends on the course, so it's good to ask around. I've heard nothing but good things about animation mentor from colleagues, but I don't have personal experience with it, so can't be 100% certain of its quality of course.

Although good to point out that I'm talking from an animation viewpoint specifically.

>>1009663
This is also true, it might end up being a waste of money, not because it won't help you improve faster, but because regardless of skill, you might have trouble landing a job with how things currently are.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 22:37:56 UTC No. 1009693

>>1009671
any other good ones
animation mentor courses are $2500 each wtf

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 23:52:01 UTC No. 1009702

>>1009693
It is considered to be the best one as far as animation goes. But yes, it is also the most expensive one. Unfortunately I don't know anyone who has done courses in animschool or other online schools, so I have no idea how viable they are.

Anonymous at Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:29:28 UTC No. 1009713

>>1009693
Take lessons with Alessandro Camporota, he worked on the more complex scenes from Hotel Transilvania for Sony, among others. Bet you will learn much faster and it won't cost you an arm and a leg for each one like AM, besides he graduated on AM around 2009, so not only he'll teach you the same, but even some extra stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/@acamporota

Anonymous at Thu, 20 Mar 2025 04:42:46 UTC No. 1009714

>>1009616
So this is how you make money with 3dcg in 2025.

Anonymous at Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:27:32 UTC No. 1009795

>>1009714
what happens when no one goes to animation school anymore since everyone knows there's no jobs in it

Anonymous at Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:03:02 UTC No. 1009831

>>1009795
thats the neet part rn, they don't

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:12:55 UTC No. 1009949

they teach you better because you can ask an industry senior for feedback and he will push you to do it better if you like it or not. the problem with online courses is that there is no one supervising your work.

btw I hate animation schools because they shit out people who all animate in the same way. there is no invention in animation anymore, it's all the same disney style slop.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:54:28 UTC No. 1009951

>>1009949
> it's all the same disney style slop.
Lol I hate this too, the same emotions and expressions used everywhere. Very similar to modern high budget movies where in terms of presentation you see the same cliche tricks used over and over again.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:52:50 UTC No. 1009966

>>1009621
>push your skills years forwards
I hear this all the time and the only thing it does is make you skip the "figuring it out" step, crippling your abilities to use the software years down the road because you know the how but not the why

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:56:44 UTC No. 1009967

im enrolled at one of these schools and i've already made great connections with my teachers who are currently-employed industry professionals. i value the community aspect because I have a hard time keeping myself accountable to do my own work. My skills are definitely leveling up by knowing what to worry about/spend time focusing on/know what to hone. Also, all the pieces you make in the classes are really good for your reel/portfolio

I understand if you cant afford it tho, teachers gotta get paid too

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:07:26 UTC No. 1009968

>>1009967
Shut up AI paid bot, no one writes like this. I had a college teacher who has connections to Disney and he doesn’t use it. The entire point of connections is build on relationships, not business style nonsense.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:09:20 UTC No. 1009969

>>1009968
????
every killer job ive gotten is from knowing someone who could vouch for my productivity and worth ethic. i've spent hours and hours on zoom with these instructors and I'm positive I can get a job when it's time.

hope u get cancer, dbag