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First of all let me give a lil background. I am 23 (24 in march). Did a full MAYA training class (approved by Autodesk) and know my way around the program VERY well. Not much experience in terms of hours spent on it but I am fixing this on this last quarter of the year since I will be doing nothing but mess around on MAYA for the next 4 months ¬¬ Will end up with a nice portfolio (already got some stuff, but need more complete / less study ones) and the experience I lack. Also have 2 briefings for shot movies, including sketches and some very raw storyboards witch I plan to develop in this time span.
I will be also getting started on Zbrush (or Mudbox, if you guys would like to give an opinion in this matter I won’t complain, but its beyond the purpose of this topic) and already got a few Digital Tutors packs to get me started.
The thing is, I did a superior graduate back in 2006 (2.5 years long) for Digital Design which gave me some background on History of Art / Computer / Design, legal issues related to design jobs, etc. Some valuable experience with college works and such… BUT I am after a superior curse now focused ONLY on 3D digital art. Currently my focus is animation / modeling… realistic CG really doesn’t appeal to me that much. I did some virtual houses a few times and I honestly spent more time tweaking the scene, either on the isolated shadder / illumination and pos-prod. on photoshop then doing what I like in MAYA (which is modeling / rigging / texturing <this last one I lack the skills but I plan to work on that ;p>).
What I need most from this course is basic DRAWING skills. I am not completely illiterate on the subject, but I need some advanced classes on this regard If I plan to be a competent storyboarder and understand what the artists mean with their drawings (which will be necessary AT THE VERY LEAST for blend shapes from my toons). Other than that all I really need is an all around curse that will walk me trough professional workflow and such, which will allow me to get into the market once I am done. I wouldn’t mind either re-visiting more “academic” chairs like art and design… I already have some background on those subjects but more is always better specially since I am not that good on those to begin with.
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My first thought was VFS (Vancouver Film School) in Canada (duh ^^), I heard nice things about it and living 1 year in Canada will be mind blowing for sum one of my age :D /// BUT I really know very little about the good learning centers around the world so I decided to stop by and ask for you guys for recommendations… better if they are near good job opportunities but not mandatory, I surely won’t mind working as bartender or the likes for the duration of the course if that is what it will take to pay the bills while I can’t get a proper job on the area ¬¬
Thanks all for the help.
“...there are no stupid questions, only stupid people.”
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