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Breaking into the business (education issues)...
 Q: Todd Cranston-Cuebas asks:
I'm a web designer and magazine/book publisher, but I REALLY want to crack
into the world of 3D Animation and film effects. I've been putting in a few
hours a night on LightWave, but the constraints of work are really making it
hard. It would be much easier if my work was in any way related to 3D design
and animation! I've been working through the fantastic Ron Thornton series
and they have helped a lot. At the recent ShowBiz Expo here in a LA I met
some great people from some of the local schools offering courses in
LightWave and Animation in general. Could you please give me an idea how
well these classes actually prepare you to enter the market? I'm in a tough
situation since my present work is necessary to pay the bills, but I want to
do all that is required to make the move to 3D work a reality in the
relatively near future. In other words, if anyone can give me advice on
breaking into the business in general, and if classes are a good
preparation, I'd appreciate it. I'm sure that my skills in traditional
design, illustration (medical illustration and line-art), image composition,
and typography would be an asset in the long-run.
A: Larry Shultz writes:
I would say that it sounds like you already have a decent art
background. THATS the hard part to learn. I would say screw school
and spend all your free time learning lightwave on your own time. It
sounds like once you get the hang of USING Lightwave, your art
background will kick in.
Larry Shultz, http://www.swcp.com/~larrys
A: Dave Adams, Foundation Imaging, writes:
Amen Larry! I'd say spend 4-6 hours after work per day with LW and
your favorite Paint program...? Sound nuts? When does Todd get to sleep?
Sleep in the grave, Todd...and spend that tuition money on a couple of used
PCs to use as a mini render farm so you can get feedback on your animation
skill's progress. To find out more about actually breaking into the
market...try it, do interviews, get advice at those interviews and act on it. But get
the skills first...and bust booty to do it!
Dave Adams, Foundation Imaging
A: Randy Sharp writes:
Could not agree more. I have no formal Lightwave training, although I
have close to 10 years experience modeling in 3D CAD packages.
I bought Lightwave, spent almost 3 years of training myslef on how to
use the program. There is so much 3rd party material out there to help
you in development. After working through the tutorials that come with
Lightwave devlope you own scenes to get used to it and the techniques you
learned. Then, after you have become comfortable with the package, start
looking in to more advanced tutorials, in the form of the web, mags,
books, video, and cd's..the list goes on.
If you have the ability to get on the IRC check in to the #lightwave
channel. Many professionals reside there, and pop in and out. Get help
from them as well, the group of people on line are always willing to
help...myself included...
P.S. I spent so much time learning Lightwave my wife came close to
getting me commited... :)
Randy Sharp |
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