by Animation Mentor | Dec 27, 2012 | Animation, Animation Events, Animation Mentor, Animation Mentor News, Animation Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized
If there’s one thing we emphasized this year — it’s that an animator’s work is never done. You’re always looking to improve your art and craft, to make for that better performance … in essence, to stand out. And like we always tell you — that’s not a bad thing....
by Animation Mentor | Dec 21, 2012 | Animation Mentor, Animation Tips and Tricks
Haokun Liang is a graduate of both our Character Animation Program and Animals & Creatures: Master Class. He remembers the emphasis and importance of reference from his early Animation Mentor classes … and he brought that passion for reference to the Master Class....
by Animation Mentor | Dec 18, 2012 | Animation, Animation Events, Animation Mentor, Animation Mentor News, Animation Tips and Tricks, Jobs and Internships
A few months ago, we excitedly launched the new Animation Mentor blog — and the response from those of you in our faithful community has been nothing short of awesome. It’s been awesome for us, too. It’s fun for us to look back on the blog posts and...
by Animation Mentor | Dec 13, 2012 | Animation, Animation Mentor, Animation Mentor News
You’ve heard us say this before: The thing we love about inspiration is that it can hit you anywhere and anytime. Its source can be a person, place, or thing. Big or small. Meaningful or remote. Inspiration is all around us. And nowhere was that more proof positive...
by Animation Mentor | Dec 12, 2012 | Animation, Animation Events, Animation Mentor, Animation Mentor News, Jobs and Internships
Animation is a very roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-work kind of passion — one that always has you yearning to learn more. And believe us, we’re all about helping you learn. That’s why we were so excited to gather this distinguished panel to review the finer points...
by Animation Mentor | Dec 10, 2012 | Animation Mentor News
Amiko Foster, Student Loan Advisor When we say that we have students all over the world, we mean it. Animation Mentor students span the globe in over 90 countries. Naturally, addressing the unique needs of this global student body is a lot of work. We like a lot of...
by Animation Mentor | Dec 7, 2012 | Animation, Animation Mentor, Animation Mentor News
All of you in the Animation Mentor community are so loyal and awesome. It’s incredibly humbling for us. That’s why we want to take this moment to say THANK YOU. We can’t just give out any old thank you — we have to do it BIG. Maya Workshop Giveaway So we got to...
by Animation Mentor | Dec 5, 2012 | Animation, Animation Mentor, Animation Mentor News, Continual Learning
Hard to believe that another year is nearly over. As we look back on 2012, we have to catch our collective Animation Mentor breath — because we accomplished a lot. Case in point: Our new Lighting Your Shot workshop. Check out the video and say hello to Ben Fischler,...
by Animation Mentor | Dec 3, 2012 | Animation, Animation Mentor
My name is Becca Romeo, and I’ve proudly worked at Animation Mentor for almost 4 years. I was originally hired in 2009 to manage our Career Services Department …a job that I loved tremendously because I got to work with so many of our amazing alumni. Most...
