#ILM
Hi Michele,
Thanks for the info on the book. I've been to The World's Biggest Bookstore
here in Toronto (really, it is) and they didn't have much on technique. I'll
check the art stores for the Wolfe book, though. That's for traditional
animation, right?
The basic PC, memory management, DOS and technical courses are all
stuff I've come to learn by myself. Also, those sound like courses
that you'd take at a technical school or community college rather
than a university. The courses in traditional visual art or
traditional animation may really be helpful, though. Having taken
art at school for the past few years, I've had to work with a bunch
of other media like paint and drawing. It really does help in other
areas. For example, having to mix paint to get the right colours
really gives a good understanding of colour theory, which can
translate to what colours your objects should be, or what colours
your lights should be.
I know that Sheridan College just outside Toronto has an extremely
good animation program. They have programs for both traditional and
computer animation and both are regarded worldwide as among the best
courses available.
Did you have any art training prior to getting your comp sci degree?
It'd be interesting to know if a completely non-art person could be
made into an artistic person by making them draw and draw and draw.
From what I've heard, either you have it or you don't. Creativity
isn't something that can be taught.
Aaron