Im so glad it was helpful! There are quite a few international students in my year and they are all super lovely and talented!! Best of luck with your portfolio!

Thank you so much! On the Algonquin website, there's a PDF you can download that talks about the portfolio requirements (www.algonquincollege.com/mediaanddesign/program/animation/portfolio/) I don't know if they allow digital or not for that as it never specifically says, but all the examples they show in the PDF are traditional, and most people I know in the program did it traditionally... but if you really want to do it digitally and are worried they won't like it I'd suggest reaching out to one of the coordinators, (contact info at the bottom of the PDF) and just ask for clarification. Paul West was one of my first-year profs and he's super nice so maybe try reaching out to him! Best of Luck!

@@elisevanheerden2447 thank you!

Hello! Sorry, I'm just seeing this now... You do all these tasks on your own and just submit them to be reviewed by the professors!

Im so glad this was able to help you! I remember being very stressed about trying to make my animation work with the PDF format, and honestly, maybe there is a way but I just ended up submitting two versions of my portfolio and added a note saying that I know they requested a PDF portfolio file, but that I had an animation that didn't work with that file type. I don't know if they actually looked at the other version of my portfolio that had the animation in it, or if my PDF-sans-animation one was strong enough to get me in on its own... but I do know that I didn't seem to get docked any marks or disqualified for sending two versions! Good luck!!

Im glad this helped ease some of your worries! I personally didn't know how to animate digitally AT ALL so thats why I went traditional, so if you have any knowledge about that, good on you! Good luck with your technical skills and upcoming portfolios!

Hello!! Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed my video! To answer your questions: Algonquin has a crazy high hiring rate out of third year, it's part of the reason I was so happy to go there! I believe it fluctuates around 90% - 98% of students being hired directly out of third year! One of my profs said that one year they even had a 100% hiring rate! (Here's a link I found to back me up lol: www.algonquincollege.com/news/2020/05/01/animation-program-ranked-sixth-best-in-the-world/ ) Ottawa has a large animation industry and they have very good relations with the college (almost all my profs are still working at the studious around here, and some are even the recruiting officers for studios!) I'm only in my second year so I can't add any personal hiring experience, but I'm feeling hopeful about my odds next year! Okay, so for the diploma thing... Everyone I've talked to in the industry has said that diplomas don't matter in animation. Literally all they will look at is your portfolio, so some people don't even go to school and still thrive because their skills are good enough without formal training. Algonquin does offer a 4th year in Ireland in which you can earn a diploma if you are interested in that! (lit.ie/ there's the Limerick University website... They did a presentation over zoom to us in my first year and you'll learn more about them then!) Hope this helps! Good luck with all your portfolio work!

@@elisevanheerden2447 aah thank you so much for such a detailed and insightful respons! Glad to now about such high employment rate there! wow I had no idea. tysm once again for adressing my concerns I already feel a lil relived after reading your response this portfolio season is stressing me out sm haha

@@yamsantenna6806 Of course! I 100% get how stressful it is, glad I could help! Feel free to reach out again if you have any more questions during the portfolio process!

Thank you so much! I was just a first-year this past year so I wasn't really in a position to tutor but I'm considering doing it this coming year!

Hello! Sorry I just saw this now! Unfortunately, Digital Media is not my area of expertise... best of luck in your search!

Hello! There are a couple other animation schools in Canada that I'm aware of... this website offers some insight into Canadian animation colleges as a place for you to start looking (lovefunart.ca/blogs/insight/top-10-animation-schools-in-canada). If you are looking to improve your skills before attempting to apply anywhere, this link is for a one-year portfolio preparation course in Toronto that I have heard is highly effective, though I haven't personally done it so idk (www.animationportfolioworkshop.com/) There is also a one-year portfolio prep/ pre animation course here at Algonquin that I have friends in, and they have all seen a massive improvement in their work, and most of them are now accepted into the main Animation program for next year (www.algonquincollege.com/mediaanddesign/program/drawing-foundations-for-animation-and-illustration/). I will also say though that taking a preparation course is absolutely not mandatory or necessary... I think it can just help people improve very very quickly and give you a better idea if this career path is for you! Hope this helps, and good luck with your art journey!

This helped a lot Thank you so much 🤧💗 You’re too nice !

Aww thank you, that is so kind!!

Hello!! I'm pretty sure it was mandatory to include a picture of yourself (so they can see if you got a likeness or not) but I would double-check the instruction document just to be sure! Good luck!!

@@elisevanheerden2447 oh okay I'll do that and thank you!! Have a great day :]

@@elisevanheerden2447 Hello! Sorry for bothering again aha hope you're doing great. It's a silly question but, I'm kind of confused whether we are supposed to add the cover letter in the portfolio pdf or just attach it with the email on its own?

@@pingu4414 No bother at all! I believe I attached my cover letter at the front of my whole portfolio PDF so it was altogether as one file! Hope that helps!

@@elisevanheerden2447 thank you so much!!

Hello! Yes, I did choose Algonquin, and I am very happy here! I have already learned so much and I'm not even done my first year of study! If you asked me this time last year what my top school choice was, I would definitely have said Sheridan (as it just generally has a more widely known reputation), but Algonquin was a close second choice, and now that I have been here for a few months, I can tell that its the perfect fit for me! Hope this helped!

Thank you! Wish you all the best in your study

I'm so glad this helped!! I know how overwhelming the whole process is, so it's easy to miss things... good luck!

@@elisevanheerden2447 Thanks so much! I just got accepted on Thursday, this video helped a lot with what to expect!

​@@shatteredstar3174 Omg congratulations!! That's amazing, you should be very proud of yourself, and I'm so glad that this helped!!

Hello! I was lucky enough to do an in-person life drawing class, and so I had a real live model to work from, but I used a website called "Line of Action" (line-of-action.com/) to practice at home! Another one is a youtube channel called Croquis Cafe that my life drawing class this year has used a couple times, and it's good bc it's a video of the model, instead of just a photograph! (kzbin.infovideos?app=desktop). Hope that helps, and best of luck with your portfolio!

It's absolutely not necessary to attend any portfolio classes!! There are some very extensive, expensive programs that you can do (which I did not), but at the end of the day, the schools don't know if you did classes or not, they just see your work!

@@elisevanheerden2447 Thankyou so much for the guidance.

Honestly yeah, these programs are way more competitive than people realize... but with schools like Sheridan that have such high reputations they can afford to be super picky! For Canadian students to get in it was 89% but for international students, it was something like 94%!!! Good luck with your future schooling!

I did that exact program it’s not that competitive. Just being honest

@@MusicnLyrics121 That's awesome you did the program!! Congrats!

Glad you found it helpful!! Best of luck to you :)

@@elisevanheerden2447 Tysm! :D Hope your school year is going well!

Oh boy I know EXACTLY what you mean... I'm so glad this helped, even if just a little bit!! Good luck with your portfolio! :)

For Algonquin, the PDF they have on their website is the final requirement... I applied to the school first and then they would send me email reminders that I had to submit the portfolio, with the same PDF document with the instructions from the website attached. (So basically the answer is yes, the instructional PDF on their website is the one you use!) I hope that makes sense, and I wish you luck on your portfolio!!!

Not silly at all!! I actually really struggled with this like the day before and was super stressed about it! I ended up sending them two copies and wrote this in the email that I send both copies in: "Note: I have attached two copies of my portfolio only because I have an embedded animation clip and could not get it to play in the requested PDF format… however, I know you requested to receive a PDF, so I attached it as well. Hopefully, you will be able to view the EPUB version and watch the animation, but if not, the PDF is the exact same (minus a working video file)." They never said anything about it but I did get in so ig they either didn't care about the file type that much, or they viewed the PDF and it was strong enough even without the animation!! Hope this helps! Good luck!!!

The serotonin I got from that show is unparalleled

I'm so glad this was helpful! I know last year I couldn't find any Algonquin examples too, hopefully, there will be more soon. Good luck with your portfolio!!! :)