a Pixar Mentor's Feedback vs a Cocky Valedictorian

[@SakuraKaay]

That was me on my first class in Animschool. "After a year of animating i know all the basics. This bouncing ball is an insult."-me thinking Then the first critique class came "you didn't get the point of the assignment, i dont see the animation principles."- instructor "🙃" Great tips btw!!!

[@RoughDonut]

Greetings mate , would you recommend Animschool for studying animation? I graduated high school a year ago and i am planning on enrolling at Animschool once i gather all the money. Do you think it's worth it ? From the students' work and all the research that i ' ve done , it looks like a pretty high quality school. You would help me so much if you could answer ! Thanks in advance !

[@SakuraKaay]

@@RoughDonut Hey, oh i love being a student there. I would suggest you look into their finance options. They just became accredited so now they can offer student loan if you can't afford their lowest monthly payment. If you're passionate, do it. Just have in mind its intensive and you sometimes need 40 hrs a week for assignments. They are not strict with who enters the school but they are strict when it comes to grading and going forward. There's a lot of help and instructors available to help you in the assigments and they're all active animator for big companies. Watch the latest student showreel to see what youll be able to do if you sign up. See ya around!

[@RoughDonut]

@@SakuraKaay Wow , thank you SO MUCH for answering! I totally didn't expect you to respond and i am so happy you did! I really appreciate all the info you shared with me! Now i know that my choice to choose Animschool is the right one! I live and breath animation and i am extremely passionate about it! I can't wait to study it properly! Good luck to your animation journey brother! Thanks a bunch!

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

my ball bounce was critiqued by an employee of Pixar,, in front of the entire class. He Smashed me .. that really did a number on my confidence.. but i can model like 1000000x belter than him so .... yeah

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

my animation still sucks

[@dhairyavijay2006]

Acting part was most eye opening, I think I should also animate this assignment. By the way, great video.

[@xavieranimation6465]

This is exactly the video I needed to not fall into the trap of becoming a Cocky Valedictorian next month lol. Your never a master, wise words.

[@RustyAnimator]

haha happy to to help. if this video wasn’t going to correct you - i would in class

[@rajanrai4688]

Thanks you a this tips.

[@RustyAnimator]

your welcome

[@chrisanimates4633]

Hey Rusty! Will you be making any new videos? I really miss them!

[@RustyAnimator]

this comment aged well

[@paulguchu9816]

Hi Rusty I would to talk to you about enrolling in your courses.I would like to get in touch with you using your gmail please

[@RustyAnimator]

⚡️Question - What note from my Pixar mentor was most eye-opening to you? 👇LMK

[@sky_tails]

tail movement

[@normalitaendahsafitri2178]

To be more open-minded and seek more reference, don't forget to think more from the basic of what you could make with this simple animations. It looks good, from a normie like me. But from the eyes of pro who has obviously more experience, you will always get new lesson from them. I want to start my animation self-study soon, so this is very eye-opening to me. Thx for making this vid! :3

[@cesarmunoz3177]

The number 4. Because is related with “The clarity”, in fact just yesterday I showed my last exercise to my friend and I asked him what think about it, and he told me something very different of what I wanted ....XD..U.U. So I modified a couple thing to give clarity to the story.

[@kushalanimation5452]

Every character has behind story and we miss in this character and the APPEAL is more clear to make it more real is EYE OPENING FOR ME, and thank you i thought today is waste of my life but after watched this video you save me sir, thanks.

[@jobsonchelsea6434]

how are you Mr. Rusty Anim? thanks for making these videos...i hope you are doing okay...

[@RustyAnimator]

you are very welcome! and thank you for asking. all is great here. kinda crazy schedule wise with the holidays, the fam, and mentoring but great. i have plans for a new series of yt videos for 2022z

[@jeanmichelzie]

I would never imagine all those feedback from your mentor. As Richard Williams said it : You don't know what you don't know. Thanks for sharing your experience :). I really need to be trully mentored :)

[@paun-l8k]

I'm a CGI student, in my program we have about 3 animation class and the rest are other aspects of 3D CGI. but I barely managed to passe my 2 nd animation class because of time. At the same time of having this class I got 2 jobs to pay bills plus full time in school. Surprised I was able to pass the class honestly. but it really opened my eyes to how much time animation can consume when you're just learning it. Now I'm having my last animation class before I start my Demo movie and I got the opportunity to not work this session and it did all the difference. Of course I was rusty at first but at least I had the time to actually properly learn animation and trial and error some technics to find what works best for me. Now it takes me less time to go from each step of the animation process. Someday I might make my own animation series.

[@MiniMatthias]

maan, I was the same way. Didn't go to school but I thought I was the shit with my personal work. Maaan I was wrong.

[@cletusmugane]

the fundamentals are the shit

[@harsha878]

Please bring back Animation Challenge.. Your feedbacks always help

[@89emeza]

Come back rusty! Your videos are awesome!

[@RustyAnimator]

much appreciated Edson! Have no fear I shall return. Big plans for 2022.

[@89emeza]

@@RustyAnimator yessss! Can't wait to see! Currently doing the body mechanics assignments from your older video. Extremely helpful doing focused studies

[@DenzelTheGriffin]

Amazing content as always Rusty animator. I cover advice for 3d artist on my channel as well. Thank you for the tips.🙏🏾

[@rayhanjay7458]

You can do my free take aways of Fred moore

[@prajakta3921]

wow! this was really eye opening, most of all the acting part. even though your animation looked fairly convincing to an amateur like me, it wouldve made a huge difference with the proper acting! if acting is well done, the rest of the basics can easily fall into place. if you know your cake should look like a red velvet cheesecake, you know what the ingredients go into it! p.s. you deserve more subscribers!

[@RustyAnimator]

much appreciated! glad it was eye opening!

[@syam.k.yenubari]

Thank you so much, this is soo helpful. But I want to know onething how to send demoreels I mean what is the platform for students and studios .i really want to know..

[@shreyamalaviya9599]

Hi. Those were some really easy and great tips. Thanks. Is there a way for me to send you my work for feedback?

[@RustyAnimator]

Your very welcome. With all the feedback requests I get - I usually only have time to give feedback for my students.

[@shreyamalaviya9599]

@@RustyAnimator ooh. Never mind. Thank you :)

[@alessiaiorio7223]

The better character advice is something I've found super useful, it's so easy to miss those points that might seem obvious but always get lost when you work on something for a long time. Thanks, great video!

[@RustyAnimator]

Really happy your internalizing the character advice. Your very welcome!

[@mr.stickfigureanimator178]

Thx sir P

[@sleepinggiant3660]

This vid is the 1st of its kind. This is the best example I've ever seen in 2 years of art school and 10 yrs of KZbin. I give this video 5 out of 5 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅 Sunshine, Rainbows, and Fluffy Unicorns Just joined: Pete B

[@fluffbutt1]

I did the ball with tail exercise recently, and my shot suffers the same problem of just staring at nothing and then suddenly being surprised by something. I think having him jump into the shot first, then being surprised makes for a much better character thus adding to the over all appeal. I really appreciate this video. It's quite eye opening and has me realizing that I should kick it into high gear if I want to land a job in the animation industry at all

[@RustyAnimator]

That is a life changing realization. Im thrilled you had it. Keep that in mind and you'll be a drastically better animator in short order.

[@potatokitty]

A ball and a plank can do more for you than a full dummy rig in about half the time.

[@RustyAnimator]

not sure what your getting at

[@cesarmunoz3177]

It is great your video, thanks a lot for share your experience. This week in my course in AM, we are doing exactly this exercise. The last week I felt something similar to you about the pendulum exercise. I was feeling my animation so fluid ...but not..XD. Thank again!

[@RustyAnimator]

Same week?! What timing! Did i mention Im an animator? haha. Hang in there and keep looking for what you may be missing. It may take several attempts before these basics really start to click. I didnt really get it down until after school.

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

how in the hell do you become Valedictorian when you get caught submitting someone elses work as your own?

[@RustyAnimator]

who said i submitted anyone elses work? This is my student shot from more than a decade ago.

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

@@RustyAnimator and they still use you as an example for what not to do in academic integrity ,, you are famous

[@stevereach7457]

Great video. I know exactly how you feel as I had my own soul-crushing moment for the purposes of improvement. I too was the vAledictorian of my class almost 4 years ago, and as an older student, it was intimidating enough being surrounded by a bunch of people half my age. I started learning Maya on my own (with the help of youtube) for about a year before I started looking for a job in animation when I realized that I was going to need a formal education because you don't know what you don't know, so I attended Full Sail and in Portfolio 4, I told my instructor that I had been doing animation work before school, which I was incredibly proud of at the time. When I showed him my work, he- rightfully- put it through the cheese shredder. I thought my work was so much better than that and this was a real eye-opener and a very tough pill to swallow, but it was also one of the best classes that I had because, for me, it was a military style breakdown in order to rebuild properly. One of the best, and (emotionally)toughest classes I went through in that school.

[@brianclayton1872]

Do you have an updated version of this? I'd love to see the comparison, if you do.

[@RustyAnimator]

As a student I didn't revisit it later when it made more sense. Though after sharing this feedback I think it would be worthwhile for you guys as a teaching example. Especially after seeing your comment. So I probably will revisit it soon. And maybe even make it a tutorial step by step walkthrough after.

[@brianclayton1872]

@@RustyAnimator That would be awesome!

[@bimalgrg777]

y aren't u making videos anymore.

[@RustyAnimator]

im planning to drop a slew of videos in a series early next year. Been swamped with mentoring students and other tasks this year.

[@bimalgrg777]

@@RustyAnimator hope we will get to see it soon.

[@rorshi89]

Thanks for posting. I hope to begin AM this fall, and I was going to submit the reel from my last gig as a character animator for a small non-profit in order to skip out on the Animation Basics class. After watching this, I think I’m going to just take on the whole program. They didn’t teach these specific, fundamental character animation lessons at the art school I attended, and I can see that I need to do this.

[@nj3715]

Is the fundamentals course difficult to learn, meaning does it take alot of hard work to pick up the skills? When someone finishes the course, what is the type of animation that person be producing?

[@Araakali]

Beginner here, this opened my eyes up as well; I look at the ball and squirrel exercises as tedious and just uninteresting but the way your mentor laid it out just shows how much expression you can really get in these shots.

[@SeraYagami]

I love this video, very eye-opening and insightful. Thanks, fellow Valedictorian! :)

[@ILLRICARDO]

i have adhd and have actually failed to complete the animschool course.... dont think i am cut out to be an animater

[@littlecurrybread]

I miss this channel

[@RustyAnimator]

Get ready for a new long series to train you up

[@littlecurrybread]

@@RustyAnimator aw yeah! ty!

[@AM99884]

This was a great video! Thanks a lot for sharing your story! I was really torn on whether to take a particular class in animation fundamentals or not, but this immediately convinced me to take it up. A strong foundation is everything!

[@artblob]

Hahaha, I can totally relate. This kind of crushing feedback is what I get on basically every animation I submit, that leaves me devastated for a moment. And in the next I am all fired up, eager to fix it all up to see all the potential the shot has. It really is a hard way to learn, but I feel it is the right one for me. No pain no gain so to speak :D

[@RoughDonut]

Hey Rusty! I hope you're doing ok! I really miss your videos and i want to let you know that they have been tremendously helpful to me! I honestly can't thank you enough! I really hope you return!

[@RustyAnimator]

thank you so much for this comment. i’ve been wanting to come back for a while. i hope you’ve seen the announcement of the 28 day animation challenge.

[@SeaforePerl]

Thanks for sharing some very good (and probably very humbling) advice. I am glad someone was there to take the time to share this level of wisdom.

[@RustyAnimator]

My pleasure! I'm glad you see the value in it. A regular dose of humble pie keeps us pushing for the next level.

[@ranadheeryatapolu]

Then how about Disney cars and planes how did they have created most natural movements. They are very realistic how did they get reference.

[@RustyAnimator]

What? You dont think the basics apply to those? They do. But don't worry about cars and planes if you can't animate a ball and tail right now.

[@numako999]

Good stuff "Beefy" Animator! Being a valedictorian anywhere is only a measure of how small the pond you graduated from was, not a measure of skill or capability by any chance! Godspeed!