Teaching Yourself Animation Just Became POSSIBLE!

[@SirWade]

Who remembers the animation interview series? :) Should we bring it back? And what did you think about this new community resource, what will you be using it for? :D

[@terminatorpg1067]

Yes bring it back!!

[@jeys9154]

Absolutelyyyy!

[@marisaheit9872]

YESSSSS

[@kelleranimation]

1000% 👍 thanks for all the awesome content man!

[@millos1990]

Hi! This new community is amazing, I definitely want to be part of it. I want to use it for the reviews, and also learning more and more. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@johnpixie]

As someone who as tought themselves animation and now works as a freelancer the big problem I faced was finding all the information. It's a hassle and can be very demorallizing going through the different books and videos of differing quality to find a answer. The big issue (in the UK least) is that the vast majority of animation jobs, especially the good ones, are so competitive that a degree is mandatory to even be looked at.

[@dannymorales787]

Guess I'll be moving to the UK soon. Lol. And here I thought my Animation Degree wasn't worth anything.

[@dingle2987]

In the US, jobs can be found without a degree. I know plenty of artists in multiple specialties without degrees. I myself have a degree, but even then my teachers fell behind on some aspects that required me to self-learn. One of my instructors even got reported by his class because they basically had to self- learn Houdini for certain projects, and he only knew some basics that didn't help for the assigned projects. The teachers would then document the students self-learned techniques and then teach them to their next class the following year.

[@normietwiceremoved]

@@dannymorales787 I promise you animation degrees here in the UK are just as lackluster in teacher.

[@SkittyAnimates]

Really amazing resource, I'll be keeping up with it for sure. Hoping my own content will be high enough caliber to take part in the future!

[@ConstanzaRigazio]

I love your content!! 💯

[@SkittyAnimates]

@@AgoraCommunity Thank you! I hope to see your community flourish. If there's any specific animation topics you're looking to expand in your roster, please let me know, I'd be more than happy to contribute!

[@rodroeq7956]

This is AMAZING!!!!!! I don't know how to express how excited I am, I'm a self-taught Cuban animator, the amount of time I have invested in finding free content that I could learn from my country is huge, I wish the language barrier could be fixed too, something like subtitles could make a huge difference. This is exciting!!! I want to help!!

[@theSleepyLamp]

Nice interview. Didn't realize that they had a community website. Participated in one of their Animation challenge on Facebook, and all the submissions there were insanely good.

[@niloofarnavaei3752]

Omg... As a self taught student, I really needed this community!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

[@dannymorales787]

Great content and as always great stuff. As a 3D animator, the whole idea of something being free is great and all, but realistically learning for free doesn't mean getting better for free. I've noticed that I can do 20 quadruped walk cycles but if my work never gets critiqued by someone with knowledge with quadrupeds, then how am I as an animator going to advance to the next stage and see where my mistakes are. I believe that's what the community needs, people with skills who currently work or have worked in the industry to meet the other persons needs on getting feedback.

[@anaru369]

Fluidanims, Stickpage, Hyuns Dojo community has been giving animators the tools to teach themselves for years. However although these communities allow us to learn animation fundamentals it lacks access to professional industry people, most animators that do make it into the industry completely disappear. The professional review service is personally what i'm most interested in as its so hard to get access to professional feedback, I'm super excited for this project!

[@Karin029_]

Activity for next year's summer break sorted

[@lordbyronkeith9488]

AM student here and I LOVE hearing about this! Anything and everything that can help us become better at our craft is just awesome. Bring it on!!!

[@JKidk_]

I taught myself animation by literally hitting buttons and messing around. Im still kinda new but 2 years in and im already working as a freelancer for many people. You can teach yourself anything if you WANT to. Cant be lazy around it you have to give it your all. Talking to other people who were better at animation than me and just having them give me tips also helped. Never followed any courses or full length animation tutorials I just watched other peoples product and tried to imitate them. After a while you start to pick up on small but common themes. Its the same for anything else I have learnt. Although something like this would speed up the early stages and get people engaged faster.

[@joel_the_ai]

This is inspiring

[@surqe222]

You're totally right and I agree with you...but aren't you kinda limiting yourself by looking at other people's animations and trying to imitate their animations... Like for instance you could still go through tutorials and look at other people's animations but don't copy exactly... Try to make it unique...so that when they look at your work they probably won't tell that it was copied and it'll make them to follow your work... I currently still am considered a "baby" in animation but I try to also make my work look good and unique but they still suck...but eventually I'll get out of that state and be better... Same goes for ya

[@fallofroses]

@@surqe222 you COPY because you're LEARNING and PRACTICING. and then TRY TO IMPLEMENT it. not POSTING it on social media. smh

[@surqe222]

@@fallofroses but aren't you supposed to learn first... Then post on social media... Judging from what you're saying you're probably experienced and you've made it... And you're busy picking on a beginner who still has a long way to go so...infact I've never even posted any of my work on social media...the biggest SMH

[@kenmarkollano5795]

@@surqe222 The thing is before you can create your own. You must copy first...

[@Krentiles]

I love monthly challenges and the RIGS you guys are providing. I'm definety going to try reviews.

[@marisaheit9872]

13:30 - "Where people could learn a thing, with people who could teach a thing, And Geography wouldn't even matter" That's so relatable it's not even funny, Do you know how many World war history courses/classes I had in college as a class I HAD to take in order to pass my animation course?

[@normietwiceremoved]

Working from home is only interestomg for those who know what it's like to work in a studio. For people like me who never got to experience it yet, it's a depressing reality and now it'll be even harder to stay motivated.

[@JSAbbott]

I'm so excited that I can hardly contain myself!

[@thebrokentangent]

Wish there was something like this back in the Stone Age when I was in animation school. This is great Sir! Registered and diving in!

[@aliabbasi7497]

I’m so getting into agora community this is so great thank you.

[@garrettcramp1099]

This is so amazing! Signing up for sure. I've been looking for something just like this. Thank you all for doing this!

[@paulguchu9816]

Woow.Thanks so much. I don't think that there is any reason not be an animator in such a great time!!.Heading to check the community right now. Again thanks ur always a reliable resource for any animator anywhere in the world

[@SirWade]

Side question, the color changes during the video are due to some kind of bug when Premiere exports - that's not in the project file! Anyone know what's going on with that? 😮

[@zander8713]

Matti Haapoja has some issues with that a couple months ago, but I think the color just shifted it didn't change throughout... so I guess you could see if it was the same issue or not.

[@SirWade]

@@zander8713 Thanks!

[@RobynO_O]

​@@SirWade I've had a similar problem before, and it was caused by the adjustment layer. If you're using an adjustment layer for color correction, you could try applying the effect directly to the footage instead.

[@BlenderGuy1]

Yay new video

[@TheLunaSteph]

I need this!! I am struggling with animation in my school...I need to practice more and this is a good way of re learn everything!

[@dianaAnKylo]

Love it!!

[@eliaranimate5776]

🤯 Wow that's a dream come true!!! Thank you so much 🙏😁🥳

[@LMFAO431]

This is awesome! I cannot wait to start seeing all the best stuff in one place.

[@audreyneal6168]

Oh my gosh this sounds so cool. Like khan academy but just for learning animation. SO COOL

[@braydododo2696]

This is so cool I’m really excited for this

[@D3Z_animations]

really cool to hear that!

[@mathiasbttger980]

This is awesome

[@ChrisHarnessTV]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@astro_1859]

I LOVE YOU GUYS

[@webdeveloper1922]

awesome and high quality content

[@WHOTFSAIDuWu]

This is such a great idea and resource! Thanks so much to all involved and I cant wait to push the envelope with this tool. I'll be down the rabbit hole if anyone needs me 😂

[@sajjadabouei6721]

wow, what I am not happy about is that I didnt heard about this awsome community of professionals for this much long time💔

[@zayhansdah]

Is David Hubert in any way related to Ian Hubert??????

[@zayhansdah]

@@try1785 until he tried Blender, after that we all started to pour in..... With fluid simulation of Mantaflow of course.....

[@jmalmsten]

Ok. I signed up. It's free so I thought why not. I did watch a breakdown of animation in Akira. It's part 1... Uhm... Part 2? The video mentions subscribing. So I look on youtube. No. The video was uploaded in June so I assume the followup is there somewhere. There is no link to the video author to show other uploads... There are no comments to engage in discussions. Ok.. The whole thing feels like a great idea on a concept level. But if I'm not able to progress between posts... What am I gaining here?

[@DAvidHubert]

Hey jmalmsten, thanks for pointing this out. We definitely forgot to include Taran's youtube channel n the discription, we'll fix it, in the meantime here it is: kzbin.info/door/UM9kdol4moVeXX1a54h8qg. Part 2 and part 3 are schedule to be released in the coming days. As for adding comments on the videos, that's a feature we are currently developing. Cheers!

[@HappehLemons]

For someone starting to animate in Maya where do you suggest that is a cost effect resource? I checked out this website but it's seeming much more targeted around theory and someone with experience and less about how to use the tools and the basics of character animation. Do you have any suggestions for self learners? Without some kind of course track, this website does not seem like a great place for someone who has never used Maya to animate before.

[@ZUnknownFox]

So after watching this video I do have a few questions. 1. is there a specific software it's aimed towards or is any software ok? for example I am a blender user and so I'd be looking for content to learn to do with blender because it's a familiar environment to me and the conversion between C4d and maya to blender might be a little tricky especially in areas where 1 has something another doesn't. 2. So this is more of a feedback site than it is a school like site. (I mean yes you are learning but it's not a school traditional with assigned tasks and stuff it's more of a review and tutorial site?... right?) 3. This sounds very interesting and I might join but how does this work? like can anyone review or do you need to get in contact with the reviewers to get a review? 4. and finally, could this help me with getting a job in the animation industry? I mean I know it's meant to help people improve and get help but do they do anything that would be possible to make finding a job easier?

[@tentative4474]

somebody is going to heaven

[@mafdyehab4640]

The best❤❤

[@Jak007xz]

Man, for me working from home has been incredibly stressful and sometimes impossible. The area where i live sucks because i dont have a good and stable internet connection. Because of this I've missed on so many opportunities. I just wish things go back as they used to be as soon as possible.

[@MegaShot12]

Will there be tutorials and resources for blender as well?

[@alan112223]

@@AgoraCommunity and that is awesome!

[@hectorruiz5270]

Hi Wade, great content, i want to know if you can tell me any low cost setup to start with animation.

[@flowerslovepower8614]

Thank you

[@shellynachandra]

I would love to see you collab with Blender Guru aka Andrew Price. That would be crazy.

[@lucienbruzzese2514]

Cool, Agora Community is a great idea !! :)

[@nameless2362]

It sounds too good to be true "we will watch your career with great interest"

[@seekertosecrets]

Website visted and bookmarked!

[@Leonardoriveraanimation]

Sounds like a fantastic resource, is there an app or is there one in development?

[@surqe222]

@@AgoraCommunity are you able to teach or are you familiar with blender?

[@surqe222]

@@AgoraCommunity Thanks soo Much

[@kodesh8751]

very nice interview Sir Wade Neistadt, Do you own a Eadweard Muybridge book?

[@sahityanirupama8098]

You are awesome sir ,TQ sir

[@emmanuelgili3498]

I'm more into 3d modeling. I was wondering if I could get reviews for the personal projects I'm making in the Agora community. I don't personally know someone who works in the industry. I would really love to get my projects reviewed, so I can improve. :)

[@emmanuelgili3498]

@@AgoraCommunity I'm very excited to that! Thanks a lot! I'm already signing up. Cheers!!! :)

[@cheetahkba9811]

Best thing ever!!!!!

[@spooderman5405]

i like the website but a search engine would be nice its a little hard to search without one

[@BrentGe0rge]

Stay tuned... :)

[@nandandas3312]

thanks a lot

[@hassanmustafa3473]

Is there a way to donate to this community ??

[@freshdnw2773]

How do you get to the website and will it work good with an asus laptop?

[@cletusmugane]

Angels in disguise

[@Exotic6792]

I live in England and im14 but I really would like to be a 3d animator but i dont know where to start. i have a powerful pc for it

[@ProjectAtlasmodling]

Blender is a great start

[@bar7381]

D O U G H N U T

[@fitzhugh7463]

@@bar7381 that's not animation

[@exanimo8554]

for learning almost anything nowadays: the indish guy on youtube

[@g24eva27]

Anyone know of good sites so an animator can get critiquing? I am working on my portfolio but once I am done I would like someone to view it and give me some insight. I was wondering if there was an internet community for that

[@SirWade]

That’s... what this video is about...

[@joel_the_ai]

I really wish this project gets more attention we can all help each other in this.

[@newsouthslav]

Anyone else already signed up?

[@spelacekada8207]

I was literally signing up as video poped up in notifications

[@kohchenkit266]

Yep

[@spelacekada8207]

Also love the username :)

[@newsouthslav]

@@spelacekada8207 Puno hvala

[@katyaalbescu3913]

I wanna apply in Sheridan but I think I have no talent

[@Kyuboyo]

What if multiple professionals offer advice that clash with each other?

[@Kyuboyo]

@@AgoraCommunity That is good to know. I'd also like to ask whether industry-standard pipelines will be implemented or not. (PS it would be great if people can get hired via this platform)

[@motiontails]

Will the pratt bros be involved ? 🤷‍♂️

[@emptybruh]

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