TOAnimate Animation Course Q&A (Livestream)

[@BrianKouhi]

Naturally everything that could go wrong, will go wrong. A fuse popped, turning off my internet halfway through my first stream 😂 It's okay though, we picked it back up and continued like nothing happened. Thanks to everyone how tuned in. Make sure to check out the course here toanimate.teachable.com/p/animation-course

[@jujuboohoo]

I hate to be that 3rd world peasant asking for stuff but is it possible to get a 30 sec preview of one of your vdo to get an idea of how you teach? I bought another blender animation course couple years ago and it was kinda disappointing. Anyway, I'm still saving and by the end of the year I'll be joining the course fo sure. 🙂

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey! We actually have a lesson from the Blender Basics up on the channel, which you can find here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roXJpp5nm5eerc0 We're also planning on releasing a sample lesson from the Animation Course as well, coming very soon!

[@jujuboohoo]

@@BrianKouhi That's perfect, thank you.

[@GurasisAnand]

Do you guys have a discord server I can join? I'm planning on getting the course.

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey Gurasis, we have a private community but it's not Discord. We found that 'Circle community' is way more beneficial for our students and it acts as a forum and a community. Students gain access to the Circle community via an email, once they enroll. Let me know if you have any other questions! - Brian

[@theartsofshashikant]

Sir plz make tutorials on acting shots.

[@BrianKouhi]

We'll definitely have some lessons on that, in the Advanced section of the Animation Course :)

[@ryozun3041]

Will they be real time critiques from you guys if I purchase this course and if so how long will the critique be?

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey, we do have a Mentorship package (which is currently full and not available), in that package you get the option to send in 12 clips to be critiqued, and so we provide a video critiques of your shot with Syncsketch notes included. Our Animation Course has the same curriculum, but there is no video feedback option. We do however have a private Circle community where students share their work and receive feedback from instructors and other students.

[@vishalvkumar6796]

Hello Brian. I am from India and comparing it to our currency, the course is a little expensive. Can you please provide some discount for the course.

[@BrianKouhi]

Hi Vishal, send us an email at [e-mail] and we'll see if we can help out in some way.

[@Okay_justcallmekim]

Is it a one time time Payment or can we pay twice?

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey, it's a one time payment for lifetime access :)

[@justchillandwatchgameplay7223]

When course is come?

[@BrianKouhi]

This was the launch video for the course. The course is here: toanimate.teachable.com/p/animation-course

[@abdelkarimkeraressi1418]

why there is no animation of that in your trailer "the boy with his sister in that shipe" !! its will be very good . are you planing to make that happen. because in your trailer is showing something and here is showing something else.

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey, the focus of our course is to give students a strong animation foundation so that they're able to animate any kind of shot in any setting. Teaching students how to make one particular shot, in only one particular way isn't a good way to teach, it only means that every student will finish the course with their work being a copy of the instructors.

[@Yumenokoi]

What is the total duration of the course in hours?

[@BrianKouhi]

It's hard to say, as we're adding new lessons every week. The Blender Basics comes as a bonus with the Animation Course, and the Blender Basics alone has over 10 hours of edited content. Feel free to check out the Animation Course curriculum at the bottom for this page (It should also show the length of each lesson): toanimate.teachable.com/p/animation-course Keep in mind that the animation course also comes with a ton of high quality rigs, 100+ custom made dialogues to animate to and a private community :)

[@Yumenokoi]

@@BrianKouhi Looks awesome! :) saving up for it :)

[@b.karthikreddy5893]

will u help me anything if i buy animation course

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey, not quite sure what you're asking. The purpose of the animation course is to give students a very strong animation foundation and learn all of the principals.

[@b.karthikreddy5893]

@@BrianKouhi is there any help platform like discord for helping if I buy animation course

[@BrianKouhi]

@@b.karthikreddy5893 Absolutely! We have a large private community on Circle where students ask questions and share their.

[@dzulfikaryasyifzamzami9758]

excuse me sir, i have question this course is real time tutorial ?

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey, the course will be streamable videos, so you're able to watch them at your convenience. You'll have life access to assets, lessons, and our Circle community.

[@BritK-xh4gz]

How many big US companies use Blender over Maya

[@BrianKouhi]

There's no number you can find online, but majority of BIG companies currently use Maya. From what I know, majority of smaller companies and indie studios choose Blender over Maya, especially more recently. Since Blender 2.8, they popularity of the software has been on an S-curve increase with companies like Ubisoft and Epic starting to implement Blender in parts of their workflow. Animation is a skill and Blender/Maya are software. You can learn animation in Blender and transfer your skills to Maya and vice versa very easily. I actually helped switch the software in my previous company from Maya to Blender and some of the Maya animators who had never touched Blender before, were producing work in Blender within a day of taking our Blender Basics course. Best course of action is to learn both software once you have a good grasp of the animation principles. Hope this helps!

[@BritK-xh4gz]

@@BrianKouhi I use Maya for work but I love Blender and think it is so much better, but more US company seem to use Maya, I hope that changes

[@wildanimasi]

Do I need an internet connection to access the course or can I download the video so that I can study without using the internet?

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey, the course videos are stream only, you'll need access to the internet to watch them. However, the majority of our assets are downloadable.

[@wildanimasi]

@@BrianKouhi If I can't download it, does that mean I can't watch it forever? Video tutorials can only be watched for as long as the person who made the video is alive?

[@BrianKouhi]

@@wildanimasi When students purchase the course, they get lifetime access to the videos and other content. I'm currently 28, healthy and have no plans on NOT being alive anytime soon 😂

[@wildanimasi]

The initial launch price of the class was 60$. And now it's gone up 395$?

[@BrianKouhi]

​@@wildanimasi The price you're referring to was for the Blender Basics course during our limited time Kickstater 2 years ago, not the Animation Course. During our Kickstarter, students had the option to pre-purchase the course before there were any lessons added. Those students had a significant discount because they had to wait for a long time before being able to access the lessons and helped fund the huge course we have today.

[@maheshchathuranga8414]

sir. i try to buy the course. payment is not working. Can you help me with this please.

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey Mahesh, could you specify where the issue is happening? We're hosting the course on teachable, and they accept cards, Paypal, and Stripe.

[@maheshchathuranga8414]

Thank you for respond sir. I paid and start the course. Thanks again for you and your team effort.🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BrianKouhi]

@@maheshchathuranga8414 welcome to the community Mahesh!

[@gameminati5523]

Don't you have any discord server?? I want to hire your students

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey, we have a private community hosted on CIRCLE for our students only. If you have specifics on any job openings you can let me know and I can post it on the private community.

[@gameminati5523]

@@BrianKouhi yes I want to hire

[@venomtang]

unfortunately Ai art is making any art career a big lost cause, including animation, it's a shame

[@rohit-rn2ei]

make it 80 $ - 6062 rupees

[@BrianKouhi]

Hey Rohit, though we understand that the affordability of the price might be harder with some currencies, we've spent nearly six figures on the production of this course and its assets, and nearly three years of our lives. We offer students hundreds of dollars worth of assets alone, and high quality video and pdf lessons. Anything close to this type of quality costs thousands of dollars at other schools. You can always email us directly at [e-mail] and we can try and help the best we can. Cheers!

[@rohit-rn2ei]

@@BrianKouhi thank you for reply . and i really appreciate your efforts .. thank you for the course 🤗

[@rohit-rn2ei]

to expencive for indians

[@Nitinsingh_sith]

How it's expensive lol people pay more then this in college!

[@rohit-rn2ei]

@@Nitinsingh_sith yeah i know but still expencive