Friday, February 22, 2008

More than just Disney: 3-D animation class trains students for lucrative and lively business

Do you think all animators do is Disney movies? If you do, then think again.

Since fall semester of 1999, Santa Barbara City College has offered 3-D animation classes as part of the School of Media Arts.

Mihir Mahapatra is the instructor for the 3-D character animation class, where the students create character design, facial animation, muscle and skeletal systems, and modeling for hands, feet, bodies, and heads using the business standard software Maya.

"Students learn the complexity of the software," Mahapatra said. "Many artists try to go fast when creating, but the best thing you can do is to slow down and take it one step at the time."

Mahapatra said that the resources at SBCC are really good, and that it's a big advantage that they use the same software as the people in the business.

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