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Saturday, September 03, 2011

Starting Algonquin on Tuesday!

Yesssss...


SO Sept/6/2011 *Tuesday people* I will be taking Pre-Animation and Illustration at Algonquin College!

NOW! That is a one year certificate program....all well and dandy and it helps you understand the workload that the Animation program will thrust upon you and yours if you so choose this path;....as lovely as Animation looks...so I've heard...i want to be able to take Introduction to Concept Art *for MOSTLY the Environment Design and the Character and Creature Design* BUT the other stuff is awesome to...it would have gotten me ready for the OTHER course i wanted to take which was, Professional Illustration. BUT soon found out that i needed THIS:

Admission Requirements
Program Eligibility

. Two-year college diploma or equivalent education and work experience,plus a
portfolio of sample work.
. A demonstrated ability to operate a computer at a basic level.

WHICH MEANT THAT I WOULD NEED ANIMATION ANYWAY...*well out of all the courses Algonquin College gives you the choice of Animation*Diploma* was the only direction i could really take and still stay in my field of dreams* SOOOOooooooooooo thinking i would have to skip "Introduction to concept art* WHICH i really didn't want to do...either i take Into.To.Concept.Art and the *already paid for*--> pre-animation and illustration course. So now i have those two going..and those are both 1 year EACH so 2 years..now add on 3 more years for the animation and illustration programs....i was looking up to 5 years >
Animation which i was hoping to avoid...because i want to learn to colour and draw..not animate...*which i am SURE you can learn without taking that class* ANYWAY...i then sent an email to the teachers of said courses and asked if there were any "loop holes" i could fall into to avoid Animation..LO and BEHOLD...a VERY nice individual actually told me that they have been rehashing Professional Illustration and actually FUSING IT with Introduction To Concept Art!!!

All for this years September/2011..given..there is a mini strike going on..i hope they get what they want...BUT after my year is up in 2012...the course will have been created, tested, cleaned up, polished *hopefully* and ready for me to take the two courses in one...might i add it's a...2 YEAR DIPLOMA COURSE....BUT it does have 3 semesters for those two years..so that means it will be hard..and lots of work. The creative child in me is feeling like eating a whole tin of "hands off cookies" right about now..... what are the odds?? Seriously?
In any case..i will hopefully be able to post my gross scribbles and daubs that will bloom into something special...as long as i do my homework...ArenaNet - Concept artists...here i come; like a polar bear i will be so into your garbage you'll need a giant Mongolian tazer to remove me...