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Re: Finding an Animation Team Leader

This is why animation is so hard. Everyone wants to build robots, and there is plenty of documentation to help a rookie team.. Want to build an animation that can compete.... it will take at least 2 years of learning and probably more like 3-4. Dedication is all the help that I can give you, but try going to 3dcafe.com or 3dtotal.com they have great tutorials that can get the ball rolling. Even if you don't put forth an awesome animation, you can only improve, so keep up the hard work, it will pay off.
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Re: Finding an Animation Team Leader

Yep, right now most of our team is self taught and peer-taught from people who have been self taught. I'm hoping next year or over the summer we can find a really knowledgeable mentor so that I can learn a lot over the next two years I have left with FIRST.
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Re: Finding an Animation Team Leader

yeah.. ive looked for a bit and i couldnt find anyone, although i do have one lead on a kid who graduated a couple years ago who did a 3 year independent study on 3dsm. To say the least, my team has no idea how to do this stuff. This is the first year we're attempting it, and im the only one so far trying to do anything, and i just got the software yesterday (never even looked at it b4 then lol) so, it should be fun
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Re: Finding an Animation Team Leader

I am also self-taught. I just took little steps. Started out with figuring out the basics (basic animation, cameras, lights, etc), and as I thought of things that I wanted to be able to do, I learned how to do them (particle systems, advanced rendering, environmental effects, etc). 3dbuzz is a great website as mentioned before, 3dluvr.com is also a good resource. When I was trying to learn to do something new, I usually tryed to figure it out on my own first, and then I would use a tutorial or reference 3ds Max's Help file to help steer me in the right direction.
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Re: Finding an Animation Team Leader

My interest in 3d graphix began in the summer after eighth grade. I slowly educated myself using maxon's c4d 7.1. I was amazed by what could be done. To my surprise, the pinnacle of my experience in c4d was this which i made almost a day or two after i began.
From there, i just read tutorials and books whenever i have time.
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