A couple of weeks ago I posted on the subject of education and the cost, while the students protested in London. It triggered me to think about my own education past, present and future. However, don't go looking for the post. It was a bit too personal for publication so it's gone, for now.
Today, through the EIG (endless-interweb-grapevine), I read a brilliant and in-depth blog post comparing the two (arguably) major online animation training programs going, by someone who attended both. Rastko
I have been thinking about taking the AM 18 month program next year, but now I am leaning more towards iA. I still don't know the total cost of iA (is it $5994/£3871.41 for the whole shebang?... 6 workshops at $999/£645.23 each?), but I have a feeling it's a lot cheaper than AM's $18k (£11.6k) and taught in a way more to my liking. Rastko's summarises - with slightly bias comments to which he acknowledges - that iAnimate is better (for him/her) because it is made to get you to be the best animator you can be, in as much time as you need.
So if anyone is reading this and have their own opinion about...
Animation Mentor vs iAnimate
Online Animation Programs
or anything else... please share your thoughts.
Another online program mentioned in the blog was AnimSchool, and I also know about animationAteam but I have yet to look into these in any detail. If anyone can shed some light on to these programs please leave a comment.
Once I get all the information I need I want to make a table/graph to illustrate the differences more clearly for myself and others who are also thinking about it.
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