Nowadays, the animation schools reflect the schism in the world of professional animation. On the one hand, there are the animation schools that maintain a pretty traditional approach. At these schools, the artistic skills are the most important part. You have to learn to draw with complete control, and to supplement that control with the various techniques that bring animations to life. Some of these schools still teach little or no computer animation courses, although that is becoming rarer. On the other side of the fence are the more new wave animation schools. In these art schools, computer 3d animation is put at the forefront. A few of them dispense with traditional drawing techniques altogether in order to educate a class of students who view computer animating as second nature.
12-28-2008