If I want to be a Computer Animator, do I still need to take the traditional animation courses in the program?
As was said before, we believe that all types of animation have their foundation in solid drawing and traditional animation. We believe that a computer is a tool just as a pencil is a tool. If when you draw with a pencil you draw junk the computer will only help you to make really shiny chrome junk. We have found that even our most technical graduates find that they need to be able to draw so that they can communicate their visual ideas.
A computer animated film takes as much time as a traditionally animated film to make. The computer does not make the film easier to make it merely changes the dynamics and the overall final aesthetics.
As was said before, we believe that all types of animation have their foundation in solid drawing and traditional animation. We believe that a computer is a tool just as a pencil is a tool. If when you draw with a pencil you draw junk the computer will only help you to make really shiny chrome junk. We have found that even our most technical graduates find that they need to be able to draw so that they can communicate their visual ideas.
A computer animated film takes as much time as a traditionally animated film to make. The computer does not make the film easier to make it merely changes the dynamics and the overall final aesthetics.