Animation Mentor’s Bobby Beck Talks AMP Production Pipeline, New VFX Program & More

News broke last week from my friends at Animation Mentor that they are once again pushing the bounds of online animation education with the new patent-pending  AMP Studio Production Pipeline. They also announced their first VFX program to commence this summer.

The award-winning online studio school is known for iterating on its offerings in response to industry needs. Next gen tools serve an important function for the school’s students who learn from working pro’s with enviable resumes. For my latest interview, I spoke with Animation Mentor co-founder, CEO & former Pixarian Bobby Beck about what the AMP pipeline means for his students.

Check it out on Animation Career Review and, as always, let me know what you think.

Visual Effects in the Heartland: Q&A with UNL

The middle of America may seem an unlikely place to find an innovative visual effects program. Yet the Johnny Carson School of Theater & Film at the University of Nebraska Lincoln is proving stereotypes wrong where a budding animation and visual effects program is taking hold. With the help of the university’s supercomputer, an in-the-making $80M Innovation Campus and a CG artist with considerable experience, the program is effectively tailored to each students’ needs.

Steve Kolbe left behind the frenetic pace of life as a CG artist to grow UNL’s program in his home state as an Assistant Professor of Visual Effects. Having served as a layout technical director on Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and a visual effects supervisor on Kung Fu Panda, Kolbe brings his enviable work experience to his classes.  To learn about UNL’s tailored CG and visual effects program, I spoke with him for the latest feature Q&A on AnimationCareerReview. Check it out!