Thursday, 24 July 2014
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
How to get into Sheridan Animation : Mentor for Portfolio Preparation
PS: Updated March 2017.
I'm still teaching this course. Contact me online at premsaigs@gmail.com.
So currently I have six students taking my 'Story and Design in Life Drawing' classes and I have noticed half of them are 2nd years and 4th years at Sheridan and the other half are students from Art Fundamentals trying to get into animation. Since I take my classes for no more than two students at a time, I have been able to manage that quite well, starting from the very basics for the latter and going advanced for the second and fourth years who have spent enough time drawing to understand design. I remember many years back, how I myself had a hard time finding a teacher or a mentor to help me prepare my portfolio.
So I decided to make the two courses separate:
1. Portfolio Preparation for Animation - Focuses on the fundamentals required to have a successful entry into animation/illustration and help students get into their dream animation programs. Since different students have different abilities, I try to give more private lessons at/near Sheridan (also online).
2. Story and Design in Life Drawing:
This is more for students already in animation who want to bridge the gap between life drawing and animation. I started this class mainly because during my time here, I noticed a lot of students who were really good in life drawing, were unable to use their skills to be more creative in their design process or in animation; and a whole lot of others who could animate really well but couldn't life draw. To me both life drawing and animation are essentially the same, the latter just gets put on a time chart. One aids the other, and vice versa.
So far, it has received some great reviews from students.
Testimonials:
"As a Life Drawing tutor, Prem has a solid knowledge of the human anatomy as well as strong drawing skills. Prem's teaching style is very clear and organized, also distinguished from what I've learned at school. Because of his excellent drawing, he did many amazing demos in his class to analyze every crucial part in the drawing process. " - Lucy Feng , a very talented Second Yr Animation Student @Sheridan 2014
3. Sheridan Animation Portfolio Reviewing/Tutoring/Mentoring - I also do weekly portfolio mentoring and reviewing where I go through student work and mentor students as to what they should work on. So far, I have mentored quite a number of students successfully and I'm very glad with the results!
PS: Edit - March 2017.
I'm still teaching this course. Contact me online at premsaigs@gmail.com.
My phone number has changed. Thank you!
Cheers!
I'm still teaching this course. Contact me online at premsaigs@gmail.com.
So currently I have six students taking my 'Story and Design in Life Drawing' classes and I have noticed half of them are 2nd years and 4th years at Sheridan and the other half are students from Art Fundamentals trying to get into animation. Since I take my classes for no more than two students at a time, I have been able to manage that quite well, starting from the very basics for the latter and going advanced for the second and fourth years who have spent enough time drawing to understand design. I remember many years back, how I myself had a hard time finding a teacher or a mentor to help me prepare my portfolio.
So I decided to make the two courses separate:
1. Portfolio Preparation for Animation - Focuses on the fundamentals required to have a successful entry into animation/illustration and help students get into their dream animation programs. Since different students have different abilities, I try to give more private lessons at/near Sheridan (also online).
2. Story and Design in Life Drawing:
This is more for students already in animation who want to bridge the gap between life drawing and animation. I started this class mainly because during my time here, I noticed a lot of students who were really good in life drawing, were unable to use their skills to be more creative in their design process or in animation; and a whole lot of others who could animate really well but couldn't life draw. To me both life drawing and animation are essentially the same, the latter just gets put on a time chart. One aids the other, and vice versa.
So far, it has received some great reviews from students.
Testimonials:
"As a Life Drawing tutor, Prem has a solid knowledge of the human anatomy as well as strong drawing skills. Prem's teaching style is very clear and organized, also distinguished from what I've learned at school. Because of his excellent drawing, he did many amazing demos in his class to analyze every crucial part in the drawing process. " - Lucy Feng , a very talented Second Yr Animation Student @Sheridan 2014
3. Sheridan Animation Portfolio Reviewing/Tutoring/Mentoring - I also do weekly portfolio mentoring and reviewing where I go through student work and mentor students as to what they should work on. So far, I have mentored quite a number of students successfully and I'm very glad with the results!
PS: Edit - March 2017.
I'm still teaching this course. Contact me online at premsaigs@gmail.com.
My phone number has changed. Thank you!
Cheers!
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
with Vilppu!!
So I finally got to meet one of the greatest teachers in the industry - Glenn Vilppu..and spent 3 days with him drawing and painting..
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