I would like to express my great appreciation to Ivan Pavlov for his conscientious approach to teaching. To solve non-technical and really artistic tasks you need a lot of experience in the industry. Such knowledge is very, very valuable. While working on the training shot, we did not just move the character through beautiful parks, but tried to breathe life into the animation, give the characters their own character and believability. Thanks to Ivan for sharing some of his experience with us!
Ivan was the lead animator on the Jingliki project, where we met. In his work with animators, I would like to note an individual approach, care, great patience and ability to create good scenes with an animator of any level. Despite already having quite a lot of experience, Ivan continues to hone his skills by taking courses in foreign schools, which means that he is always in good shape. It's always nice when your lead animator animates himself, and not just talking, trying hard to remember something from the 12 principles of animation. All my words will easily be confirmed by his demoreel.
I am glad that on my creative path I met such an experienced animator as Ivan, who raised my animation to a new level while we were working on the Jingliki project. It was not easy and not fast, but now from the height of the past days it is clear that all the efforts were not in vain.
I was lucky enough to work with Ivan Pavlov on the TV series Jingliki, where I came right after the courses, without any work experience. I would like to note a few things: in his work Ivan helps to get away from stereotypes in animation and to think more broadly, pays great attention to working with small things, helps not only to play a scene in a certain time, but also to make it unique. During the cooperation I have received a huge database on animation, which I continue to use in my work.
In addition to high professional skills and obsession with animation quality, Ivan creates psychological comfort at work and finds a common language with each employee.
Another very irreplaceable quality of Ivan is his ability to solve problems, the ability to manage with minimal losses when some problems arise at different stages of production. I am very grateful to the project and especially to Ivan, not only for the transfer of knowledge and experience, but also for meeting interesting people who still inspire me with their talents and originality.
I worked on the Jingliki project for about a year under the guidance of Ivan Pavlov. You can say a lot about someone with over a decade of experience in animation, but Ivan stands out for his manic (in a good way) attitude to getting results. A professional who knows his job one hundred percent, he directs with confidence and brings almost any scene to perfection. He easily finds a common language with any animator and always gives practical and very useful advice. He is always confident in his ideas and solutions, resulting in animations that not only look great, but also feel the individuality of each character, which is very important in our business. Ivan is obsessed with animation, which makes him a unique supervisor. Like most people, I chose the project based on the supervisor, and I was not wrong.
During the time we worked together I managed to learn a lot of important and useful tips that help me to achieve good results in my work to this day. I am very grateful to him for everything and hope that we will have time to work together in the future.
Ivan Pavlov is a wonderful and experienced animator with a bright style. Thanks to Ivan the characters come to life and the animation breathes. He always looks carefully and thoroughly at every work, sees every little thing. All critiques were detailed and clear, and the teacher's friendly attitude made me work even harder. I was very happy to study under Ivan's mentorship and I want to continue my studies.
About the course:
An excellent course for both a beginner and a more or less experienced animator. Interesting tasks of the course will help you better understand the mechanics of the body, study each realistic movement and apply it correctly in animation. Most importantly, you will be able to see your work improve and your animation skills grow as you progress through the course. Not only will you gain new knowledge, but the reel will be filled with fresh, bright and clean work. I got even more from the course than I expected, thank you very much!
A few years ago, I was lucky and got into Ivan's class. Then I was lucky again, and after finishing the training he invited me to work on a project he was supervising at the time. All in all, I was under his command for a year and a half - as a student and as a young animator. During that time, he managed to put a lot of useful and interesting things into my head, and that's when I started to understand animation.
Acquaintance with the school "OCA" happened to me by chance: my test work for a job turned out to be weak, and I was advised to tighten the skill by a cool teacher - Ivan Pavlov.
I went straight to the Advanced Body Mechanics course. Although, to be honest, it was possible to go to a younger course, because I constantly tormented Ivan with my endless questions, which he patiently answered!
The impression after the course is FIRE! Fear and insecurity disappeared. Knowledge was systematized in my head. During his studies, Ivan shared not only his knowledge in animation, but also his personal experience in approach to studying. And the main conclusion: shots must be finished - this is a good habit that gives additional confidence in their abilities.
And at the end of the course, I got a job in a cool studio - CGF Studio. Now I am continuing my studies, combining work and study. Sometimes it's not easy, but it's very productive! With gratitude, Irina Kudinova.
It seemed to me that I had been standing in one place for a long time. I finished all my work to a certain point and then left it. Because I didn't like the result, but I didn't understand how to improve it. So, I would start a new animation, but everything would go the same way: I would get stuck at the spline.
After seven months of studying at another school and three months of self-study, I didn't have any work to show. But I was able to move forward!
After three months of studying at the OCA school, I had a shot ready to show. But I spent more time polishing my work. I am very happy with the final result: finally, I have a work I am not ashamed to show. And of course, a great motivation to continue. Now I am studying at the pantomime course and working on an episode of the TV series "My Babushka smokes a pipe".
A 3D animator in game development should have a lot of skills in different areas, including technical ones.
But first of all, it is necessary to animate characters well. Strong knowledge of body mechanics as the holy grail lights up the face of a 3D game animator and opens the doors to the best game studios in the world.
The game animation course can help to pump up this skill quite strongly, it is especially important that the course focuses on polishing the animation so that a good and finished work will eventually come out.
I express my gratitude to the OCA School of Animation and 3D Graphics. I recommend you to enroll in the course.
I attended the "Beginner" course at the OCA Animation School. Actually, for a long time I could not decide to go to the courses because I expected a lot of "water" during the lectures. I also hoped that I could learn the necessary skills on my own. But I ended up studying the wrong program, and then I went deeper in the wrong direction. At some point I realized that the skill of working with the program itself and the skill of creating something are two completely different things. I was looking for an animation school for a long time and I chose OCA. Because of the democratic price, courses with a gradual increase in the level of difficulty, as well as advice from the Telegram chat about animation. I have never regretted my decision. This animation school brought together experts in their field. Any incomprehensible and even in your opinion stupid question will be answered and will help you both in the technical part and in the animation itself. All training lectures are recorded and everything is on the case in them. So, all my worries were in vain. Anton is a wonderful teacher who really wants to teach. And he presents information with a foundation for the future of the students, and that is really valuable. The learning process is built in such a way that when you work in a group, you see the results of other students, and thanks to this, you not only learn from the mistakes of others, but also, seeing their progress, you want to do more. I wish future students good luck. I'm not saying it will be easy for you. But as they say, it's hard to study, it's easy to fight. And I also express my gratitude to Anton, Ivan, Anna, Rosa, Igor and all the other participants in the process. Yours sincerely, Olga, a future student of the Junior Course.