Top 10 Advice for College Students in 3D Animation

Hey everyone! Since I am entering into my Senior year this Fall 2021 as an Animation major in college and will graduate in Summer 2022, I want to support other students who are interested in animation, mainly 3D animation. I feel that there are not many YouTube videos or any videos out there about college experiences as an Animation student studying 3D animation. So I decided to make a top ten advice video for those who are interested in pursuing 3D animation in college. Personally, as someone who has been learning a lot about animation in the last 3 years of college, pre-pandemic and during the pandemic, I want to offer some guidance for you. Here is the 10 advice summarized into a list: Advice 1: Managing your time, take advantage of free time, don’t procrastinate. Advice 2: Dorm vs commuting (pre-pandemic). Note, I forgot to mention about staying at home and doing animation work. Maybe this will be my next video topic :) Advice 3: You need a website to showcase your animation work or portfolio. Advice 4: Portable recording device for making unique sound effects not found in free sound websites, plus this makes your animation stand out. Advice 5: Take advantage of free/discounted softwares. Advice 6: Free download (Z-Library)/purchase cheap e-books or discount/sale/rent books. Advice 7: Record yourself acting it out for animation reference. Advice 8: Follow the rules for animation standards. Advice 9: Make your own animation/personal projects, challenge yourself. Advice 10: Laptop choice matters, powerful Gaming/Studio laptops can help with rendering and big project sizes, especially in finals/deadlines when the computer lab is full. Highly recommend Windows laptop with NVIDIA and Intel, they are optimized for 3D animation rendering. This is the first time I have made this kind of video in this format. If you can like/subscribe/follow me on social media, I really appreciate it a lot! If you have any suggestions for what videos you want me to make next, leave a comment! My website : www.paolaanimator.com/ My social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/paola.animator Instagram: www.instagram.com/paola_anima... Twitter: twitter.com/Paola_Animator What I used to make this video: Webcam - Logitech C920x HD Pro Webcam Recording - Logitech Capture and OBS Studio Audio - Zoom H1n Portable Recorder + Zoom H1n Accessory Pack Headphone - Sony WH - 1000XM4, color Blue Editing - Adobe Premiere Pro My laptop: GIGABYTE AERO 17, Intel Core i7 10th Generation, NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX STUDIO 2080 Super Max-Q, 32 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage, 1920x1080 screen with 144Hz refresh rate. Can be either a Gaming laptop or Studio production, I use this for both. #Backtoschool #College #Educational #Students #Animation #3D #ComputerAnimation #Advice #Tips #Fall #2021 #Youtube #Youtuber

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These are some awesome tips!! Loved this vid & your calm energy 💖