Im aiming for a career in 3d cg, but I have no idea where to start. What are some of the best schools to go to get a diploma in cg?
This changes over time – as I’m writing this, In the US, Ringling, Savannah College of Art and Design and CalArts are very good I’ve heard, and in Canada Sheridan and Vancouver Film School. There’s also University of Southern California, and many others. There’s more help for beginners at CGTalk.com, General Discussion Forum, the sticky threads at the top. There are other ways to go, though. Here’s some reasons why I think art schools generally speaking might be better than cg schools (note this is for artists, when it comes to programmers I don’t know much except that if you can combine art skills with programming skills you’ve really got it made!) 1 – Graphics are graphics, whether done on computer or not, and graphical knowledge is more important and harder and slower to come by than computer knowledge. And all things considered, generally speaking – across the world – you stand a better chance to learn more about graphics in art school than in cg school. 2 – the most important thin
