Could a career in 3D animation be in my future?

I know I don't want to make movies. I have no interest in production. If I were to make my own movies/videos its because I have a story I want told and I'm the only one I know who can do it. And I have LOTS of ideas. The fastest way to get something done is to do it yourself. But I would do it on my terms. Focusing on what I deem important and not caring less about what "filmmakers" do.

I've concluded that if I were to work in film it would be doing visual effects. The stuff I've really enjoyed in class so far have been graphics. It really engages my artistic/creative side. I've always wanted to be an artist or an animator but never had the drawing talent. My new "teacher" was telling me that visual effects are done mostly on PCs (which i found interesting) and using a program called MAYA. I looked into said program and I found this online course that would last 12 weeks and its done online and on the weekends. So I could do it when I have a job. And it teaches you the program. And you can come in there not knowing anything about it and they teach you what you need to know to get a job. I found this fascinating. Its fantastic.

I'm gonna keep going through the course. I mean I haven't even done After Effects or Shake so I don't even know if I'll like it or if it will be too overwhelming for me. Also I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll be happy just making dvd menus so who knows.


I figure once I'm done with the course and have more of an idea of what I wanna do I'll get a job. And if I want to go into visual fx and 3-d animation I will take this course online. I'll have the money, I can do it on the weekends, and I'll even buy myself a PC. I'm not in any rush to take this program. But its fantastic to know that its there at my disposal whenever I want to take it. Very cool. I don't think SAE will be the end of my education. This sort of thing used to be so completely out of reach for me. I couldn't even imagine where I would start. But now its not out of reach. I can't tell you how awesome that feels.

And I'll admit I do have fantasies of working in CGI. Everytime I watch these special features and see these people at the desks going through the cgi stuff they did i'm always like..i want THAT job. how cool would it be to actually do it?!! plus to have such a specialized skill in miami would make me super valuable.

I like the fact that I'm learning so much. I want to be well rounded. And skilled. Not just know a little of this a little of that...i want to be comfortable working in any of these programs.