Best Tutorial For a Beginner?

Cindy Dalfovo · August 2014

Hello!

I want to learn a lot of things: how to sculpt, how to paint, how to make masks, props, animatronics, you get the idea.

I have TDAH and tend to get distracted with other things, so I want to buy a course or two, go trough calmly and then decide if I am going to buy a subscription or not ( because I will probably go trough these contents slowly and might drop my studies and get back to then three months later, is why I prefer to buy the stream vs pay the subscription)

So, I'm browsing the beginner section and I'm trying to decide which course:

a) will teach me how to make something cool, from the very beginning to the end

b) doesn't require a lot of equipments/supplies, since I will have to buy everything that's needed, probably.

Any sugestions?

Thanks! ^^

ps: anybody decided to join here after Jim Henson's Creature Challenge? I did! ^^

Cindy Dalfovo · August 2014

These are the tutorials that looked most interesting:

https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/garage-monsters

https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/make-a-monster-plastic-bag-technology

https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/how-to-make-creature-props-mold-cast-paint

https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/make-a-monster-puppet-rods-cables

any tips on which one should I see first?

Chris Ellerby · August 2014

Greetings Cindy,

The first tutorials that come to mind for me would be the "Garage Monsters" series by Shannon Shea. It's a 2 part series that shows how to make creature puppets with easily accessible (and affordable) tools and materials. Shannon is a great instructor, and he covers a lot of techniques that carry over into other effects applications.

Part One:

https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/garage-monsters

Part Two:

https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/garage-monsters-2-budget-monster-making

Hope that helps!

/Chris

Cindy Dalfovo · August 2014

Thanks, Chris! I was really attracted to the name "garage monster" and the keyword "budget", guess this will be my first course

Cindy Dalfovo · September 2014

I've watched hte Garage Monsters on my 3-day trial and it's a great course! Now I'm excited to see all the other courses

edit: how longe it usually takes to take a course from live to on demand? The Build a Miniature City looks really nice, but I can't afford the live version right now...

Chris Ellerby · September 2014

Hey Cindy,

Glad you liked "Garage Monsters," I was hoping it would be a good starting place for you!

Web courses take a while to edit down into shorter lesson videos. With 3+ cameras running for a few days of lessons a lot of footage is built up, and then that has to be edited to a format that works for a non-live course. Some of the past webinars have made it to on-demand videos in under a month, but I imagine it will take a bit longer for an epic 10 day adventure like "Build a Miniature City" or "How to Fabricate a Monster Suit" to be edited down.

/Chris

Michael Allen · February 2015

I too am looking forward to "How to Build a Miniature City" being on demand. Any ETA?

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