Comments on: Hone Your Skills On-line to Take Your Game to the Next Level http://interactivehug.com/2008/02/25/hone-your-skills-on-line-and-take-your-game-to-the-next-level/ Design, Animation, Art Direction Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:55:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Christian Kragh http://interactivehug.com/2008/02/25/hone-your-skills-on-line-and-take-your-game-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Christian Kragh Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:11:32 +0000 http://interactivehug.com/2008/02/25/hone-your-skills-on-line-and-take-your-game-to-the-next-level/#comment-721 Hey there Balind. I'm pretty sure it's my first post on here, so nice to meet you. :) I'm a freelance Flash designer / developer (I've only been freelancing for 2 years though). I found your blog through Lee's Flash Blog and I love your blog! Been checking out Red's work for some time - amazing stuff. Anyway, I agree too. I'm 20 years old so I actually took a web course in high school using dreamweaver and some flash. But almost everything I learned outside of school. I also went to university taking a multimedia design course, but left after one year because I already knew it and I wanted to pursue my freelance career. I also agree on working with other minds - nice gig at Red huh? That's why I've decided to get a job at a design firm somewhere so I can pick up some skills other than Flash (I only know a little HTML, CSS, PHP, etc). And I think you learn some neat tricks working with people that think differently than you - it just streamlines into great techniques and methods. But thanks - I have definitely heard of lynda.com but haven't checked it out properly yet, so now I think I'm gonna take a good consider about getting some lessons over at lynda.com. :) Christian Hey there Balind. I’m pretty sure it’s my first post on here, so nice to meet you. :) I’m a freelance Flash designer / developer (I’ve only been freelancing for 2 years though). I found your blog through Lee’s Flash Blog and I love your blog! Been checking out Red’s work for some time – amazing stuff.

Anyway, I agree too. I’m 20 years old so I actually took a web course in high school using dreamweaver and some flash. But almost everything I learned outside of school. I also went to university taking a multimedia design course, but left after one year because I already knew it and I wanted to pursue my freelance career.

I also agree on working with other minds – nice gig at Red huh? That’s why I’ve decided to get a job at a design firm somewhere so I can pick up some skills other than Flash (I only know a little HTML, CSS, PHP, etc). And I think you learn some neat tricks working with people that think differently than you – it just streamlines into great techniques and methods.

But thanks – I have definitely heard of lynda.com but haven’t checked it out properly yet, so now I think I’m gonna take a good consider about getting some lessons over at lynda.com. :)

Christian

]]> By: YAPP http://interactivehug.com/2008/02/25/hone-your-skills-on-line-and-take-your-game-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-283 YAPP Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:13:34 +0000 http://interactivehug.com/2008/02/25/hone-your-skills-on-line-and-take-your-game-to-the-next-level/#comment-283 Agreed, you can't really beat it. My school had Lynda.com video tutorial CD's. I watched a few on Actionscript 2.0...helped me out greatly. There's no doubt, online learning from places such as Lynda.com is one of the best ways to learn, if not...the best. As you mentioned, you can rewind and rewatch and study it over and over. That's what I love about Lynda.com or places such as gotoandlearn.com. Video tutorials are great. I went to the Art Institute of Shaumburg (Chicago branch). You couldn't be anymore right about the whole learning process. I didn't learn a damn thing at school if I may be completely honest. Everything I learned I pretty much taught myself as well. You definetely have to take the initiative to learn and grow. Those kinds of schools just serve as foundations, they provide you with the programs and they teach you the ins and outs of it. Alot of the kids I went to school with figured the school was going to teach them everything and that it was going to find them a great job. So, they never took time outside of class to experiment and learn more than the basics that were being taught to them. Going back to Lynda.com though, once again it's probably the best learning tool out there. When it comes to our field, you don't even need to go to school. You can pick up many Lynda.com CD's and teach yourself, and as long as you work hard at it, the passion to learn and grow is there, and of course an added touch of talent...you'll be successful if not more successful and knowledgeable than if you attended an art school. Jason Agreed, you can’t really beat it. My school had Lynda.com video tutorial CD’s. I watched a few on Actionscript 2.0…helped me out greatly. There’s no doubt, online learning from places such as Lynda.com is one of the best ways to learn, if not…the best. As you mentioned, you can rewind and rewatch and study it over and over. That’s what I love about Lynda.com or places such as gotoandlearn.com. Video tutorials are great.

I went to the Art Institute of Shaumburg (Chicago branch). You couldn’t be anymore right about the whole learning process. I didn’t learn a damn thing at school if I may be completely honest. Everything I learned I pretty much taught myself as well. You definetely have to take the initiative to learn and grow. Those kinds of schools just serve as foundations, they provide you with the programs and they teach you the ins and outs of it. Alot of the kids I went to school with figured the school was going to teach them everything and that it was going to find them a great job. So, they never took time outside of class to experiment and learn more than the basics that were being taught to them.

Going back to Lynda.com though, once again it’s probably the best learning tool out there. When it comes to our field, you don’t even need to go to school. You can pick up many Lynda.com CD’s and teach yourself, and as long as you work hard at it, the passion to learn and grow is there, and of course an added touch of talent…you’ll be successful if not more successful and knowledgeable than if you attended an art school.

Jason

]]> By: harris http://interactivehug.com/2008/02/25/hone-your-skills-on-line-and-take-your-game-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-282 harris Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:24:52 +0000 http://interactivehug.com/2008/02/25/hone-your-skills-on-line-and-take-your-game-to-the-next-level/#comment-282 nice, online learning really is second to none. nice, online learning really is second to none.

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