3 things I trained myself to ignore to start teaching compositing
1. You have no film credits
2. Those who can't, teach
3. You're the ladder students step on, no one thanks the ladder
If you can’t ignore all three, you might never build anything that lasts.
The only real failure is being too afraid to share what you know because of what OTHERS might think of you.
Think about how unfortunate that would be.
Here’s what my former students went on to help create -
https://alphachromatica.com/the-wall-of-impressiveness/
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3 things I trained myself to ignore to start teaching compositing
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by Ganz Ramalingam
Ganz Ramalingam
theFake.Guru, Ganz Ramalingam is a VFX Educator who helped 230+ aspiring artists land artist positions at top-tier VFX studios. Founder of Alpha Chromatica & HeyGanz.com - •
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