<div dir="auto">👋🏽</div><div dir="auto">Would be fantastic to connect with a trainer via remote (&/or local; Davie, FL 33328)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">unique situation - trainee is total  beginner, seriously disabled Veteran,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">please reply to me with additional thoughts or referrals</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">thanks,</div><div dir="auto">james</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 2:55 PM Travis <<a href="mailto:travis@icraft.io">travis@icraft.io</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><u></u><div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hello Simon, <br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I'm a private tutor currently but have worked in the past with schools in Canada, but I feel it's best backed with information.<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Blender has the initial benefit over competitors as it's loaded with free and accessible information in droves online.<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I should empathize that Blender is definitely a Plugin-Driven software. The vanilla features are good for a start/introduction, but as I teach I need to drill in that it's really not an option to stick to pure vanilla workflows forever. I find it very helpful to drip feed plugins as they are needed.<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Particularly starting with Blenderkit as providing a beginner with an asset library gets them past a very frustrating barrier and reinforces the mindset that you don't need to model everything.<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Also I slowly introduce plugins in sets; HardOps/Boxcutter + Fluent, PBR Bridge + UV Packmaster + UV Squares + Node Wrangler(included), HumanGen+Simply Cloth, Flip Fluids + RBD Lab, etc<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Feel free to reach out if you have any particular questions, I'd love to chime in.<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Cheers,<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Travis Szabo</b><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">3D & VFX Trainer/Tutor @ SuperProf<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">E: <a href="mailto:travis@icraft.io" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">travis@icraft.io</a><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><br><div style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;height:0px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;border-top-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div id="m_2446568052061698777Zm-_Id_-Sgn1" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">---- On Fri, 12 May 2023 13:31:46 -0400 <b style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Direccion Animación Simon Gerbaud <<a href="mailto:dir.anim@escine.mx" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">dir.anim@escine.mx</a>></b> wrote ---<br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><blockquote id="m_2446568052061698777blockquote_zmail" style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Blender community,<br><br>my name is Simon Gerbaud and I'm the director of the bachelor's degree in film Animation at ESCINE school in Mexico: <a href="https://escine.mx" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://escine.mx</a><br>Escine is a school of Cinema, Photography and Animation.<br><br>We follow the evolution of Blender with interest and several of our teachers are already teaching this software to our students. We would like to strengthen its learning in our institution because it is a powerful tool, also because it is the result of a community that forges its own tool and that makes sense to us.<br><br>Have you ever worked in alliance with a school? Is there a way to connect with the Blender community from the academic realm?<br><br>I hope that the question of education will interest you and that we can establish a dialogue.<br><br>Best regards,<br><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Simon Gerbaud </b><br>Director de la Licenciatura en Animación Cinematográfica | Escuela Superior de Cine</div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif">¡Síguenos en nuestras redes!</span></span></span><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td valign="top" style="padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding:5px 10px 5px 9px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td valign="top" style="padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style=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</blockquote></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>be well,</div><div><div>james</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center" align="left">…hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out elements of our mental health core, our creativity, courage, & strength...<br></div></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><u><b>LEGAL DISCLAIMER</b></u>. The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are strictly </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px">confidential and they may not be used or disclosed by someone who is not a </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px">named recipient. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px">If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by replying </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px">to this email inserting the word "misdirected" as the message and delete this </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px">e-mail from your system.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>