Everyone has plans for the future or lifetime dreams. However, we can get disoriented sometimes, especially when it comes to make appropriate career choices.
When working with students, Taurus Global Studio conducted a survey about Spine 2D Animation and found out that very few of them had a comprehensive understanding on this industry.
In order to have an objective and accurate view, we had an interview with Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tung – Leader of 2D Spine team at Taurus Global Studio – N&V Bridge Group, to hear the oponion and experiences of an senior who worked in this industrial for 7 years.
Many of the fellow students are not familiar with 2D Spine, could you tell us more about it? Drawing, motion including different motions in games, these are my passion and also how I make a living. To create great movements for the character, my colleagues and I use Spine – a specialized software for 2D animation, it provides an effective process for creating animated images in games.
Which qualifications and requirements do you need to have before studing Spine 2D Animation?
Drawing, motion including different motions in games, these are my passion and also how I make a living. To create great movements for the character, my colleagues and I use Spine – a specialized software for 2D animation, it provides an effective process for creating animated images in games.
Which qualifications and requirements do you need to have before studing Spine 2D Animation?
You just need to have a passion for motion pictures, have a creative mind, especially in hand-drawning. There is a lot of controversies about the necessity of learning hand-drawing in order to persue a career in this industry. I recommend the students to get familiar with hand-drawnin if you want to have a long term plan in this profession. There are tough problems that can be solved by a simple drawing on a piece of paper, especially when no one understands your ideas. And good knowledge of human and animal anatomy will help you a lot in creating motions by Spine.
Appart from good training on hand-drawing, other related tools such as PS, AI, and Animation softwares should be also on the list.
So could you point out for us some advantages and disadvantages of following this industry?
There will be certain difficulties and advantages in whatever profession one might be passionate about and pursuing after, 2D Spine is no exception. There are fewer instructions about 2D Spine on the internet, so you will have difficulty in the learning process, and it also won’t be easy to find a trust wealthy training facility.
The advice would be to ask those who have been and are still following the profession, or join some of the prestigious Animation groups on social networks for more information about 2D Spine.
How would you evaluate the development of 2D Spine industry in the future?
In my personal opinion, Spine software is and will continue to be a very powerful and a preferred choice for 2D animation. When you are quite familiar with this software, there will be lots of job opportunities attractive salary based on your skill level. It is worth mentioning that the period of time for a new learner to get familiar and master this software is quite short: for beginners it only takes about 2 or 3 months training to get qualified to work with a starting salary of around 7,000,000 VND, then you might be ready to challenge more complex animations.
Finally, what advice do you have for those who are studying and want to study 2D Spine?
When you are wondering what software to choose to create animation for your characters, I recommend you to choose Spine. As long as you are passionate about the job of “mind-blowing the characters”, this software will provide you a great path for your self-growth.
With its great potential, 2D Spine is going to be will be the choice of many people in the animation industry. The interview above gives you a clear direction to the promising path. Besides, Taurus Global Studio is also recruiting 2D Spine designing positions, with dedicated leaders, this will be the best environment for your personal development.
