It may be a virtual world but you need some real skills to get there. For animation is one of the hottest and most tempting careers that offers you the passport to a rich, cushy life. Here’s a site that promises to help you fine ‘toon’ your designing instincts — www.antsindia.com. In fact, to toughen you from the very beginning, it orients you by introducing you to the creative challenges that you are likely to encounter as an animation professional. An extremely innovative website, antsindia.com also scores high on the style quotient. Though the colour schemes are attractive, they are easy on the eye.

An informative and interesting site, it displays, right at the beginning, a capsule on the animation industry in India. It’s assuring to know that the Cartoon Network is looking at locally developed content, which explains the boom time for animation experts. The information comes neatly categorised under the main sub-heads of corporate, training, production and contact. Depending on one’s interest and aptitude, one can browse through a particular sub-head for more information. For instance, under the ‘training’ sub-section, one gets to know about the training programmes offered at the academy. There are certificate programmes as well as an advanced programme in “2D specialist”. The six-month certificate course promises to help you mature as a layout artist by brushing up your skills in softwares like 3ds Max, Maya, Photoshop, Flash, etc.

The best thing about the site is that it also promises placements and you can click on the link to check out their industry partners. So what are you waiting for? Get set to take the toon world by storm.

Shibani Chattopadhyay

shibani@abpmail.com