I'm interested in joining TOA, since I heard it's got deadly amounts of assignments.

One question though, folks - how good does your artwork have to be to get admitted into it? I know they need those three drawings as your application portfolio, but exactly what's the par?

Do you need really realistic skills (i.e, oh hai, my reflection in paper kind of work) or can you worm by if your human looks well, human? And the free media one...Is digital media usable if I can proof I did it and it wasn't ripped fresh off some Deviant's gallery?

I could probably include all the WIPs...Oh wait, I could steal those too. Bah.

the submission is a trick to let u c your improvement b4 u join toa
juz draw whtever u like

This post has been edited by Irishcoffee: Jun 24 2010, 02:28 AM

Oh o_o"

Btw, any digital animation students here? Do you guys have to learn 3D programming during the course, i.e, hardcore programming stuff?

Or is it drawing for 3D models itself that the course focus on?

joining toa? or degree course? =)

diploma in MD...=)

woo~ welcome to the big family...=) *evil smiles again*

ARGH!!!!!!!!!! DON SCARE ME PLEASE!

btw, i need help from u all here!!

can help me check TOA website and see when's the closing date for registration for diploma in MD?

im not familiar with it i call them but its already over office hour d..lol..

ASAP!thanks!

for which intake? august 2010? i think have two more weeks.... =) nah... juz fooling around... need no scare... not really that scary

sure ar? haha..but its like EVERYONE was saying its SCARY!!!

btw, i just sms the staff..he said the LATESTTTTTT is end of august? lol..

but i think i gonna make a call 2moro again..if ok gonna register in the mid of july.

3d programming is not included as essentials here.
this is more like an art school compare to technical school where u'll learn all of the coding for the projects.

3d models are very dependent on the skill of artist in pulling off the best possible result. however, if u are working on 3d models for games, u'll need to have sufficient technical knowledge to make a game ready model.
this means that u'll need to know the amount of polys to use and the textures space required or acceptable by the engine side.

basically the engine side will have all of the coders to take care of the developement and inplementation of new effects and graphics performance.

one academy covers that art part alot more than the coding.

however, in 3d animation course. There's some mel scripting or expressions required for some special effects classes. Max script is possible to be learned but due to the reason that most of the seats in one academy are maya so i think this is depends on the lecturers.

I remember in MM course u'll have chance to learn HTML, action scripts and etc. so basically there's some art oriented programming language to be learned.

there's not much chance to touch the lower level codes where u get to access the hardware capabilities or even compile ur own applications.

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Added on June 28, 2010, 3:13 pmAssignments is essential if u want to be successful in art industry.
no matter where u go, as long as u want to set foot in it. Assignments are the best way to learn ur crafts.

eventhough u are told to submit ur work and u have to do an X amount of work. there's no need to fear it and it's the way to go.

just think of it this way.
There's no "EXAMS" like in other courses?

accounting, engineering, medical, IT and etc do have to go through a series of intensive exams to be production ready.

while being an art students do enjoy the freedom to do ur work to work ur skills up and worry free from exams.



This post has been edited by kfc: Jun 28 2010, 03:13 PM

true! when i think of the assignments, i always think that im not the only one who are having all theses assignments..

and we wont be successful without paying any hard work.

i have checked with the reistration unit... the classes starts on 6th of sept... so... the deadline is 1 week before... but recommended to apply asap...=)

thanks! =)

i called them also..they say before 30august..but i will setlte it by mid of july.

Only ppl that have gone through the experience themselves will truly understand how is the life of a cg artist in malaysia. But i am not from TOA i am from mmu.

So, how long does an assignment last? I'm just curious

im taking SPM this year,but since 3 years back i think i'm destined to go for TOA since my house is nearby =)
omg and time flies..i couldn't imagine i'll be the one driving thr everyday frm nxt yr onwards..
btw is class conducted from mon-fri or u get a few days off?

it depends. sometimes there are classes on saturdays. and sometime you wll get u break on weekdays. its all depending on ur timetable...=)

saturday? oh sh1t..die liao..every sat im busy one..sometimes i not even in kl.

I didn't realize there's a thread about TOA here.
Hi, everyone. I am from DG. LOL. OK, my crap(my opinions, experiences and views) begins here...

To those who're still in Foundation Year, please do enjoy your life on drawing traditional arts. After that, you don't have chances already. You'll need to 24/7 face the PC like a psycho. LOL.

TOA sees money open eyes. Don't worry on the submission of portfolio.
But, note that their marking level(benchmark) can be quite high compared to most colleges.

Regarding the Interior Design in TOA, I would say it sucks. I saw my housemate was like damn free and nothing to do for entire semester. However, the fee is crazy and the classes conducted are freaking less(1 or 2 class per week only when come to short-semester).
The rest of the courses are good and worth.

About those Degree, Master and Diploma, you can just ignore, IMO.

TOA teaches a lot of things and very wide. Like you're studying in DG(Digital Animation), you still get to know how to do Graphics Design and Illustration. It's like making you to handle a lot of tasks.
Warning(can be insulting):
Sometime, it's also funny to see your friends who're studying Graphics Designs in other colleges produce rubbish Graphics Design works. While you're learning "other courses(except Graphics/Advertising Design)" and produce good Graphics Design works.

It's recommend for you to learn a bit of art or tinkering around with arts slightly before getting into TOA. So, you can catch-up faster which is easier for you in the future.
However, if you can't. You're still fine. No problems.
As long as you're hardworking and have "heart", it's more than enough for handling all semester already. Of course, Art Sense is important too. With good art sense, you're good to go! Note that, Art Sense is vary and hard to tell. Some people though they have. But, actually, they don't have.

Lastly, I hope TOA have a real campus instead of shop lots beside Sunway Pyramid. LOL.

@inachi,
You need to sacrifice a bit for the course. However, sometime, you can ask for class switching if possible and available(depends on your batch).

So DarkSilver, does the 'art sense' really applies or have any impact throughout one's coursework, whether one is working outside or just doing some small work at home?

And well, the way you mentioned about the One Academy's courses in comparison with other colleges & the fact of accentuating artistic sense, you sounded like it was serious.

'TOA sees money opens eyes', wow that's a phrase but do they do this all the time? I heard certain students failed their foundation course and they re-took it again and again, is it true?

Oh yeah, about what you were expecting about TOA, at least it has another 'real' campus in Pinang. But maybe you were more about the base 'campus', right?