David Burgess

I love that he did the extra step at the start of the term suggesting lines to animate. He is very cheerful and positive about the critiques and knows exactly what works and what doesn’t. Q&A’s feel like a legit classroom in a good way. I feel I can interrupt anytime to ask anything and is very mindful about us understanding and constantly asks if we have any questions. He teaches us the cool things about animation, analysis on other shots 2D/3D and constantly shares personal experience. FAVMENTOR!

Dave was incredibly kind, helpful and thoughtful throughout the whole class. His classes are a perfect blend of Q&A and informational lectures, his critics are early, to the point, always friendly and super helpful. He has incredible patience with us, even if we get something wrong a couple of times.

He is a great animator and awesome mentor. I like how he does draw-overs on our assignments to guide us. And I like his drawing skills. I was amazed during one of the Q&As when he drew some facial expressions and eye blinks. That was really helpful.

I appreciate how amazingly efficient Dave is! There’s no “maybe this” or “maybe that.” He’s super positive too! I love that he pretty much gives us his own reference in our eCrits esp. when we’re off track. He’s very clear and articulate. He’s also one of the few mentors I’ve had that actually integrated his lectures with the AM video lecture curriculum. Thank you Dave 🙂

Dave is the best mentor I’ve had on AM yet. There are many factors to why that is. He always comes prepared with interesting material for the Q&As, but also takes the time to answer everyone’s questions. This is also the first class I had on AM where everybody actually asks questions, so I guess it has something to do with Dave’s personality. He always comes through as kind but also professional. His eCritiques are concise and to the point, and he lets us keep our vision of the shot.

Dave is a great mentor in the way he explains the animation. I love it when he shows us in the Q&A’s, shots that he animated either in 2d or 3d, it’s always very inspiring. He’s also always available to help with our animation shots.

Each week Dave always gives us feedback that targets exactly what we need to improve on while also being very encouraging. His Q&A sessions provide a lot of useful insight on how to approach different aspects of shot composition and acting performances, and since he has worked in the animation industry for so long, he also has many interesting anecdotes about his experiences which he uses to enhance his lessons.

Dave is a really committed mentor and his lectures are superb. I love learning from mentors who come with a 2D background and he’s one of the most experienced mentors around having worked on all time classics from Disney and also modern masterpieces. I’ve learnt a lot from him.

I love that he did the extra step at the start of the term suggesting lines to animate. He is very cheerful and positive about the critiques and knows exactly what works and what doesn’t. Q&A’s feel like a legit classroom in a good way. I feel I can interrupt anytime to ask anything and is very mindful about us understanding and constantly asks if we have any questions. He teaches us the cool things about animation, analysis on other shots 2D/3D and constantly shares personal experience. FAVMENTOR!

Dave was incredibly kind, helpful and thoughtful throughout the whole class. His classes are a perfect blend of Q&A and informational lectures, his critics are early, to the point, always friendly and super helpful. He has incredible patience with us, even if we get something wrong a couple of times.

He is a great animator and awesome mentor. I like how he does draw-overs on our assignments to guide us. And I like his drawing skills. I was amazed during one of the Q&As when he drew some facial expressions and eye blinks. That was really helpful.

I appreciate how amazingly efficient Dave is! There’s no “maybe this” or “maybe that.” He’s super positive too! I love that he pretty much gives us his own reference in our eCrits esp. when we’re off track. He’s very clear and articulate. He’s also one of the few mentors I’ve had that actually integrated his lectures with the AM video lecture curriculum. Thank you Dave 🙂

Dave is the best mentor I’ve had on AM yet. There are many factors to why that is. He always comes prepared with interesting material for the Q&As, but also takes the time to answer everyone’s questions. This is also the first class I had on AM where everybody actually asks questions, so I guess it has something to do with Dave’s personality. He always comes through as kind but also professional. His eCritiques are concise and to the point, and he lets us keep our vision of the shot.

Dave is a great mentor in the way he explains the animation. I love it when he shows us in the Q&A’s, shots that he animated either in 2d or 3d, it’s always very inspiring. He’s also always available to help with our animation shots.

Each week Dave always gives us feedback that targets exactly what we need to improve on while also being very encouraging. His Q&A sessions provide a lot of useful insight on how to approach different aspects of shot composition and acting performances, and since he has worked in the animation industry for so long, he also has many interesting anecdotes about his experiences which he uses to enhance his lessons.

Dave is a really committed mentor and his lectures are superb. I love learning from mentors who come with a 2D background and he’s one of the most experienced mentors around having worked on all time classics from Disney and also modern masterpieces. I’ve learnt a lot from him.