hi kent – i have the same question as scott and so i started looking for the Xmas animation course. i have not found it so far – does it exist and if not, will it be posted? i would really like to do this course!
i understand your raison d’etre for keeping the course conceptual, but i have to say that i am very disappointed. it is very important to have concepts explained, but with software as complex as blender, it is also incredibly important to embody knowledge and technique through physical and mental interaction, and this only really happens when actually following step by step. this course was the main reason for my signing up to cgcookie as i need to make a short sample animation in order to try to attract some investment in our animation projects.
btw, whilst searching for the xmas course i got the impression that the search categories only work on the data on the page being displayed (eg https://cgcookie.com/categories/3d/courses?page=1), not on the whole database of courses. i hope i am wrong about this, but i would be grateful to know for sure.
thx, julian darley