I found out QUICKLY, that this was not the case at all. So I switched majors over to Graphic/Multimedia Design because I realized that I would probably kill myself if I just wrote code all day and didn't get be creative at all.
When I was a Junior, I FINALLY got to take a 3-D class. I was absolutely t-h-r-i-l-l-e-d and that's no s-h-i-t b-i-t-c-h.
We got to use a program called Strata Studio Pro. I believe the guys who made Myst used this. Like always, I became slightly obsessed with the program. The teacher would be talking about how to make little circles and I was off putting together little world's already.
Below is the VERY first 3-D animation I made in school. We had to do some "Mobile" type of thing, so I decided to make a ClockMobile. Just by chance, my buddy who was going to school as a classical guitarist, decided he REALLY wanted to do music for video games and animation*, so he ended up doing scoring ALL of my animations (which kicked tasty ass – nothing better than some sexy soundtrack action going on).
So, dim the lights, get out your popcorn, and watch time go by. Tick.. tick... tick...