DIGITAL ANIMATION, ART AND THE LEARNING PROCESS

Digital model making and digital animation has moved to the forefront of modern entertainment. The School has years of experience pioneering animation instruction resulting in graduates working at major studios. The School has continued to develop programs and courses to broaden an opportunity for expanded study in animation and animation production for film, gaming and the Internet. Website 2D production is an important component of all programs.

DIGITAL ANIMATION DEGREE PROGRAMS

This program provides a strong foundation in digital animation and moves it to an expanded level. The program begins with important study in design, color, vector and raster based software. It continues with 2D animation plus video and audio for the Internet, plus website development. Storyboarding and story development are key components of the program as students move from ideas to creating 3D animation environments. Paint techniques for texture mapping are explored along with lighting and atmospherics. As students build more complex models the program shifts to 3D motion utilizing industry selected modeling and keyframing software.

Students gain valuable experience in design and development by studying and rendering characters plus human and animal form. Lighting study allows the future animator to work toward adding dimension and depth to production characters. A significant portion of the program is taught in a hands-on digital environment. Today, the animator is often expected to be an originator of style and story. This is the creative role of the animator that offers the potential to excite audiences. Expanding your creative self is a core goal of the DIGITAL ANIMATION program. Courses include: Concept Design, Human & Animal Form, Story Development, Web Animation, Animation Production Studio and Animation Portfolio.