Nickelodeon Opens Animation Scholarship Challenge
Nickelodeon calls for entries for first-ever “What’s Your Nickfluence?” animation scholarship challenge in partnership with Get Schooled to award a $25,000 scholarship.
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ASIFA-Hollywood Announces 2015 AEF Scholarship Recipients
Scholarship recipients include Tomek Pilarski from Poland’s University of Arts, CSU Long Beach’s Alan Huynh, Sheridan College’s Anastasiia Platoshyna, Ringling’s Michael Trikosko, Sheridan College’s Eustace Ng, Griffith College’s Michael Linhart, MOPA’s Sarah Chalek, Academy of Art University’s Joanna K. Stopyra, and California College of the Arts’ Tiffany Rodriquez.
Cogswell College Relocating to San Jose
600-student educational institution offering a unique curriculum fusing digital art, engineering and entrepreneurship, will relocate to a new site at 191 Baypointe Parkway in San Jose, CA.
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2015 CG Student Awards Winners Announced
Winners of the 2015 Autodesk sponsored CG Student Awards are announced, with Gnomon School of Visual Effects named School of the Year for the second consecutive year.
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Eric Goldberg Joins USC School of Cinematic Arts Faculty
Veteran animator best known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios will teach classes on the fundamentals of character animation beginning in the fall of 2015.
Top Animation Schools Drawing More Women
While college animation programs in the U.S. have historically skewed male, female enrollment at top schools has surged nationwide, especially in the last five years.
ASIFA-Hollywood Announces Animation Educators’ Scholarships
Applications for merit-based scholarships designed to support college students in continuing their education in the field of animation are due by June 15.
Digital-Tutors Releases New Tutorials for Maya 2016, ZBrush 4R7 and Houdini Fluids
New introductory online courses are free for entire month of May.
3D Training Institute to Host Live Recruiting Webinar with MPC
3D Training Institute live webinar featuring MPC global recruiter Christina Zervos and MPC animator Julien Deragon held on Wednesday, April 29 will focus on how to start a career in 3D animation.
Vancouver Animation School Launches New Digital Matte Painting Program
First-of-its-kind specialized diploma program features industry-standard curriculum implementing the process and pipeline used at MPC and other Vancouver-area visual effects studios.
Cogswell College’s Star Thief Studio Produces ‘Drawn Home’ Short
Original short animated film and interactive iPad book app is from Star Thief Studio, one of several on-campus project-based learning studios offered by Cogswell College.
Matt Danner to Lead Free Storyboarding Workshop
Participants selected for free, two-day storyboarding workshop led by animator Matt Danner will be provided with a free one-month license for Toon Boom’s Storyboard Pro software.
Storyboard Training Debuts on lynda.com
Online includes 67 videos covering topics ranging from the benefits of digital storyboarding and setting up files to editing on the timeline and tricks to speed up your work to exporting options.
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Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Animation Camp Launches
Studio behind the longest running stop-motion show on television introduces online stop-motion character animation course, “Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Animation Camp.”
Digital-Tutors’ Mysterious Meteor Video Now a Free Workshop
Adobe After Effects techniques from viral video appearing on Reddit, local news and national weather outlets unveiled in multi-step tutorial.
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Autodesk Makes Design Software Free to Schools Worldwide
Design software leader expands reach of free education offering to prepare an industry-ready workforce.
iAnimate.net Announces Elite Games Animation Workshop 3
New interactive online course brings together students and professional animators from triple-A studios to teach specialized animation techniques for games creation.
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