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Lip Sync and Facial Performances

Create the strong facial performances of advanced character animators. You’ll learn to use your face and eyes to subtly convey emotions and thought processes. Plus, you’ll learn the mechanics of lip-sync and apply them to your character animations. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 324.)

3D Realistic Animation

Animate scenes commonly found in visual effects work including vehicles, motion capture, and animation for live-action plates. Reference will be analyzed to understand movement and muscles. You will apply research and physics to block and animate creatures as well as humans. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 325.)

StudioX for Compositing

Students will composite shots in a production environment. This class focuses on skills that will be beneficial to surviving in a real production environment. Shot dailies will be held weekly with production notes published to the class that will push students’ work to a higher level. (This course is cross-listed… Read More

Dynamics: Fundamentals

You’ll learn key CG effects techniques to generate dynamic simulations of real-world phenomena for film effects. Gain a solid foundation. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 242.)

Animal and Creature Animation

You will create animations that mimic real and stylized animal locomotion. Realistic creature rigs and animal reference will be analyzed to understand movement and muscles. You will apply research and physics to block and animate a quadruped. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 627.)

Animation: Thesis Completion

Complete your final thesis project. Critiques from both the instructor and fellow classmates will improve your character animation abilities. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 791.)

Feature Animation 3

Animate convincing dialogue, gestures, and body language to create compelling character performances. You’ll develop observational sketchbook drawings and original video references to create industry-level work for your professional animator’s reel. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 697C.)

Feature Animation

You will be guided through specialized assignments that focus on the artistry of animation. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of animation principles like timing, spacing, squash and stretch, arcs and anticipation, and use them to create fun exercises with bipedal characters.

3D Texture Painting

Take your painting skills to the next level, learning to hand paint textures and create shaders for richly detailed organic objects and creatures, down to micro details of skin pores and wrinkles. A great class for both modelers and lookdev artists. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 639.)

History of Animation

What’s up, doc? From a historical context, you’ll analyze the work of the creative visionaries, fine artists, and technical pioneers behind classic animated characters from Bugs Bunny to Thanos and beyond.