Animation

Animation is a course that merges technology and art using various digital mediums in both 2D and 3D. Students acquire skills required to train for a future as a graphic designer, graphic artist or animator. Throughout the course students are encouraged to develop their technical and artistic skills, knowledge and attitudes. This course utilizes the latest technologies and industry software package such as Autodesk 3D studio max and Adobe Creative Suite.

What to Expect:

Digital Arts & Animation is the fusion of art and technology using various digital means for both 2D and 3D in graphic art and animation. The course uses the latest industry technologies such as Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate and Fireworks) and Autodesk 3DS Max Design. Students create a portfolio to showcase all their work on a web page to help with entrance into a post-secondary institute. In the 2D world of online and print, students will be creating their own illustrations, learn photo editing, incorporating special effects in graphics and creating animated shorts. In the 3D world, students will learn how to model objects while applying materials, create characters while adding a bone structure then animating to create animated shorts.

Courses at the Introductory Level:

COM 1005 Visual Composition

COM 1035 Graphic Tools

COM 1055 Web Design 1

COM 1145 Animation 1

COM 1910 Basic Modelling

Possible Careers:

Graphic Designer, Graphic Artist, Game Designer, Special Effects Animator, 2D or 3D Animator