The DePaul Animation Program - Chicago
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The DePaul Animation Program offers MFA, BFA, MA, and BA degrees in Animation for cinema and game art.
06/04/2020
Find out about DePaul University's 11th annual Game, Cinema, & Animation Summer Academy - RSVP to attend a LIVE Zoom info session Monday, June 8, 1pm Central/11am Pacific/2pm Eastern
https://tinyurl.com/y9kwvocx
05/25/2020
The DePaul Animation Program and
the School of Cinematic Arts Visiting Artist Series
present
A Live Zoom Visit with
Adventure Time Lead Designer and Storyboard Artist
Andy Ristaino
May 27, 1:30 PM Central Time
Character designer, storyboard artist, and cartoonist Andy Ristaino is best known for being former lead designer, character designer, and storyboard artist on Adventure Time. He began working on AT during its second season, and most recently contributed to the upcoming HBO Max’s Adventure Time: Distant Lands specials. Andy won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 2013 for character design.
If you are at all interested in animation visual design and storyboarding, this talk is for you!
RSVP required, and you will receive the Zoom link the day of the event, Wed May 27th.
https://tinyurl.com/ybnbz9uq
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Our Story
The DePaul Animation Program is part of DePaul University's School of Cinematic Arts. There are currently over 250 majors enrolled in our Animation MFA, MA, BFA and BA degrees, and we have 13 full-time Animation faculty members who have worked for studios including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, JibJab, Sesame Street, Klasky Csupo, and Will Vinton. Past visiting artists include the Brothers Quay, Yuri Norstein, David OReilly, the Wachowskis, PES, Joanna Preistley, Chris Sasaki of Pixar, and Jesse Moynihan, Michael Deforge, and Sam Alden of Adventure Time.
We offer studies in hand-drawn animation, Maya, game art, motion graphics, experimental animation, technical art, and stop motion animation. Animation resources include two teaching labs with 25 Cintiqs each, a stop motion studio, two green screen stages, a sound recording and mixing studio, and a mocap studio.
Animation students have also been a part of game teams that have produced the IGF Student Showcase winning games Octodad and Devil’s Tuning Fork.
Learn more about our degrees:
Animation MFA http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pages/MFA-in-Animation.aspx
Animation MA http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pages/MA-in-Animation.aspx
Animation BFA http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pages/Current/Requirements-BFA-in-Animation-Cinema.aspx
Animation BFA - Game Art http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pages/Current/Requirements-BFA-in-Animation-Game-Art.aspx
Animation BA http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pages/BA-in-Animation.aspx
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243 S Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL
60604
