Joel Valdez was a student with us years ago and then became one of our instructors. He has since gone on to a successful career in many disciplines of art. We've both been experimenting with AI for a while now and have been keeping abreast
There are significant and astonishing changes happening in animation and it's happening very fast. We're exploring a new way of doing things that will be very beneficial to creative individuals. Especially if you are a character designer. S…
In the news today ... "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" co-directed by the Academy's very own Aaron Horvath is #1 in the world with a $372.5 million global box office 5 day opening weekend. Here he is on April 3 2007 when we were honoring him
This is ArtShark. He's the Academy's mascot. I've been drawing him for over 26 years. Here he is dressed like He-Man with a message for everyone. This is his mission. To spread a word of positivity and encouragement to artists everywhere. S…
We receive many requests and inquiries concerning classes for children. The Animation Academy is a program intended for adults. We're a vocational training studio specializing in the development of fundamental artistic skills and character
This is the project that led to the creation of our school The Animation Academy. Authoring your own character based properties has been at the core of what we teach and a direction we have long encouraged our students to head towards. This…
For an animated look at this character click on the Graphics below... Wishing you a fantastic creative year ahead! The Academy is expanding its content on Patreon. This format will be extensively developed in the coming days in a unique and…
CHARACTER DESIGN 101 - Chance Raspberry The fundamentals of character design with an emphasis on concept development, design theory, construction, proportions, rotation models, facial expression models, action attitude posing, and dialogue
Since the transition this past spring from onsite classes to online sessions our program is even better than before. A comprehensive digital record is maintained of a student's assignments and artistic progress along with instructor's notat…
New students looking to get started with their vocational training in animation can begin with Chance Raspberry's Character Design 101. This is a fundamentals oriented class that Chance is offering independently. The class is ideal for begi…