New Instructors join Entertainment Art Program
June 1st, 2010 0 commentsTom Johnson has 14 years of experience as a professional artist for the entertainment industry, at companies such as Electronic Arts Canada, Square Pictures, Digital Domain, Simex Digital
Hebert Alvarado has been working actively in the gaming industry for over 5 years, as a character artist for such companies as Electronic Arts Canada, Propaganda Games (Disney Interactive),
VanArts acquires New Campus
May 27th, 2010VanArts has moved!!! Ahead of schedule, we are in our new space and preparing to ring in the Fall term with our new campus.
Entertainment Art graduate joins Electronic Arts
May 19th, 2010 0 commentsVanArts presents Pixar RenderMan Workshop
May 12th, 2010
VanArts students have the exciting opportunity to attend a RenderMan Workshop; they will see how Pixar combines creativity with technology to make feature films during a special presentation of shading and lighting for Pixar's Up, with a focus on Pixar's RenderMan.
THE RENDERMAN WORKSHOP:
Shading and Lighting for Pixar's Up (Part 1)
New Part-Time Art Courses
February 24th, 2010
We are pleased to announce a series of new part-time courses starting up in May 2010! All of these courses meet in evenings during the week and are taught by local animator & concept artist Stephen Pearce. Click on the links below for more information.
Digital Painting Workshop by Former Student
February 22nd, 2010
Former VanArts student Daryl Mandryk is offering a workshop in Digital Painting through the Daisho Workshop program, on March 19 in Vancouver. Daryl currently works at Propaganda Games (Disney Interactive).
More information at daisho.ca
VanArts Grads work on Oscar nominated films
February 4th, 2010Several VanArts graduates have worked on Oscar nominated films this year, they include:
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Scott Eade
Mark Pullyblank

Aaron Brown
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