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Mar 8, 2010

VanArts Animation graduate Rahul Dabholkar, originally from India, contributed his skills to this weekend's #1 box office release of Alice in Wonderland, as a senior animator.

Check out the other films he's worked on at his IMDB profile.

Feb 24, 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.

Intro to Basic Anatomical Drawing

Intro to Basic Color Theory and Painting

Feb 22, 2010

The newest member of the Digital Photography faculty, David Ellingsen, recently participated in the portfolio review panel for the graduating class and was inspired to write an article about his experience at VanArts.  Check out his posting here:
www.davidellingsen.com/blog/2010/02/class-of-2010/

Feb 22, 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

Feb 19, 2010

The last couple weeks of class leading up to spring break had DP7 out shooting at some fabulous locations.  The first was Britannia Heritage Shipyard - a fantastic location with lots of different spots to photograph our amazing models.


Christopher Morris explains a lighting technique called "key shifting"


Students photograph a model in the dry dock of the shipyard


Our models were troopers, braving the elements to get the perfect shot

Feb 18, 2010

Brian Ahlf, a VanArts Animation graduate (2004) working at Rainmaker Entertainment in Vancouver, recently contributed to an animated short film made for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, called Stumped. 

Watch the film here.

Read the Vancouver Sun article about the film here.

 

Feb 17, 2010

The Digital Photography Department is proud to announce our new panel of Lead Instructors:

 

David Ellingsen - Lead Instructor for Commercial Photography
www.davidellingsen.com

Mary Jensen - Lead Instructor for Consumer Photography
www.artisanphotography.ca

Ian McGuffie - Lead Instructor for Fine Art Photography

Christopher Morris - Lead Instructor for Editorial & Media Photography
www.christophermorris.com

Feb 15, 2010

Houdini "How Did They Do That?"

Case Study Series Workshop

UPDATE: The remaining 3 sessions on March 6, 13 & 20 are available for a bundle package price of $750! (Savings of $75)

VanArts is proud to present a special pro-level Houdini Software Workshop, delivered by expert CG artist Raymond Corbett.

Feb 4, 2010

Several VanArts graduates have worked on Oscar nominated films this year, they include:

 

Avatar

Scott Eade

Mark Pullyblank

 

District 9

Aaron Brown

Grant Wilson

 

Jan 28, 2010

Bill Braden, who graduated from VanArts Digital Photography in February 2009, was down from his home base of Yellowknife NWT last week and paid a visit the DP6 class who will be graduating in a few short weeks.  Bill described the biggest contributing factors to his success in his first year as a freelance photographer, with anecdotes, words of advice and lots of encouragement.

Bill's business is thriving in Yellowknife and across the north of Canada and we are extremely proud of all his acheivements over the past year. 

www.billbradenphoto.com

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