No matter what Visual Arts program you apply to - Admissions Counselors love seeing short Animations in your Art Portfolio. You can bring your own characters to life in our 2D animation Foundation course. You'll be introduced to the foundations of animation, learn to pose, breakdown, and in-between characters. Weekly lectures teach classical techniques for developing well-structured and fluid animations that can be applied to traditional frame-by-frame, hand-drawn, and FX.
We hope that this collection of student Animated film excerpts, inspire YOU to try to make an Animated film for your art portfolio!
For most schools, making an art portfolio to apply to a BFA Animation or Computer Art program, is different from other majors.
Annie and Alice who both got in to Cal Arts, RISD and SVA answer the question
We've been sending students to The School of Visual Arts for 13 years and have seen them go on to be very successful in Visual Arts and Design.
We feel confident recommending SVA because we know that every student gets an excellent education there.
Our Secret to 100% ACCEPTANCE (into one or more of your top schools) is that we make sure our students follow these rules: Use conventional materials in innovative ways Use unconventional materials in innovative ways Be Yourself Have Fun! Know that you are a uniquely creative and talented student who will be very successful (if [...]
ASHCAN SUMMER PROGRAM 2018 Portfolio Preparation Develop a unique body of work to apply to the school of your dreams. Challenge yourself this summer to feel confident about your art & apply to art programs knowing you'll get that letter in the mail: "Congratulations! You've been accepted to... " Fine Arts & Design Program This [...]
Not all Self-Portraits are created equal (art portfolio programs either)- just a few examples of hundreds & hundreds of self-portraits made in many perfect different ways at Ashcan 🖌️🖍️🖊️🖋️✏️✏️
We're very excited to be featured as the Local Highlight on Scholastic Art Awards blog this month!
Ashcan students can Apply to the Top Art Schools without fear of rejection. They get to feel Confident their Portfolio will get them where they want to go
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