TELETOON Visits Max The Mutt Animation School.
Laura Quinn (above) from TELETOON spoke to third year animation students (below) about the TELETOON scholarship competition.
Events
Cawthra Park Animation Festival - June 4th, 2008
Wednesday, June 4th, between 7-10pm, Cawthra Park Secondary School will be hosting their 2nd Annual Animation Festival. Located on Cawthra Rd. South of the QEW. Visit their web site www.cawthraanimatinfestival.com below.
Skills Canada - Ontario May 5th and 6th
Max the Mutt is pleased to be part of Skills Canada - Ontario, Skills Exploration Showcase. Drop by our booth #47, view our student demo reels and art portfolios, and talk to a one of our Directors about our school!
Date: May 5th and 6th, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: RIM Park and Manulife Financial Sportsplex
Waterloo, Ontario
Visit the Career Exploration Showcase web site at www.skillsontario.com
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Max the Mutt Animation School is a Private Career College, registered with The Ministry of Education, offering approved Diploma Programs in Classical & Computer Animation; 3D Computer Animation & Production; Illustration for Sequential Arts: Comic Books & Graphic Novels; and Concept Art For Animation & Video Games. Max the Mutt Animation School is known for small class size, individual instruction and a highly qualified teaching staff of industry professionals.
We also offer private, non-diploma courses and workshops, taught by the same outstanding faculty, in cartooning, perspective, Photoshop, 2D or 3D Computer or classical animation. Visit our web site at www.maxthemutt.com
We look forward to seeing you there.
Carla Drmay
Development Director
Open House April 18 - May 20, 2008 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Max the Mutt Open House
Industry Night & Graduate Open House - Thursday May 29th, 2008
Max the Mutt is proud to host our 2008 Industry Night on Thursday May 29th, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 pm. Recruiters and representatives from across North America come for the opportunity to interview our graduates and view galleries of student work, student films and demo reels.
Max the Mutt is happy to extend the invitation to tour our school, and view this years student work during our Graduate Open House, starting Saturday May 31st to June 29th, from 10 am-4 pm. Please feel free to contact us to book a personal tour at 416-703-6877. Walk-ins welcome.
Ottawa International Animation Festival 2008!
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is held every year in the fall. It’s a great meeting place for top animators and companies from all over North America and the world. Max the Mutt has attended every year since the school was founded, and we’ll be back again in 2008. We’ll post more information later, including dates, and new plans for this years festival.
Last year we were there! View below highlights.
Max the Mutt was at the Animarket (September 21-23, 2007), a trade fair featuring recruiters, software demos, schools, producers, broadcasters and the Technology Forum.
Max the Mutt Tina Seemann, Director of Animation & Maxine Schacker, Director, with
Disney’s Deb Stone and Dawn Riviera-Ernster discussed student internships.
Max the Mutt Tina Seemann & Maxine Schacker with
Blue Sky Entertainment, Sabrina Delos Rios discussed recruiting graduates.
Max the Mutt Tina Seemann & Maxine Schacker with
Nerd Corps Entertainment, Nancy Lees & Tina Chow discussed recruiting graduates.
Open House May 26th - June 1st, 2008
Max the Mutt Open House
May 26th - June 1st, 2008 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Featuring 2nd and 3rd year student art work
A great opportunity to take a tour of the school, view graduating student demo reels
Maxine’s column for Feb. 18th -What is Video Game Art and Design?
Concept Art… Art and Design…Media Art and Design…Video Game Art and Design… It really can get confusing - there are so many words and titles used for the same things.
Max the Mutt is a Career College offering a four year Diploma Program in Concept Art as well as other diploma programs. That is, our college focuses on “art and design.” In fact, all of our programs concentrate on giving students a solid skill base.
Some schools offer “game design” programs (diploma or degree) that include some courses in concept art ( also known as video game art design). However, concept art is a career that demands deep drawing and painting skills in addition to concept specific courses and it’s doubtful that in 3 or 4 years any program can adequately teach both! That’s why we don’t teach “game design.”
“Concept Art” can be used to refer to “Design For Animation” as well as “Design for Video Games,” although recently it seems often to be used to refer to the background, character and prop design for video games.
We want our students to have a broad-based concept art education that will give them flexibility in the workplace now and in the future. That’s why our college’s concept art program includes Concept Art for Animation as well as 2D and 3D game design! Our Concept Art graduates will be employable in both industries. We’ve already had numerous visits from major video game companies, and our animation grads are working for EA and UbiSoft as concept artists, animators, and lighting specialists
Max The Mutt team meets the folks at Toon Boom!
Noelle Belgrave, Tina Seemann and Maxine Schacker were pleased to meet with Toon Boom President and CEO Joan Vogelesang and her colleagues pierre Ravary and Steven Chu at their headquarters in Montreal last week.
Max The Mutt Students Draw Animals!
Max The Mutt Animation School Toronto.
Recent Field Trip to the Mounted Police stables and the Royal Winter Fair have provided our students with the opportunities to draw and interact with the animals. Students presently involved in the Animal drawing course have learned how to capture moving animals in quick gestures - based on knowledge learned about dynamic anatomy.
