Animators become creators in this animation degree program
Our 2D Character Animation program combines traditional draftsmanship with modern production tools, emphasizing the development and monetization of original content.
Students are encouraged to develop their own creative voice while building the skills needed to create compelling intellectual property for film, television, streaming, games, and emerging media platforms. Whether you’re drawn to 2D indie animation, concept art, character design, environment design, or visual development, this program gives you the foundation to pursue a professional animation career. From building an animation portfolio to understanding the full production pipeline, graduates leave ready to work in film, TV, streaming, and today’s evolving animation industry as independent animators, freelancers, studio professionals and content creators.
Student Work
2D Character Animation students are storytellers, designers, animators, and content creators.
In our innovative animation program, students learn to develop original characters and worlds while mastering the art of visual storytelling through character design, storyboarding, animatics, writing, and animated content creation—TV series pitches, feature film pitches, indie web series pitches, video game animation, short films, and more.
Alumni Spotlight
In our innovative animation program, students learn to develop original characters and worlds while mastering the art of visual storytelling through character design, storyboarding, animatics, writing, and animated content creation—TV series pitches, feature film pitches, indie web series pitches, video game animation, short films, and more.
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Michael Yates ’14Emmy Award Winning Storyboard Artist for Pixar
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Echo Wu ’16Creator, Writer, Executive Producer for Netflix’s Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld
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Kal Athannassov ’16Two-time Emmy Award-winning Character Designer for Netflix’s Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld
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Esteban Bravo ’17Emmy Award Winning Storyboard Artist for Pixar
Faculty
Our faculty consists of animation industry veterans with expertise spanning feature films,
television, streaming, commercials, and video game production.
Their experience includes work with renowned studios such as Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Amazon, Titmouse, Apple, Sony Pictures Animation, Paramount Animation, Psyop, Flying Bark Productions.
Where have our Alumni worked?
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Internships
We are constantly connecting with industry professionals to find exciting opportunities for real-world experience.
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Industry Critiques
To further inform the work of our fourth year students we bring in renowned visiting artists to participate in milestone critiques.
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INDEX
INDEX is an experiential education initiative that provides students the opportunity to gain industry experience prior to graduation by connecting them with leading brands and clients to develop creative solutions to business challenges.
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