Archive: Animation & Visual Effects

It’s been more than 11 years since Nicolás Villarreal graduated with honors from the Academy of Art University and launched his career in animation, but the wait was worth it to experience one of the most prestigious honors a filmmaker can hope for: a trip to the Cannes Film Festival for his animated short Pasteurized.
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Explore a showcase of fresh art and design from students of the Academy of Art University at the school’s annual Spring Show, to be held for the first time at San Francisco’s historic Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Opening night is May 22, and the event is open to the public from 7–9 p.m.
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Academy students in Game Design and Animation & Visual Effects captured top honors in Blizzard Entertainment’s 2013 Student Art Contest. Game Design MFA grad Daehi Kim won in the Environment category; also winning in Environment was BFA Game Design candidate Kyoungche Kim. Wanmin Gee, MFA candidate in Animation, was runner up in the Character category.
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Raymond Bonilla says he strives to create art that records his observations of the world around him. The larger world is taking notice of his work: Bonilla, a 2009 MFA graduate of the Academy of Art University’s School of Illustration, has received four awards from the pinnacle organization in his profession, The Society of Illustrators.
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The “pivotal role” Academy of Art University students played in the film Beasts of the Southern Wild is in the national media spotlight, most recently with a report in The Wall Street Journal that recognizes effects work that students contributed to the Oscar-nominated movie, including “explosions, relentless flooding and stampedes of pig-like creatures called aurochs.”
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