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ABOUT THE ANIMATION PROGRAM

The BFA in Computer Animation offers students training in principles and techniques used to create animated imagery for games, film and video, and the internet. Built on a foundation of fine art aesthetics that includes drawing, design, painting, sculpture and art history, the program in Computer Animation provides students with skills in key-framing to create realistic and expressive movement, video compositing and motion graphics, 3D modeling, character modeling and rigging, texturing, lighting and shading, and the pre-visualization of virtual environments, characters, and objects.

Students learn the History of Animation and Theories of Contemporary Art. Experimentation is encouraged and students may choose to pursue Computer Animation as an expressive, non-commercial art form. The principles and techniques of animation taught in the animation program, along with drawing skills and design principles from the Art Department foundation program, give the BFA student in Computer Animation the ability to pursue a career in film, gaming, or art, and prepares him or her for post graduate studies if an MFA is desired.

The Art Department at Sam Houston State University operates and maintains two state of the computer labs dedicated to the Computer Animation Program. Students have access to the same software and hardware used in studios in the animation and gaming industry. The Art Department actively seeks relationships with studios, employs visiting artists to teach and critique students’ work, and places students in internships and jobs at studios.

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