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2009: First Semester Faculty by maxthemutt

Our “faculty” page needs updating! Bios for new faculty members will be available very soon. Please bear with us: we are short staffed and very busy. I have placed an asterisk besides new faculty names.

Fall 2009 Semester – List of Instructors

Program: Classical and Computer Animation Basics

Year 1

Beginning Life Drawing – Jock MacRae

Principles of Drawing – Vivian Felsen

Perspective & Structural Drawing – Bojan Redzic and Jelena Sisic

Representational Painting – Trudy Binder

History of Animation- Maury Whyte

Design & Composition – Jock MacRae, Scott Cameron
Year 2

Intermediate Life Drawing – Ed Shawcross

Cartooning for Animation – Tina Seemann

Layout for Animation – Bojan Redzic

Introduction to Storyboarding – Maury Whyte

*Cleanup & Inbetweening -Phillip Street

Background Painting – Jelena Sisic

Digital Editing Basics (non diploma) – Niall Dowdell
Flash (non diploma) – Bojan Redzic

Year 3

*Advanced Life Drawing – Geordie Millar

Drawing Hands & Feet – Steve Millard

*Animation Basics 3 – James Miko

*Animal Drawing – Maureen Shelleau

Character Design – Steve Millard

Digital background Painting, 2 week intensive – Knud Skov

Fall 2009 Semester – List of Instructors
Program: Illustration for Sequential Arts

Year 1

Beginning Life Drawing – Nina Bunjevac

Principles of Drawing – Vivian Felsen & Steve Millard

Perspective & Structural Drawing – Bojan Redzic

Representational Painting – Trudy Binder

Design & Composition – Jock MacRae, Scott Cameron

Year 2

Intermediate Life Drawing – Ed Shawcross

Cartooning for Comics 1 – Tina Seemann

Comic Book Layout and Composition – Kent Burles

Inking 1 – Bojan Redzic

Drawing Background, Props and Structures for Comics – Dave Ross

*Cinematic Storytelling and Story Development ( 2 week intensive) – Ken Steacy

History of Sequential Art – Kent Burles

Drawing Heads & Features – Steve Millard

Year 3

Advanced Life Drawing – Ed Shawcross

Drawing Hands & Feet – Steve Millard

Character Design for Comics & Graphic Novels – Bojan Redzic

Advanced Page Composition and Penciling – Dave Ross

Computer Coloring & Lettering – Jock MacRae

*Illustration for Children’s Books Part 1 – Dusan Petricic

*Animal Drawing – Maureen Shelleau

Fall 2009 Semester – List of Instructors
Program: Concept Art

Year 1

Beginning Life Drawing – Ed Shawcross

Principles of Drawing – Vivian Felsen

Perspective 1 – Dimitri Kostic

Representational Painting – Trudy Binder

Design & Composition – Jock MacRae

Structural Drawing – Dave Ross

History of Animation – Maury Whyte

Year 2

Intermediate Life Drawing – Ed Shawcross

Introduction to Concept Art – Don Gauthier

Environment Visualization – Sasa Radosavcevic

Understanding Basic Animation – Bojan Redzic

Cartooning 1 – Tina Seemann

Drawing Props & Structures (2 week intensive) – Bojan Redzic

Background Painting – Jelena Sisic

Digital Background Painting – Jelena Sisic

Year 3

Digital Background Painting (2 week intensive) – Knud Skov

*Environment Visualization (2 week intensive) – Sasa Radosavcevic

*Advanced Life Drawing – Geordie Millar

*Portrait Painting in Oil – Gregory Furmanczyk

Drawing Hands & Feet – Steve Millard

Understanding Basic Animation – Bojan Redzic

*Advanced Environment Design & Painting in Photoshop – Paul Cieniuch


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