Look what we found!

At 5PM the doors opened. The first room holds the work of our first Concept Art graduates. In addition to two display boards, color brochures, a portfolio showing original sketches, and maquettes created from original character designs, each graduate has a monitor showing digital work (environment and prop designs, creature designs) . The room also has one wall showing fine art paintings of the costumed model. As soon as we can upload them, photos will follow.

The animation graduate room is next. Here students have 2 display boards, large portfolios of their work, demo reels to hand out, throw away portfolios, and in the theater, the graduate demo reel including the 3D group film, “To The Well.”

The Illustration graduate room  is similar. Each graduate has two display boards and a large portfolio. In addition  a booklet showing work from all graduates is produced each year.

The hallways,  lounge and study hall  have the work of year 2 and 3 students on exhibit.

Natalie Lau, year 3 Concept Art

We expected 70 industry reps, but at least 30 people turned up who hadn’t RSVPd! I think this is the best show we’ve ever had and the feed back from art directors, editors, recruiters was amazing and positive. These evening are always social as well a professional, a chance for people in the industry to network and connect with old friends.

Do come and see for yourselves! Our Open House begins this Saturday at 11AM. The show will be on display  until the third week in June.

I’m still reverberating from the excitement and want to congratulate all the faculty, students and support staff who make it possible for our students to develop so far  For any art form, 3 to 4 years is a short time. To have the people we admire most in these industries commend all of us gives us the energy to keep our standards high.

I hope you all visit and enjoy the show. Below are more photos I snapped the other day…

I thought I would just stop by to share my experiences at the Year 3 & 4 Graduation Show and Showcase of the Year 2 Animation/Concept Art/Illustration.

Another year has passed by so quickly, and I hope all you current students at Max had a successful year. As well, to all teachers, I hope you all had an enjoyable year teaching and hope to see you back in September.

I would just like to share with you all my experience at this year’s graduation show for the 3rd year and 4th year students. First and foremost, I would like to congratulate this year’s graduating class, wish them all the best and luck in their future endeavors. To all the graduating 3rd year students, it was a pleasure entering the school at the same time as you, and I am truly impressed by the hard work you put in your final films, even though you only had 3 weeks to put it all together. Kudos.

To the 4th year students, I was truly in awe at all of your 3D projects on display in the theater, especially the short films you all produced. The quality of work produced just blew me away. If you can, I urge you all in this group to go to the school to see the films that were produced. Sitting in there watching both 3rd and 4 year films, along with newly graduate and close friend, Richard Truong, gave me an excitement and inspiration into creating my own short film. I can’t wait to produce mine!

The 2nd Year Showcase was just as awe-inspiring as watching the films. The level of quality in the 2nd year’s was totally beyond what I had expected. Just the amount of work displayed from all 3 programs was enough to keep me at school for hours ( I had arrived at 5PM), to just look through the student work. It was that much!

I encourage all students who have finished year 1, and those of you who are about to attend Max the Mutt, to go to the Open House and get a preview of work you will produce in Year 2 and Year 3.

Aside from that, I hope you all keep doing what you love to do, which is DRAW (DUH!), party hard, but have a safe summer. And to the recent grads, all the best!

~Daniel Racelis
(Year 2 Animation Student)