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Animation Fest!

Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: January 27, 2012

Come on out to see the Best of Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011 at Chicago Filmmakers. 8pm, TONIGHT! 5243 N. Clark St., Chicago For more info:  http://chicagofilmmakers.org/cf/content/best-ottawa-international-animation-festival-2011 …and if you can’t come to the show, at least check out some of the artists featured: 12 Sketches on the Impossibility of Being Still – Magali Charrier/Royal [...]

3d Max Design Hero Competition

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: September 21, 2011

CGarchitect.com and Autodesk are seeking for heroes! Not any kind of heroes, but 3ds Max designers with big creativity and imagination. Autodesk is looking for inventive concepts or renderings of architectural design, mechanical or industrial/product designs like buildings, bridges, vehicles, furniture, and consumer products. Entries will be judged on imagination, innovation, and ingenious use of [...]

Film Festival online? What!

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: July 1, 2011

So if you missed the fourth Flash Forward Film Festival you can check it out here online!  There are four parts to the whole thing which you can view below. Justin Hampton: design geek intro Latonya Harris: Cyanide Girl Alex Villanueva: Chicken Charlene Pagan: Shoeshine Boy Brandon Chase: Split Alfredo Mones: Move it Charlene Pagan: [...]

“Overthrown” game Complete!

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: June 13, 2011

In case you hadn’t heard… a group of Animation students here at Westwood have been extremely busy the past couple of weeks building a video game for the Westwood-wide video game competition. This is a pretty amazing feat considering we do not offer a game design major at our campus. Congrats on your amazing work [...]

Film Fest Deadline Extended. New Design Contest!

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: June 6, 2011

The Flash Forward Film Fest has been extended to next Monday June 13.    We hope this will be a good one so please submit your work! We have also decided to include a design contest as part of the Film Fest.  We are asking for you to submit any design work that showcases Branding. [...]

Animation Student of the Month: Ryan Zarzecki

Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: April 6, 2011

Ryan Zarzecki is our featured artist this month, for his hard work and devoted drawing practice!  Spending many long hours working on his art, he demonstrates talent, sincere passion and dedication for the field of animation. Here are a few of his most recent hand-drawn animations: Interview with Ryan: 1.  What inspires you most in [...]

2011 2D Game Development Competition

Posted by: K G on: April 5, 2011

The  Westwood’s 5th Annual 2D Game Development Competition jury has approved 17 teams across all campuses in the country. The CHL campus team has earned its place with the presented initial game concept. Congratulations to the team below !

. Animation Student Of The Month .

Posted by: K G on: February 28, 2011

Edgar Alanis by Edgar Alanis: video footage before you animate: build scene in 3D: animation (“Body Language” model used) begin to animate: For Dedication, Overall Progress and Project Achievement: Congratulations !!!

Westwood Holiday Card Contest

Posted by: David Rodriguez on: November 9, 2010

Design the Westwood College 2010 holiday card – your original artwork willbe sent to more than 11,000 people! WHO CAN PARTICIPATE On-ground School of Design students THEMES (choose from the following) • Celebration and Joy • Diversity and Peace • Gratitude and Friendship Please note that the card design should celebrate the holiday season, but not be [...]

Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation

Posted by: Kayce Bayer on: October 22, 2010

This looks really cool—go check it out! Details: http://www.eyeworksfestival.com/ Eyeworks is a new film festival featuring abstract animation and unconventional character animation. Festival programs showcase outstanding experimental animation of all sorts: classic films, new works, overlooked masterpieces, and quirky footnotes of history. The Eyeworks programs showcase a range of animation techniques, including paper cutouts, stop-motion, [...]


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