
The School of
Animation & Visual Effects
About School of Animation & Visual Effects
“One of the top Animation & VFX schools in the nation.” —Hollywood Reporter
Aspiring visual effects artists, 3D animators, and storyboard artists come to the Academy’s animation school to get hands-on experience from industry professionals in the heart of the animation world.
We are the only Animation & VFX school in the United States that teaches in a studio production environment—Studio X. Students master marketable skills, ranging from creative concept art to highly technical work like particle animation, to prepare for their future animation careers.
![Years & Years]()
Alina Jankowski
![Protoceratops]()
Annie Fullerton
![Spider]()
Beverly Pan
![Diary Another Day]()
Charlynn Rosario
![Cat & Fish]()
Chih Yun Tsai
![Max Max, Benny]()
Chloe Black
![Grandpa's Expressions - FACS Facial Rig]()
Chun Tzu Tung
![An Interview with Cody Guecki]()
Cody Gurecki
![To the Rescue]()
Cynthia Gall
![Body Obstacle]()
Donghoon Heo
![Maelstrom II]()
Ericson Aguilar
![Play Cards, Gouda]()
Haralambie Popa
![Temple for a New God]()
Iris Moreno
![The Blind Death]()
Jeff Santos
![Stop Motion Puppet]()
Jessie Borgman
![Horse React]()
Jillian Wheaton
![Desert Biome]()
Jiwon Chae
![Kate The Ghost Cop / 3D Stylized Modeling]()
Ju Ye Han
![Venus Flytrap]()
Maria Negrete
![Cicada Nymph]()
Nadia Diaz
![Wizard exploration]()
Ping Hung Wu
![Wasteland Chase]()
Qianhe Sun
![The Cabin, The Abandoned Factory, The Motorcycle]()
Rankyung Kim
![Stop Motion Short]()
Robin Burney
![The Fix]()
Ryanaldo Frenico Putra
![Water: Distintegration]()
Sean Juang
![3D character Animation Scene]()
Shanshan Huang
![Shiny Treasure?]()
Shiori Kanaguchi
![I want someone to tell me what to believe in]()
Shuwen Zheng
![Balloon Bandit]()
Tiara McKeever
![English Harquebusier]()
Wing Chung Lo
![Two Tasks]()
Xinyue Pan
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