VFS Summer Intensives: 3D Animation & Visual Effects

Mon, Jul 28, 2025 9:00 AM – Fri, Aug 1, 2025 4:00 PM PDT

This Summer Intensive features five days of exploring the processes, history, and potential of animation. You will get hands-on experience with techniques used in designing for animation, including exercises that form the foundation of the entire medium.

You’ll learn pose and form while creating a 3D model and exploring cutting-edge 3D tools to animate objects. The program will also introduce you to basic visual effects concepts and software as well as creating concept art like storyboards and character designs – leaving you with vital insights into the workings of the real-world animation + visual effects industry and the variety of exciting roles artists play within a production.