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Amazing News: Three of “The Rookies” 2017 Global Competition Finalists for the Illustration Category Are From Max the Mutt!

Amazing news! Three of “The Rookies” 2017 Global Competition Finalists for the Illustration Category are from one small college in Toronto, Max the Mutt!

Congratulations to 2017 Max the Mutt Concept Art graduates Angela Matinong & Desiree Moffatt, and 3rd year MTM Concept Art student Zabi Hassan who are all finalists in the Rookies 2017 Global Competition’s Illustration Category! Congratulations also to the faculty of working professionals who mentored them.

The Rookies offers International Awards for young designers, creators, innovators, and artists. The Awards were created to discover and showcase the outstanding talent emerging from higher education facilities and help launch them into careers at the world’s top studios.

“From the thousands of global entries submitted to The Rookies, the finalists for 2017 represent the very best entries selected by the official judging panel which include 62 of the most influential and respected experts of their respective creative and technical fields.The Finalists have been selected by scoring each student based on criteria including creative skills, technical skills, presentation, variety of skills, complexity, raw talent, and employment potential.The judges have now moved into stage three of their process and will vote for category winners which will be announced July 7th, 2017.”

What’s special about Max the Mutt? We stress foundation skills, traditional fine art as well as computer based training, work ethic, focus, small class size, individual attention, top instructors who are in the industry themselves. Max the Mutt’s 4 year diploma program in Concept Art for Animation & Video Games gives students entry level skills into a variety of industries (film, animation, games) for a wide range of jobs, from concept artist to game artist, digital background painter, layout artist, or matte painter. The quality of work our students produce speaks for itself!

Some openings for Canadian citizens or permanent residents are still available for September 2017 and we are starting September 2018 admissions for both Canadian and international applicants.

Good Luck to all of you!

Scene by - Desiree Moffatt Rookies 2017 Global Competition Finalist — Scene by – Desiree Moffatt

link to Desiree Moffatt on The Rookies – MTM 2017 Concept Art Graduate

Tekkonkinkreet Characters by - Angela Matinong Rookies 2017 Global Competition Finalist — Tekkonkinkreet Characters by – Angela Matinong

link to Angela Matinong on The Rookies – MTM 2017 Concept Art Graduate

Character by - Zabi Hassan Rookies 2017 Global Competition Finalist — Character by – Zabi Hassan

link to Zabi Hassan on The Rookies – MTM 3rd Year Concept Art student

Max the Mutt’s “Industry Night 2017” Event Brings Graduates and Recruiters Together!

Our Industry Event was a huge success! From 3:30 pm until 9:30 pm on Wednesday, May 23rd, Max the Mutt was filled with visitors, including art directors, recruiters, and industry professionals, all visiting to see the work produced by 2017 graduating students from Animation, Concept Art, and Illustration for Sequential Arts and meet the graduates in person.

This year’s event was electric! The video interviews we are happy to share with you here, reflect what seemed to be unanimous amazement at the level of 2017 graduate work!

If you would like more information about this unique college, Contact us at admissions@maxthemutt.com to ask for more information about our diploma programs. A very few openings are still available for Sept. 2017.

For summer “workshops” to sign up directly through the website right now!

Max the Mutt Grad Lorraine Alvarez & Family Visit from Capetown!

Max the Mutt graduate Lorraine Alvarez, at that time from Zimbabwe, was an early international student. This is a small college and we all get to know each other very well. One of the joys for the professionals who teach and run the college is remaining in contact with graduates:Tina Seemann,who hosted the family’s visit, reports that it was exciting to see Lorraine again and to meet her husband, South African animator Darryn Posen, accompanied by their 8 mos old daughter, Arianna.

Lorraine has lived and worked in animation in Capetown,South Africa for some time. This is where, while they were working at the same animation company, she met animator Darryn Posen. The family is now touring North America to promote his newest undertaking, a website that offers professional critiques to aspiring animators, “Animation Critique.“

They both addressed Max the Mutt animation students. Lorraine spoke about her animation career since she graduated more than 10 years ago, a career which has taken her to many places, and about the fact that Africa is in her blood and where she discovered she needed to live. She also spoke about the changes in her career. She finds her interest lies more and more in concept art. Happily the depth of training Max the Mutt gives our graduates provides the skill base to make transitions.

Darryn spoke about”Animation Critique.” This is a site where students may send in their animation tests and have their work critiqued by top industry professionals. It was conceived as a supplement to college studies.

As a Max the Mutt graduate, Lorraine also enjoyed visiting one of our Illustration courses, Traditional Colour Illustration for Comics & Covers, taught by Jock MacRae. Our students still draw, but they also use computers, something that wasn’t being done when Lorraine was a student. Seeing the students working away, now years later, on their laptops was quite a difference from her time at Max the Mutt!

Lorraine Alvarez visiting MtM illustration class

Tina Seemann hosted the Posen family during their visit and writes: ” It was so nice to see her again and have her and her family see our new premises. Both Lorraine and Darryn were very impressed by the quality of student work displayed in our halls.

I do so hope that our animation students will keep their animation muscles supple over the summer!

Want a professional critique ?

Contact Darryn at:

》www.animationcritique.com《 “

Become A Compositing Artist for Harmony!

The animation industry is actively looking for compositing artists, people with animation education, who have worked with Toon-Boom Harmony and know how to composite.

If you’ve completed a diploma or degree in animation, have worked with Harmony software, and are looking for your niche in the industry, successful completion of industry pro Sonya Hassan- Carey‘s Certificate Workshop in Compositing for Harmony will bring you to the level of someone with at least 6 months compositing work experience !

What will your job be as a compositing artist?

You’ll be responsible for constructing the final image of the film or series by combining layers of FX, animation and background elements into final composite shots, fulfilling each shot’s requirements.

As a compositing artist, you’ll need artistic sensibilities in the areas of 2D/3D animation compositing, rotoscoping, warping and particles, morphing blue/green screen keying and colour correction. All of this will be covered in our new professional development certificate workshop!.

Who is your instructor?

Sonya Hassan-Carey, currently Head of Operations for Portfolio Entertainment in Toronto (www.portfolioentertainment.com), is an animation professional with 25 years of industry experience, including compositing, producing, VFX, recruiting talent, and training studio employees for Toon Boom Harmony productions.

Her credits include Ren and Stimpy series, Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, Winnie the Pooh, The Ballad of Nessie, The Proud Family Movie. She’s also worked with live action plates, maya elements, and was a Roto Artist for Saw 111 using Digital Fusion and After FX.

Will you need other qualifications to be employable as a compositing artist?

If you choose to stay in a 2D Harmony environment, this course will do the trick. If you choose to go into a VFX or 3d studio, you’ll need to add some understanding of Nuke, Maya and Fusion.

About the certificate workshop: class size is limited to 10 to allow for individual instruction and mentoring.

This workshop will meet 8 Sundays, beginning February 26, 10 AM to 1 PM, one hour lunch break, and an afternoon class from 2 PM to 5 PM.

Pre-requisites:

completion of an animation diploma or degree program, or equivalent work experience in animation
knowledge of Toon Boom Harmony software .

Dates: 8 full days, Sundays 10 to 5 PM (one hour lunch break), starting February 26th, 2016. (closed Easter Sunday April 16, 2017)

Tuition: $1050.00 plus HST

To apply for this workshop please email info@maxthemutt.com. To meet Ministry of Education guidelines, we will need evidence of your animation diploma or certificate. Knowledge of the basic Harmony program is a pre-requisite. If you have no animation clip, or transcript showing you’ve completed Intro Harmony, you can apply and Ms Carey will contact you to discuss your ability to successfully participate in the workshop Once accepted, we’ll email your invoice and payment instructions.

Reminder: a maximum of 10 students, so apply early!

Where Are They Now? MtM Graduates At Work!

This is a list of as many MtM Graduates as we were able to track down! It’s great to see how well you are all doing!

Brian Zuleta is a concept artist working on AAA games for UbiSoft,Toronto.

Lorraine Alvarez-Posen is a production designer for Triggerfish Animation Studios in Cape Town, and a freelance concept artist/designer with her own company, Crosstree Creative.

Chris Brown is a freelance concept artist/designer/illustrator who has worked on major projects and was formerly a concept artist at Corus/Nelvana, Toronto. Chris is an instructor and year 2 and 3 coordinator for the Concept Art Diploma Program at Max the Mutt.

Flo Young is a Background Artist at Corus/Nelvana, Toronto, who has a passion for fantasy art and is launching a freelance career.

Max Behrens is a concept artist and junior 3D artist working for Fish Blowing Bubbles, Munich, Germany.

Timothy Stevens-Eustace is a senior graphic designer for Central Station,Toronto, specializing in game asset creation, Flash special effects and animation.

Adam Klassen is a technical director and render wrangler for Guru Studio, Toronto, currently working on the new feature film from Cartoon Saloon, Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland.

Isaac Yakabuskie is a 2D animator at Portfolio Entertainment, Toronto.

Lubomir Arsov has worked as a character and location designer on productions for Reel FX (based in Dallas,TX), Duncan Studio (Pasadena, CA), C.O.R.E Toons, House Of Cool Studios, Red Rover, Starz Animation (Toronto) and others. After creating artwork for the “Spanish Fly“ (Ten Kens) music video by the “Black Belt Kids”, Lubomir has most recently been working as a freelance character designer and illustrator.

Saar Bodman a concept artist for The Game Studio Inc., Vancouver. He is freelance concept artist, designer and illustrator, and was formerly an assistant art director for Corus/Nelvana, Toronto.

Aaron Long is an animator and animation director at ShadowMachine, Los Angeles. Recent work includes “Bojack Horseman” (a Netflix original), “Greatest Party Story Ever” (for MTV) and “Triptank” (for Comedy Central), as well as his own original projects “Sublo and Tangy Mustard” and “Fester Fish“, which has been featured in festivals around the world.

Francisco Garcia-Jimenez is a senior illustrator/animator at HitGrab Inc.,Toronto.

Hannah Probyn is an animator for Portfolio Entertainment,Toronto. She has been working on a children’s television show called “Doki“, a fun show about animal explorers. Hannah has also had the opportunity to contribute to character and set design work for other projects within the studio.

Ryan Wall is a character artist for Disney Design Group, and formerly an animator for 9 Story Media Group and Elliott Animation Inc., Toronto.

Kimberley Linn was formerly a background painter at Corus/ Nelvana, now background artist for Yowza Animation,Toronto.

Sasha Kapijimpanga is an animation director for Sony Pictures Imageworks, Vancouver.

Jen Schollen is a 3D layout artist at Jam Filled Entertainment (formerly Arc Productions), Toronto.

Nezam Jinnah is a senior lighting artist at Warner Bros Games, Toronto.

Misha Zuzuk is a layout artist for Jam Filled Entertainment (formerly Arc Productions), Toronto.

Ketan Lad is a senior level artist (Batman: Arkham Origins) at Warner Bros Games, Montreal.

Nathan Maetzener is an animator at Portfolio Entertainment, Toronto.

Josh Schaefer is a character animator at Huminah Huminah, Hamilton, ON.

Dale Hayward is the co-owner, director, animator at See Creature Animation, Montreal, has produced work for the National Film Board of Canada, and is currently working on a personal project, “Bone Mother”, for the NFB. Hiss company See Creature Animation played a major role in the production of the animated feature “The Little Prince.”

Sean Thornton is a Flash animator at Smiley Guy Studios, Toronto.

Thomas Williams was a concept artist for Rockstar Games, New York, before moving to Europe. He is now freelancing, based in Barcelona.

Daniel Lee-Poy is a stereo and VFX compositor at Legend 3D, Toronto.

Jason Comacho is an animator at Pipeline Studios, Hamilton, ON.

Tess Tolmatcheva is an animator at 9 Story Media Group,Toronto.

Kenny Ng is a background painter and colour stylist at 9 Story Media Group, Toronto.

Lindsey Herrmann animator at Boat Smart, Oshawa.

Jeff Driver is a 3D modeller at Animal Logic, Vancouver.

Ruth Ramirez is a storyboard artist and revisionist for Corus/Nelvana, Toronto.

Juan Urbina is a character designer for VampStudio, Bogota, Colombia.

Matt Rose is a video game producer on AAA titles for UbiSoft, Toronto.

Brian Beesley is currently working for Pixar, Emeryville, CA, as an animator and VFX. Brendan worked on “9” (2009), “Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore” (2010), “Finding Dory” (2016), “Gnomeo & Juliet” (2011), “Inside Out” (2015), “The Good Dinosaur” (2015), “The Nut Job” (2014) and “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie” (2008).

Daniel Tynan is a senior animator for Mercury Filmworks, Nepean, ON.

Sean NgQui Sang is an animator and rigger, working for Ludia Inc., Montreal, on “Dragons – Rise of Berk” builder style mobile game, for Apple iOS and Android devices, based on the popular movie franchise “How to Train Your Dragon“.

Richard Truong is a character designer and animator for Solis Animation, Toronto.

Randel Palo is the creative director at Jack Lake Productions, North York, ON.

Chris Ramsarran storyboard artist for 9 Story Media Group, Toronto.

Jasmine Gulati Wall is an illustrator/graphic designer for Ganz, Toronto.

Keith Fukomoto is an animator for Guru, Toronto, was an animation supervisor at Fat Kat, Miramichi, NB, and an animator at Vast Studios (video games), Toronto. Keith is also a 2D computer animation instructor at Max the Mutt.

Marie Eve Provencal is a 3D compositing and rendering artist at Gameloft, Montreal.

Robert Rodas is a 3D animator for UbiSoft,Toronto. He is also a classical animation instructor at Max the Mutt.

Marcus Fryia is the owner of Media Conspiracy, Calgary.

Rae Dickey has supervised 2D rigging for Guru, Toronto, since early 2013. She has worked on a number of 2D and 3D shows, including “Paw Patrol” and “Ever After High“. Rae is also a 2D computer animation instructor at Max the Mutt.

Andrew Veri was a character poser and in-betweener at Cuppa Coffee, Toronto, and is now an animator at Big Jump Productions, Ottawa.

Kelly Conley is senior designer at HitGrab Inc., Toronto.

Matt DiLallo is an animator at Smiley Guy, Toronto.

Eric Zermeno is an artist/animator at Splashworks.com (computer games), Toronto.

Olga Lee reports that she has been employed animating in Russia steadily since her graduation.

Jenn Fenton was an animator at Kabam, San Francisco Bay Area, and just started a new job as an animator at Booyah, San Francisco, CA.

Shannon (McDermid) Mistry has illustrated 2 children’s books. Shannon is currently a senior animator at Elliott Animation, Toronto.

Dipesh Mistry is currently a freelance storyboard artist at Jam Filled, Nepean, ON, and has been a storyboard artist and an animation director/supervisor at Elliott Animation, Toronto.

Joel Tellier is a director at Guru Studio, Toronto.

Neal Giddings is a character artist working on Interactive Computer Games for Ganz Studios, Woodbridge, ON, and formerly lead character artist for Silicon Knights, St. Catharines, ON.

Oliver Costes was an animation director at Fat Kat, Miramichi, NB,…is now animating for 9 Story Entertainment, Toronto.

Keith Fukamoto is a 2D animator at Portfolio Entertainment,Toronto, formerly animated for the game industry and has been an animation director for Fat Kat, Miramichi, NB. Keith is also a 2D animation instructor at Max the Mutt.

Winrik Haentjens was a 3D generalist at Bullseye Video Productions, Toronto, and is now a 3D generalist at Stargate Studios, Toronto. Winrik is also a 3D animation instructor at Max the Mutt.

Tabitha Fisher wrote and directed the short film “Missed Connection” as part of the NFB’s Hothouse program for emerging filmmakers. Tabitha currently supervises locations and layout on “Hotel Transylvania: The Series” at Corus/Nelvana, Toronto. Tabitha is also a drawing instructor at Max the Mutt.

Eric Zermeno is an artist/animator at Splashworks.com (computer games), Toronto.

Joshua Hart is an animation supervisor at Mercury Filmworks, Ottawa.

Jason Comacho is an animator at Pipeline Studios, Hamilton, ON.

Jordan Denenberg is an animator at Smiley Guy Studios, Toronto.

Magda Eden is a graphic artist at Capcom Interactive Canada, Vancouver.

Jesse Jind now has his own company in Toronto providing animation, illustration and design services….using freelancers.

Steven Seares is a 3D animator at Corus/Nelvana, Toronto.

Carly Shields is an animator and flash designer for Union Marketing, Vaughan, ON.

Carlos Garza is an animator at 9 Story Media, Toronto.

Alex Gutierrez – cinematographer at Union Marketing, Vaughan, ON.

King (yue Jing) Xiong is an Animator at Pip Animation, Ottawa.

Enoch Gawain is an animator at Guru Studio, Toronto.

Jacob Whyte is an animator at Guru Studio, Toronto.

Dennis Bejtic is an animator at Jam Filled Entertainment (formerly Arc Productions), Toronto.

Kitty Cheng is a 3D generalist and Background painter at KeyFrame Digital, St. Catharines, ON.

William Jung is a 3D animator at KeyFrame Digital, St. Catharines, ON.

Julia Bystrova is working for Tangent Animation, Toronto, as a character rigger on a feature film. Additional duties include prop/set rigging and crowd placement/animation.

Ali Mio is a Production Coordinator on a feature film at Tangent Animation, Toronto.

Kevin Low is a penciller at CMJ Productions, Saint-Lambert, QC.

Andrea Scott is a concept artist at Dread Jasper Games, Toronto.

Andrew Kwan is art director at Nanomyte Productions, Toronto, and is also art directing and a background line art artist for Key Frame Digital, St. Catharines, ON.

Maria Kahr is a background artist for Corus/Nelvana, Toronto.

Colin Campbell is an art director for Evil Tentacle Comix, an independent.

Paris Alleyne is a comic book illustrator, a penciller and a digital colourist. He’s worked with IDW Publishing, San Diego, CA, Red Stylo Media, Baltimore, MD, and a series of independent publishers.

Keith Grachow is a freelance illustrator, comic book & children’s book artist

Ewelina Dolzycka is currently a background painter for Big Jump Productions, Ottawa. She was the colorist for the graphic novel “Susanna Moodie: Roughing It in the Bush”.

Erik Skov is a background artist for Portfolio Entertainment, Toronto.

Chris Barbarik is a storyboard artist for Keyframe Digital in St.Catharines, ON.

Michele Assarasakorn was a concept artist working on feature film pre-production at MUSTA COSTA FORTUNE Inc., Toronto, and has moved to the west coast and is now a freelance artist working in both gaming and animation.

Jake Kalbehnn is a concept artist at Mighty Canvas Concept Studio, Vancouver. He previously worked for Corus/Nelvana, Toronto, as a colour stylist.

Zelda Helena Dufgran is a surfacing artist at Awesometown Entertainment, Toronto.

Erin Siegel is a 2D artist at Mikutech/Joydrop, Toronto.

Jake Griffiths is a concept artist working on AAA games at UbiSoft, Toronto.

Vanessa Noller is a props and location designer at Elliott Animation, Toronto.

Jordi Gonzalez is a matte painter and concept artist at The Frank Barton Company, Madrid y alrededores, España Entretenimiento in Spain.

Kenny Ng is a colour stylist at 9 Story Media, Toronto.

Damjan Lazic is a location designer for Guru Studio, Toronto.

Megan Leonard is a character designer for 9 Story Media, Toronto. She has also been a writer/penciller for comics at Silver Lining Comics, Maricopa, AZ, and an illustrator/art designer for G Stuart Nakay, author, at New Generation Publishing, London, UK.

Omid Razavi is creative director for Union Marketing, Vaughan, ON.

Bingu Ratnapala is a lecturer at SAE Institute Dubai, Dubai, AE. He has worked as a concept artist, illustrator and storyboard artist for clients such as Etihad Airways, Nissan, Interpublic and Mbc studios, and a cover artist for Marvel Comics.

Jennifer Foreshew is a 2D animator/illustrator/ graphic designer at Union Marketing, Vaughan, ON.

Justin Mark is a background artist for 9 Story Media, Toronto.

Tracey Squires Strong is an animator for Guru Studios, Toronto.

Eli Romo Anler has worked on animated features, in Mexico, working in both 2D and 3D animation in a variety of roles. She is currently freelancing and living in Sweden.

Andreas Anler has worked on an animated feature in Mexico, and is currently freelancing in Sweden. He has worked as a background artist, matte painter and concept artist for games such as “Monster Park“.

Leslie Crawshaw is a graphic artist who specializes in illustration and graphics for apps and media. She has also worked as an assistant animator for Cineflix, Toronto.

Laura Massingham is a stereo compositor and artist at Legend 3D, Toronto.

Matt Chan is a compositor at Stereo D, Toronto, focusing on stereoscopic 3D for feature films.

John Newton is a freelance concept artist, designer and illustrator, formerly a background artist for Corus/Nelvana, Toronto. John is also a painting and drawing instructor at Max the Mutt.

Robyn Natalie Lau is a freelance concept artist working for major video game companies in North America. Formerly, she was an assistant art director for Corus/Nelvana, Toronto.

Rebeccca Taunton-Renwick has worked artist/graphic designer on board games such as “Kaiju Conquest” for ATC Games, and a new game called “Monster Hunt“. She is currently working on a story for web comic spin off of “Non Player Character” for IFG.co.

Sid Gautam is working on a 58 page graphic novel for an undisclosed publisher.

Meaghan Carter is a comic book artist at Comic Book Embassy, Toronto, creator of “Godslave“, a full-colour webcomic that updates twice a week. Meaghan is also a cartooning instructor at Max the Mutt.

Neil Giddings is a senior 3D artist at Ganz, Toronto, and was formerly a character artist working on AAA games at Silicon Knights, St. Catharines, ON.

My apologies to any of you I missed! Please feel free to contact us with your information.

#MtMConceptArt Students Are International Contest Finalists!

Concept Art work by- Zabi Hassan (now entering year 3)

Background Layout Scene by 2016 graduate Mandy Wills

Character Designs by 2016 graduate Melissa Lodu

Congratulations to Max the Mutt’s Concept Art students:

Zabi Hassan, a 3rd year student this Fall, https://www.artstation.com/artist/zabi
and
Mandy Wills, a 2016 grad, https://www.artstation.com/artist/mandy169
Who were both selected by the Official Judging Panel at The Rookies for
“The Drafts” section of their prestigious International Awards contest in the Illustration Category! They are among 12 chosen, for this section of the contest, as representing the most Impressive Work submitted by Students from 77 countries around the World in 2016!
And Congratulations to Melissa Lodu, a 2016 grad, https://www.artstation.com/artist/melissalodu, who was chosen as a semi finalist!

You can find the work of all finalists in this category here: http://www.therookies.co/results/draft/illustration

More Former Max the Mutt Students Join Faculty!

We’re happy to announce that Matt Mozgiel, a former Max the Mutt student, now an animation designer for Portfolio Entertainment in Toronto, and Concept Art graduate Chris Brown, a designer for Nelvana, will both be instructing Concept Art students in September! Other former students and graduates teaching at Max the Mutt include UbiSoft animator Rob Rodas, comic book artist Meaghan Carter, Guru animator Keith Fukomoto, and concept artist/illustrator Rachel Kahn what year did bob marley die.

Matt was featured by Canadian Animation:

You can also check his portfolio here:

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Max the Mutt Industry Event and Year End Open House!

Esteemed Toronto college holds annual ‘Industry Event’ (animation, gaming and publishing) – with a special remembrance for Canadian animation instructor Jim Macaulay – on May 27, and celebrates its 2015 graduates and students with an exhibit and weekend open house,

May 29 to May 31

“I think there is some tremendous work in the show tonight! I came last year and was equally impressed, and I actually hired one of your graduates, who is working with me on a feature film project.” – Clive Smith, founder Nelvana.

Toronto, ON, May 18, 2015 – Toronto’s Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art and Design (at 2944 Danforth Avenue) holds well-attended annual ‘Industry Event’ on Wednesday, May 27 (2:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.) and year-end open house exhibition (free weekend workshops with top industry pros) from Friday, May 29 to Sunday, May 31, 2015 (detailed schedule below).

Max the Mutt’s industry only event, much anticipated by the animation, gaming and publishing world in Canada (represented by top companies such as Corus Entertainment, Toon Box, Arc Entertainment, UbiSoft and Nelvana), gives the opportunity to students and graduates from each diploma program to display their work, and for industry pros to scout for new recruits. On view throughout the college; children’s books by illustration graduates, animation reels and slide shows from animation and concept art graduates, prop and character design, comic book pages, figurative and portrait painting and more. Note: Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments follow in the evening.

This year Jim Macaulay passed away at the age of 91. Macaulay was a revered animation instructor at Sheridan College (1974-1988) in Toronto and Max the Mutt’s mentor. During the industry event, a special remembrance – complete with champagne toast and a video of Jim in his workshop – of his life will be held at 6:30 p.m. to honour his contribution to the school and Canadian animation. All the models he built and animal skeletons he assembled and mounted for the school will be on display.

Industry testimonials: https://mtmcollege.ca/why-mtm/industry-employer-testimonials/

VIDEO (Industry Event 2014): https://youtu.be/dEuiGW7uSHw

FACEBOOK EVENT (Industry): https://www.facebook.com/events/889301787804296

FACEBOOK EVENT (Open House): https://www.facebook.com/events/370282393174786

OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE:

Friday, May 29 through Sunday, May 31; open to the public, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The main reception is on the second floor. Year one, two and three student and graduate exhibition, curriculum information, school tours and two free one-hour workshops (Saturday and Sunday).

Saturday, May 30:

10:00 a.m. – Information Session; school philosophy, the curriculum for the three diploma programs, workshops and development programs. Followed by a school tour.

11:00 a.m. – Free workshop; ‘Introduction to Cartooning’ with Toronto-based cartoonist and illustrator Megan Kearney. Learn the basics of cartooning including exaggeration, appeal and structure. Kearney manages Comic Book Embassy (co-work studio in Chinatown), and hosts High Tea at the Embassy (monthly mixer for women in creative fields). Her most recent works include Valor, and a graphic novel adaptation of Beauty and The Beast.

1:00 p.m. – Free workshop; ‘Introduction to Freehand Figure Drawing’ with comic book artist, author and instructor Dave Ross. An outline of the methodology (straight from the mind to the page) behind freehand figure drawing. Dave Ross has mainly published in the USA; working on the series Rai at Valiant and such Marvel titles as Avengers West Coast and Marvel Knights: Daredevil and Inhumans. At DC Comic, he worked on JLA and Birds of Prey. He has a book coming out soon titled ‘Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators’.

Sunday, May 31:

10:00 a.m. – School tours all day.

11:00 a.m. – Free workshop; ‘The Loomis head’ with head of Max the Mutt’s Illustration for Sequential Arts diploma program Kent Burles. Andrew Loomis, the famed American illustrator, developed this system of drawing the head from life, reference or imagination.

1:00 p.m. – Free workshop; ‘Introduction to Cinematic Layout for Comics’ with head of Illustration for Sequential Arts Diploma program Kent Burles.

MORE INFO: https://mtm-college.com.

/director Maxine Schacker states, “Our first year-end events at 2944 Danforth Avenue are almost here! We’re happy to hear from so many companies that they will attend our Industry Event and look forward to welcoming everyone to our weekend Open House, where this year, we’re providing two free workshops on both Saturday and Sunday! We invite everyone to see the amazing work all our students have created…a school filled with art!”

2015 graduate images enclosed: Concept art students, left, Marion Manzo (lava rock monster) and right, Alessandro Constantini (dragon cove).

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Founded in 1996 in Toronto, Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art and Design provides in-depth training via workshops and three programs of study; Classical and Computer Animation and Production diploma, Concept Art for Animation and Video Games diploma (only of its kind in Canada) and Illustration for Sequential Arts: Comic Books and Graphic Novels diploma (only of its kind in Canada). Max the Mutt prepares students for careers in animation, concept design, advertising, art direction, comic books and graphic novels.

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Max the Mutt 2014 #Animation Diploma Graduates Are On Their Way!

Max the Mutt Animation Diploma 2014 graduates are on their way. See why this is the school for people who have passion, grit and want a career! All 2014 graduates found work in the animation industry within six months of graduation. Max the Mutt’s Animation Diploma Program includes classical, 2D and 3D animation, acting, drawing for animation…and much, much more. That’s why our 2014 graduates have jobs. That’s why companies approach us and ask to visit before our “Industry Event.” Our goal is is employment in the industry for every graduate. Every student at Max the Mutt College ofAnimation, Art & Design counts. Every student gets personal attention.

Creature design by Jan Veldman, 2014 graduate

Denis Bejtic: denisbejtic.weebly.com

Matthew Chan: Www.matthew-chan.weebly.com

Daniel Lee Poy: danielleepoy.weebly.com

Laura Massingham: lauramassingham.weebly.com

Josh Schaefer: joshschaeferanimation.weebly.com

Jan Veldman: janveldman.weebly.com

Misha Zuzuk: www.zuzuk.weebly.com

Top companies want students with a broad based general education. This should include traditional fine art skills, as well as classical and computer animation. You’ll need the demo reel and the skills to get in the door, but you’ll also need to impress the recruiter as someone who is a good team player, can take direction, and has a professional attitude.

Max the Mutt grades on professionalism as well as course content.

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