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Jan 27/28 OPEN HOUSE at MTM: January 27th Info Session at 11:30 AM!

You are cordially invited to Max the Mutt’s

January 27/28 Open House !

Why do our graduates do so well? Why were we ranked first in North America for Digital Illustration & 3rd in the world by The Rookies, an international website supported by major companies worldwide? Why are our employment rates so high?

Community, professionalism, and generosity of spirit are words that best describe the culture we believe in and do our best to encourage at the college.

On Saturday, January 27th at 11:30 am at the Info Session you can learn more about each of MTM’s three in depth 4 year diploma programs and the careers each prepares you for:

Our new 4 year Illustration & Storytelling for Sequential Arts Diploma Program (replacing the 3 year illustration program)! We’ll share with you the additional courses that now make this a more secure path for people who want to study for a career in comics and graphic novels. This program now gives you additional skills, including graphic design, for jobs that will sustain you while build build your comic book/graphic novel career!

Visitors tour the Year 4 Computer Animation studio during November's Open House — Visitors tour the Year 4 Computer Animation studio during November’s Open House

Learn about exciting changes in the Classical & Computer Animation & Production Diploma Program, the only program in Toronto that gives you strong classical skills, and entry level skills for both 2D computer (Harmony) and 3D (Maya) animation jobs! (ALL 2017 Canadian Animation graduates are employed in the industry)

Learn about the many career paths open to graduates of our Concept Art for Animation & Video Games Diploma Program and why we have year 4 students who have already been hired as Concept Artists, working part time now, with full time offers after graduation!

Following the Info Session, participate in a group tour of the college, where you can view student work from all 4 years and see classes in session.

At 1:30 pm – Come with your sketchbook and drawing pencils, and bring your lunch! Then following the short lunch break, take a free “Layout for Comics” Workshop with Kent Burles, Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, MTM Instructor and Illustration Coordinator.

Max the Mutt is open on Sunday, January 28th for pre-booked private tours. To arrange your private tour, please call or email to book a time!

Max the Mutt graduates can be found at top companies including Pixar, UbiSoft, Warner Bros Games, Guru Studio, Nelvana/Corus Entertainment, ToonBox Entertainment, National Film Board of Canada, Sony Pictures Imageworks and many more.

Visit us to see where they got their start and find out how our programs help our students make dreams come true!

Please note: We suggest a private tour for those of you who are sure which direction you want to go in! We encourage you to include family or a good friend, and we offer, if you request it, free consultation on your art work and portfolio advice

Please RSVP to admissions@maxthemutt.com or call 416-703-6877.

Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art & Design offers three 4 year in depth diploma programs, Classical & Computer Animation & Production, Illustration & Storytelling for Sequential Arts, and Concept Artf or Video Games & Animation.

First Year Orientation Week 2017 Tons of Fun!

Orientation Week 2017 at the ROM - with Steve Millard and Roksolana Tchotchieva — Orientation Week 2017 at the ROM – with artist instructors Steve Millard and Roksolana Tchotchieva

Orientation week has been a great success! After a day of introductions, a picnic in the park, and scholarship presentations, Students and faculty had a day at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and another day at The Royal Ontario Museum. One afternoon was spent doing a drawing challenge and buying books brought to the school by Labyrinth Books. International students had a special breakfast, and over the weekend are taking a boat ride on Lake Ontario.

Here are some pics sent in by students and faculty:

Orientation Week 2017 Picnic — Orientation Week Picnic

Kent Burles 4 min drawing challenge — Kent Burles gave instructions to create a character to draw. A 4 min drawing challenge!

Orientation Week 2017 group drawing project challenges — Orientation Week group drawing project challenges

Orientation Week 2017 Labyrinth book sale — Orientation Week Labyrinth book sale

Orientation Week 2017 AGO field trip — Orientation Week AGO field trip

Classes start Monday! We’re off to a great start!

Max the Mutt Open House: Saturday, November 4th & Sunday, November 5th!

You are cordially invited to Max the Mutt’s November Open House !

Why do our graduates do so well? Why were we ranked first in North America for 2017 for Digital Illustration, 3rd in the world, by The Rookies, an international website supported by major companies worldwide?

Visit us to find out about the unique learning environment at a college created 20 years ago by artists, animators and educators passionate about their arts, and motivated by the desire to pass on their skills. Community, professionalism, and generosity of spirit are words that best describe the culture we believe in and do our best to encourage at the college.

On Saturday, November 4th we will be open from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm:

Learn more about each of MTM’s three, in depth 4 year diploma programs and the careers each prepares you for:

Our new 4 year Illustration & Storytelling for Sequential Arts Diploma Program (replacing the 3 year illustration program)! We’ll share with you the additional courses that now make this a more secure path for people who want to study for a career in comics and graphic novels. This program now gives you additional skills for jobs that will sustain you while build build your comic book/graphic novel career!
Learn about exciting changes in the Classical & Computer Animation & Production Diploma Program. the only program in Toronto that gives you entry level skills for both 2D computer (Harmony) and 3D (Maya) animation jobs!
Learn about the many career paths open to graduates of our Concept Art for Animation & Video Games Diploma Program!

Following the info session, you’re invited to participate in a group tour of the college, where you can view student work from all 4 years and see classes in session.

Dave Ross - Author, Comic Book Artist and MTM Instructor — Dave Ross – Author, Comic Book Artist and MTM Instructor

Bring your lunch, and stay on to meet Dave Ross, Author of “Figure Drawing for Illustrators”, Internationally acclaimed Comic Book Artist and MTM Instructor.
A book signing will follow the workshop, Introduction to Figure Drawing Without a Model.
Dave’s recently published book, “Figure Drawing for Illustrators” will be available for purchase, or bring your copy with you and get it autographed!

We are also open on Sunday, November 5th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Call us to book private tours, and attend one or both free Sunday workshops:

11:00 am: Introduction to Cartooning & Character Design For Animation Workshop with Tina Seemann, Co-Director of Max the Mutt and Animation Coordinator!

Tina Seemann with Cartooning Workshop student

1:30 pm: Layout for Comics Workshop with Kent Burles – Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, a MTM Instructor and Illustration Program Coordinator.

Remember if you plan to take a workshop or workshops please bring your sketch book and drawing materials.

Visit us to see where they got their start and find out how our programs help our students make dreams come true!

Please RSVP to admissions@maxthemutt.com or call 416-703-6877.

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

Year One Students Talk About Their Experiences at Max the Mutt!

One of the best ways to learn about a college is to hear what the students have to say! Every year we have a show for year one students so that they and their families can celebrate their artistic growth. Being taught the basics of representational art in a developmental, coherent program of related courses enables them to give life to their ideas in ways they hadn’t imagined they were capable of. The following video interviews are from the opening of the 2017 exhibition for year one students.

Celebrate with Max the Mutt June 3 and 4! Free Workshops, Exhibition of Graduate and Under Graduate Work!

We look forward to celebrating with you!

Van Lawrence Ching, Concept Art year 3, Character Design

3rd year animation student Josh Hill, character design exploration test.

Vlad The Impaler, 2017 Sequential Arts graduate Emilie Thomas

(Featured image at top by Caroline Davis, 2017 Concept Art graduate)

You are invited! Max the Mutt’s annual year end Exhibition of 2017 graduate and undergraduate work will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 3rd and 4th.

See student films, slide shows of amazing concept art scenes, props and characters, children’s books and comic book art!

Saturday: doors open at 10:30 am

11 am: a presentation about the college, our philosophy, and the programs we offer, followed by a tour of the college.

1 pm: Bring your lunch, or return after lunch, for a free Cartooning Workshop, with Tina Seemann, Director of the 4 year Animation Diploma Program & illustrator of the recently published children’s book, “The Life & Times of Sir Reginald Tubb.”

Sunday: doors open at 11 am, Join us for coffee and doughnuts, tour the college, view student and graduate work, take free workshops!

11:45 am : Workshop with illustrator/comic book artist Kent Burles: Comic Book Layout

1 pm : Workshop with Director and Story Board artist Cilbur Rocha: visual storytelling basics for animation.

Max the Mutt draws passionate people who want to develop first-class skills. Are you one of them? Find out at our two-day Open House! We’ve been voted one of the 5 top illustration schools in the world by the international art & design website “The Rookies”

Our graduates have gone on to careers at top companies including Pixar, Corus/Nelvana, Guru Studio, Toon Box, National Film Board of Canada, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Yowza Animation, Portfolio Entertainment, UbiSoft, & Warner Bros. Games. Come see where they got their start!

Come for one or both days. RSVP to admissions@maxthemutt.com or call 416 703 6877.

(If you plan to take a free workshop, please bring your sketchbook and drawing pencils!)

UbiSoft Toronto NXT Showcase Awards, An Inspiring Annual Event!

The UbiSoft Toronto NXT Showcase annual competition Awards this past Thursday evening was a gala event, well attended despite the rainy weather. The energy was high as students and faculty from an increasing number of colleges and universities filled the hall. (Photo above: Zabi Hassan, 3rd place; Steve Hong ,center, 1st place; and Jullius Granada, 2nd place for Concept Art)

Max the Mutt congratulates all the winners, their instructors and their programs! Canada needs as many excellent programs and excellent students as possible to keep our entertainment arts industries alive and thriving, and competition is healthy for all of us testtest testtest.

The 5 finalists in each category had already been announced. The 3rd place winner, then the 2nd place winner, and finally the first place winner in each category( first place winners will have a summer internship) was introduced to the crowd. The project of each person was projected on a screen behind them, as they were introduced.

Our congratulations to all, and especially the first place winners in all categories, Programmer, Modeller, Animation and Concept Art: David Arppe, David Kolodko, Rahim Rahimi, and Steve Hong!

We were also especially proud of Zabi Hassan, Max the Mutt 3rd year Concept Art student, for coming in third in the Concept Art category before he’s even gotten to his final year!

Max the Mutt 2017 Year One Show Student Exhibition

Year One students from all programs, Classical & Computer Animation & Production, Illustration for Sequential Arts and Concept Art for Animation & Video Games, have work on display Friday and Saturday, April 28th and April 29th, and Saturday, May 6. The public is welcome from 11 AM until 3 PM.

The show’s opening – for students, student’s families, and friends – was held Thursday evening, April 27th.

Come and see some beautiful work!

Please note: Max the Mutt’s entrance is on Sibley Avenue. Please buzz the intercom to be admitted, and take the elevator to the second floor to sign in.

Just out! Children’s book illustrated by Max the Mutt’s Tina Seemann!

Max the Mutt is proud to announce the release of a delightful new book for children, written by one of MTM’s three co-founders David Schacker, and illustrated by Max the Mutt’s Tina Seemann, Director of MTM’s Animation Diploma Program — with colour by 2016 MTM graduate Laura Faber.

“ At last is a story celebrating that unsung hero of family life, the bathtub! Neglected no longer, this noble fixture finally gets its due, magically coming to life as the central character in this tale set in the topsy-turvy world of the Forest Green.”

The delightful illustrations by MTM’s Tina Seemann, coloured in a dreamlike watercolour-effect palette by 2016 graduate Laura Faber, and the gentle humour of the Gilbertian rhyming verse by David Schacker, make this a charmingly unique offering for young (including very young) and adult readers.

Congratulations to everyone, and special thanks to book designer Jelena Reljic!

Available at Barnes & Noble U.S.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-life-and-times-of-sir-reginald-tubb-david-schacker/1126235446?ean=9781545081822

Available on Amazon:In the U.S.

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Sir-Reginald-Tubb/dp/1545081824/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492256131&sr=1-1&keywords=sir+reginald+tubb

In Canada: will be available soon on amazon.ca

And Amazon in Europe.

Max the Mutt’s Illustration for Sequential Arts Diploma program includes comics, graphic novels, and children’s book illustration in the curriculum.

In fact, all diploma programs at Max the Mutt include in depth drawing courses, design and composition, colour theory, as well as cartooning and character design.

For information about workshops email us at workshops@maxthemutt.com.

The first weekend in June will feature an Open House with new art work throughout the school, and exhibitions by 2017 graduates from all 3 diploma programs!

Free workshops will include 2 cartooning workshops with Tina Seemann, including a special one for children 6 to 9 years of age, and a talk about her process in creating the illustrations for “The Life and Times of Sir Reginald Tubb.”