APW Directors Class – Two artists
Special Opportunity! Take the full APW Signature Program Online taught by the two artists who built APW.
APW grad Graham Finley up for Incredibles 2 Oscar
We’re proud of the work done by APW grads. After learning drawing fundamentals at APW, these young artists go on to hone their abilities in other schools and programs and then on to the animation biz here in Toronto and internationally. The 2019 Oscars are an opportunity for Animation Portfolio Workshop to salute Graham Finley […]
Animation Portfolio Workshop featured grad Chang Dai
Chang Dai’s extensive animation experience covers character design, storyboards, art direction, hand drawn animation, game design and production design in Toronto (Yowza Animation, Arc Animation, Industrial Brothers, Jam Filled Entertainment, House of Cool), , Minneapolis, and in San Francisco (Play Studios). Chang’s professional animation experience shows a highly developed ability to draw well.
Spider-Verse an antidote to boredom with current animated feature-film fare
Is it possible that the look and feel of current animation feature films has hit a wall? Is creativity still alive in feature film animation? Consider the current response to the Sony Pictures block-buster, Oscar nominated “Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse” in this article from Animation World Network entitled “Art Triumphs Over Everything. Animation geeks and […]
Animation Portfolio Workshop Character Rotations
Once you design a character for your animation portfolio, you need to draw a turnaround that shows your character in four different views. The idea here is to demonstrate a knowledge of character construction and an ability to visualize and draw the character from different angles. Easier said than done. No youtube “how-to-draw” video […]
Animation Portfolio Workshop Character featured grad Saud Boksmati
Animation Portfolio Workshop grad Saud Boksmati has made Visual Development and Character Design a matter of priority in his art practise. Soulful character designs filled with personality and humanity and meaningful story-telling are hallmarks of Saud’s personal drawings and illustrations as well as his professional work for Cartoon Network, LAIKA Entertainment,
Storyboard artist Sonia Furier judge for the 2019 Character Design Contest
Animation Portfolio Workshop is pleased to welcome back a former Instructor – Toronto storyboard artist Sonia Furier as our 2019 special guest judge for the 2019 APW Character Design Contest. Sonia got her start as an APW student,
APW Grad Patrick O’Keefe – “Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse” Art Director
Award winning “Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse” Art Director Patrick O’Keefe talks abut his roots as an Animation Portfolio Workshop student. Patrick cites his APW experience as seminal in forming a passion for drawing that motivates him to constantly aim high in his work as a professional. Moving into films and working digitally, even building […]
Jason’s Animation Portfolio Workshop Process
Jason walks us through the various stages he used while developing his character Sushi Cat. One of the benefits of studying at Animation Portfolio Workshop is learning how to
2019 Animation Portfolio Reviews
After all of the months spent covering the basics in class, the time for creating the actual animation portfolio arrives and Animation Portfolio Workshop students get to work on the final pieces.