TITAN MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON ANIMATION ALUMNI

For those of you who attended "Refresh" you probably heard Cliff Cramp tell about the animation program's internship program and success at placing graduates into jobs. One of the examples that comes to my mind is Jennifer Woods, a recent grad who had a summer internship at Nickelodeon, which subsequently turned into a full time job there. For those with creative talent, a strong work ethic, (and just as important) a drive for self-promotion, that kind of stuff can definitely happen.
JENNIFER WOODS


The campus's "Titan Magazine" did a recent cover story on some of our animation graduates. Pictured here is CSUF graduate Hans Dastrup, an animator on the film "Robots." Below is a link to the article plus examples of CSUF student animation. For those of you considering animation, the student samples are the sorts of projects you'll be producing in class.
TOP DRAWER

4-PERSON DRAWING & PAINTING SHOW

In late September four of our BFA drawing and painting students put on a show in the Exit Gallery. Here is a video of the work, plus interviews with some of the artists.
FOUR PERSON D&P SHOW

72 HOUR BOMB COMPLETE BUT UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Every year the Pencil Mileage Club hosts The Bomb, a weekend-long animation scramble in which animation students generate a film about a bomb in a weekend. It's just one of the many, many events the PMC put on annually. For animators who are always under the gun when on a job, the event is good practice in generating lots of material in a short amount of time. Here is a link to the Daily Titan article about the weekend. I hope to post last year's Bomb entry soon.
THE BOMB - DAILY TITAN ARTICLE

REFRESH AND STUDENTS A HIT!

On Sunday night seventy-five people braved the Santa Ana breezes to meet with and interrogate faculty members, view "Refresh," the faculty show that closes on Friday, and tour the various studios in the department. I want to thank each of you for coming out. From my perspective, I thought it was a great success. I hope you thought so too.

Cliff Cramp (pictured) led an hour-long (was it actually longer??) tour of the illustration and animation studios, highlighting the Maya lab. Nobuhito Nishigawara and John Leighton hosted the half dozen or so 3D artists. Chen Wang led the graphic designers through the various computer labs and discussed the design works in the gallery. Don Lagerberg competed with Cliff on longest and most humorous tour as he took a large group into his painting and drawing studio. And department chair, Larry Johnson, guided the creative photography students through the labs, processing spaces, and display cases of student work.

It just so happened that one of the persons helping me, a grad student in illustration, was exhibiting her work in the West Gallery, so visitors got to see some graduate level work too. In addition, an undergrad was exhibiting in the Exit gallery so they enjoyed that as well (that video will be posted early next year).

I think my only concern is that I didn't give you enough time to eat. Oh well.

For those of you who missed the evening, and those who attended who want more, additional events are planned for the winter months. I'll post on that as the dates approach. I also plan to post a video of the show in January.

Anyway, thanks for coming. I hope you found it valuable.

Link to Cliff Cramp's illustration web site.
CLIFF CRAMP ILLUSTRATION