Rombick's Blog

After taking the APW session last year, Roman used his animation portfolio to be accepted into the animation program at Sheridan College in Oakville ON "I am 1st year animation student at sheridan, born in last century in the country that doesnt exist anymore." Have a look at some of Roman's drawings (and paintings) in his "Rombick's Blog".

2010/11 Session is off to a good start..

We kicked off the 2010/11 Session of the Animation Portfolio Workshop with a bang this past weekend. An energetic group of students took the first step along the road to making an animation portfolio and submitting it to a top animation school. These students will study Life Drawing for Animation and Drawing for Animation. They will draw multiple gestures, learn perspective, design characters, and generally go through an awful lot of paper.

Successful Sheridan Portfolio

At the end of Feb. 2010, Gabriel O'Flaherty-Chan completed the most recent session of the Animation Portfolio Workshop. He was accepted into Sheridan's Animation program and has posted his entire animation portfolio on his blog. Have a look.

http://varroae.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-portfolio-part-2_11.html

Former APW student Chang Dai's demo reel

We like to keep in touch with our former students. Chang Dai was a student in the Animation Portfolio Workshop in 2007. She is currently studying animation in Sheridan"s Animation Program. Have a look at Chang's recent work as an animator!

APW Info Sessions at Sheridan

For three Wednesdays in April, the Animation Portfolio Workshop will be visiting Sheridan to give info sessions about the upcoming 2010 Session of the workshop. APW director Vince Peets will be on hand to talk about what the workshop is all about. There are several former APW students in the Sheridan Animation Program and they have been known to stop by with some examples of their drawings. There will be opportunities to hear information about the APW and also see examples of drawings by our former students who are currently studying at Sheridan. The dates are:

• Wed. April 7 11am - 12noon in room A-107
• Wed. April 14 11am - 12noon in room A-107
• Wed. April 21 11am - 12noon in room A-107

Myke Bakich as an APW student

Back in 2003, Myke Bakich finished the Animation Portfolio Workshop as a student. He later applied and was accepted into Sheridan.s Animation Program. Myke was one of the first to graduate with a Bachelor of Animation Degree. Our students benefit from Myke's experience as a storyboard artist and animation professional.


See Myke's animation portfolio.

Meet the Parents part 2

Parents of students have a lot to say about the workshop. In this APWnetwork video, Fatima Merpouya speaks about her son Bahador. She shares her excitement about the progress that she witnessed in Bahador's animal and room/perspective drawing when he was a student with the Animation Portfolio Workshop. Bahador went on to study at Seneca Animation Arts Centre and presently works in the animation industry in Toronto, Canada In addition to his work as a Drawing for Animation instructor with the Animation Portfolio Workshop, Bahador's professional visual effects resume includes work on the feature film "The Incredible Hulk".