Animation Art and Design

Get ready for an exciting career in the film and game industries with LaSalle College Vancouver's Animation Art & Design Diploma.

Enhance your skillset with industry-standard 3D modeling techniques and software. 

Work hands-on with industry-expert faculty. Explore modeling, texturing, lighting, and conceptual practices, and specialize in your area of interest through project-based, collaborative, industry-realistic curriculum.

Design your way to a successful career in the film, games, animation, and visual effects entertainment industries.

Cutting-edge facilities and equipment

Software:

• Autodesk Maya,
• Autodesk Mudbox,
• Pixar RenderMan,
• Foundry Nuke,
• Foundry Mari,
• Adobe Premiere,
• Adobe Substance,
• Arnold,
• Toon Boom Harmony,
• Pixologic ZBrush,
• SideFX Houdini.

Hardware:

• Virtual Reality Suite (Emerging Technologies Lab),
• State-of-the-art workstations,
• Render Farm computer cluster,
• Equipment sign-out room,
• Comprehensive library.

To be eligible for acceptance into this program, applicants must submit evidence – through a transcript or portfolio – demonstrating that they have successfully met the learning objectives of Foundations in Media Arts, or an equivalent program.

In addition, applicants to all programs are generally required to meet one of the following criteria: 

QUARTER 1

• Basic 3D Concepts
• 2D Animation I
• Digital Storyboarding
• Compositing I

QUARTER 2

• 3D Modeling I
• 3D Animation I
• 2D Animation II
• Vector Animation I
• 3D Animation Acting and Pantomime

QUARTER 3

• 3D Animation Body Mechanics
• 3D Animation II
• Rigging
• Advanced Acting and Performance

QUARTER 4

• Advanced Body Mechanics
• Animation Studio
• 3D Effects
• Final Diploma Capstone

*Actual course order subject to change