by cliff1066™

Pixar.. Animation: the choice between 2 colleges.?
I live in Boston Ma
I got accepted into New England Institute of Art for ‘Media Arts and Animation’ major. (i am not in the college yet)
But now I am looking at this other college in San Fransisco – “Academy of Art University”, it is approved by Pixar, and thats where pixar is located, .. since they have internships over the summer I figured its best to relocate/live on campus

AoA is $ 20,000 more for the campus costs.

Which college should I choose? What would you choose?

The answer in the following:

Answer by Jared L
If you have the desire and talent to work for Pixar, I’d go to CA. Pixar comes up with new movies all the time and the technology is inceasingly getting better and more exciting. You would have an awesome career that wouldn’t go stale after a few years. Go for it… we’ll watch credits for your name to appear in a few years!

Answer by tgkeira
I actually haven’t heard of either of those colleges, and I did a lot of research on the subject – I’m currently in my freshmen year as an animation major myself.

Have you looked into Ringling, Sheridan College in Canada, CalArts, RISD, and SCAD? As far as I know, they’re the best schools for animation. SCAD won Kaplan for best art school last year, CalArts has turned out such geniuses as Tim Burton, Family Guy is descended from RISD, and Sheridan grads are just amazing. All the top companies also hire plenty from these schools, and it’s not limited to just one company such as Pixar.

A big thing about art schools is how active and such the campus is – like they tell us here, the majority of art jobs are gotten through networking. The big schools offer just that, with tons of big name speakers and special events where the companies all come down to /you/ – instead of you having to go to the companies. SCAD, for example, had Scott McCloud here just the other day (he wrote the text book for comic artists), and is advertising for a careers fair in a few week with everyone from Pixar to Blue Sky to Disney coming down to us. It is the connections that are what’s so important in the art industry, and you need to be concerned about making them!

P.S. I go to SCAD, so…you can im me if you have any questions. :3

Answer by dukifluff
the sanfransisco 1 the english will exclude u out of everi thing and you are more likely 2 get a job if u go there

Answer by alzn
Besides your portfolio upon graduation, “who you know”, internships and etc, there is also an unspoken, regional preference in hiring practices. You know, “locals only” – or – “oh, that’s my school too.”

AAU is a respected school in the SF Bay Area industry. But I assume Pixar will select the best of the best, regardless.

Just get good.

Answer by skyzmer86
There are alot of colleges out there with art programs but a good computer art program is hard to find. If you have to decide between these two, look at the work the students are producing and see which apeals to you more. Make sure that you’re not looking at graduate work though. Often schools will put pictures of graduate work that would make you think they were produced by undergrads.

But when you DO get to the point of looking for graduate schools I HIGHLY recommend the Texas A&M University Visual Studies program. Every pixar movie made has had the help of A&M graduates. Not to mention that 100% of the grads are recruited by studios such as Pixar, ILM, Dreamworks SKG, Lucas Studios, etc. before they even graduate!

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Scent Bottle, 1750-1800, enamel; gilt metal by Unidentified Artist

The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or “patches” (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady’s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.

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Scent Bottle, 1760-65, enamel and gilt metal by an unidentified artist

The art of painting on enamel flourished in England during the second half of the eighteenth century. A French jeweler, Jean Toutin, had developed a new technique for painting on enamel, in which a gold base was covered first with white enamel, then painted with a design. This craft soon spread to England, where it was adopted by jewelers and goldsmiths. Their intricately painted boxes and curios were fashionable with the wealthy, who often bought them as souvenirs from their travels. Popular items included small boxes, which were used to carry snuff or “patches” (beauty spots); bonbonnieres, which contained sweets; and etuis, which might carry a lady’s scissors, tweezers, or pencil. More functional items were also popular, including watches, candlesticks, and tea caddies.

americanart2.si.edu/luce/object.cfm?key=338&artistmed…