Hi folks.
As of today we will not be making any new posts on this life drawing blog, as all of our most up to date blog posts and current news is easy to find on our Facebook page as well as on our new updated website animationportfolioworkshop.com
Please continue to enjoy the previous posts and visual material on this blog , and we'll see you at our other Animation Portfolio Workshop venues.
Happy Drawing!
Friday, November 13, 2015
Monday, February 2, 2015
Don't Forget The Early Bird Free Tuition Contest Prize!!
Dont forget to mail your Win A Free Tuition Character Design Contest entries to us on or before March 12 2015 to have a chance at winning several passes to the Toronto Comicon event that's coming up!
Orlagh Lucyk McGowan
....work from the portfolio critique I did with APW T.A. in training Orlagh Lucyk McGowan.
Orlagh's looking at going to Seneca, and here is some of the work we chose to put into that portfolio submission....
Jillian Priolo Animal Drawing
Here's an awesome drawing I saw two weekends ago while critiquing the work of APW student Jillian Priolo.
....this one's going into the portfolios for sure!
Nice work Jillian!!
....this one's going into the portfolios for sure!
RECENT CRITIQUE IMAGES
We have been hard at work in the life drawing classes at APW getting good looking drawings to put into those portfolios that are about to be submitted to various animation schools.
I thought you might like to see a sampling of some of the work I've been seeing over the past few weeks.
......here are some great gesture drawings by APW students:
Sophie Thijm
Franklin Yuan
Anita Verkovsy
Michael Hinatsu
Way to go guys!!
I thought you might like to see a sampling of some of the work I've been seeing over the past few weeks.
......here are some great gesture drawings by APW students:
Sophie Thijm
Franklin Yuan
Anita Verkovsy
Michael Hinatsu
Way to go guys!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Thursday, January 1, 2015
APW 2015 WIN A FREE TUITION CHARACTER DESIGN CONTEST
I'm happy to announce that we will be holding the Animation Portfolio Workshop Win A Free Tuition Character Design Contest again this year.
...you design a character - the contest judge chooses the ones he/she likes the best out of all the entrants - you win free stuff if you're chosen!
First prize in this years contest is free tuition to the upcoming Spring 2015 / 2016 session of the Workshop.
We are very happy to have Toon Boom and Toronto Comicon onboard as official sponsors for the event, so that means that other prizes include Toon Boom animation software programs, and passes to a Toronto Comicon weekend event....we also have passes to Anime North as a prize and various other interesting items to give away.
.....please visit our site:
APW 2015 WIN A FREE TUITION CHARACTER DESIGN CONTEST
for details.
I will be posting here regularly with updates to encourage as many of you as possible to enter, so as to have a shot at winning some free stuff.
This contest is open to Canadian citizens only.
Get drawing!
Happy New Year, and Happy Drawing!
Read more: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/301344-Animation-Portfolio-Workshop-Win-A-Free-Tuition-Contest-2015#ixzz3Nb21CfPb
...you design a character - the contest judge chooses the ones he/she likes the best out of all the entrants - you win free stuff if you're chosen!
First prize in this years contest is free tuition to the upcoming Spring 2015 / 2016 session of the Workshop.
We are very happy to have Toon Boom and Toronto Comicon onboard as official sponsors for the event, so that means that other prizes include Toon Boom animation software programs, and passes to a Toronto Comicon weekend event....we also have passes to Anime North as a prize and various other interesting items to give away.
.....please visit our site:
APW 2015 WIN A FREE TUITION CHARACTER DESIGN CONTEST
for details.
I will be posting here regularly with updates to encourage as many of you as possible to enter, so as to have a shot at winning some free stuff.
This contest is open to Canadian citizens only.
Get drawing!
Happy New Year, and Happy Drawing!
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Read more: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/301344-Animation-Portfolio-Workshop-Win-A-Free-Tuition-Contest-2015#ixzz3Nb21CfPb
Sunday, January 26, 2014
ANIMATION PORTFOLIO WORKSHOP 2014 WIN A FREE TUITION CONTEST
We are pleased to offer our Win A Free Tuition Contest again for 2014!
There are plenty of great prizes, and of course, first prize is free tuition to our 2014 / 2015 Spring Session!
Follow this link for all the details:
2014 WIN A FREE TUITION CONTEST
Best of luck to everyone!
Gerard
There are plenty of great prizes, and of course, first prize is free tuition to our 2014 / 2015 Spring Session!
Follow this link for all the details:
2014 WIN A FREE TUITION CONTEST
Best of luck to everyone!
Gerard
Sunday, January 20, 2013
PRO TIP #3 FOR APW'S WIN A FREE TUITION CONTEST
and also, please follow this link through to Saud's website where you'll find some of his fine animation and design work
Carry on Drawing!!
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Canadian Animation Blog on APW
Pay a visit to the Canadian Animation Blog for some info on the Animation Portfolio Workshop:
Thanks to CAB for mentioning the APW site and for plugging our School!!
APW WIN A FREE TUITION CONTEST PRO TIP 2
here's the link to our latest installement in the Pro Tip series:
to help you with your character designs for the APW 2013 Free Tuition Contest.
This tip is courtesy of former APW student Nate Gaul, who is currently working as a character designer for Dark Matter Entertainment in Toronto Canada.
Thanks Nate!
Thursday, December 13, 2012
APW Interview with Animation Career Review
Vincent Peets and I we're interviewed by the Animation Career Review recently, and we have posted the online article on our website here:
ANIMATION CAREER REVIEW INTERVIEW
The article provides some interesting background on what we do at the Workshop, as well as why we started the program up in the first place, which is pertinent information to those of you planning on joining up.
We also chat a bit about Art Fundamentals / high school art programs and the situation there in terms of prepping students to get into animation programs.......all in all, it makes for an interesting read in any case.
Enjoy!
ANIMATION CAREER REVIEW INTERVIEW
The article provides some interesting background on what we do at the Workshop, as well as why we started the program up in the first place, which is pertinent information to those of you planning on joining up.
We also chat a bit about Art Fundamentals / high school art programs and the situation there in terms of prepping students to get into animation programs.......all in all, it makes for an interesting read in any case.
Enjoy!
Pro Tips on how to Draw the Winning Character for the APW Free Tuition Contest
Given that every opportunity is a chance to learn something, and also that we're a school that teaches people how to draw, we figured we'd seize the opportunity afforded us to actually teach you something about drawing character designs by using the Free Tuition Contest as the vehicle for delivering the lessons....plus, it gives you a better chance at winning the contest!
Here's how.
We've asked former students and friends of the Animation Portfolio Workshop ( who are now working as professionals in the animation/illustration industry ) to give us their all time 'desert island ' character design tip, ( you know the one you'd give to the prospective 'last character designer left on earth ' type of deal after the Mayan apocalypse is all done, etc ) .....that simple pearl of knowledge that will actually help you to draw better characters if you put it into practice relentlessly.
Go to our website here:
APW FREE TUITION PRO TIP
and carefully study, and practice the weekly tip that we 'll post there once a week...heck, even if your not going to do the contest this stuff will do you a lot of good!
Our first Pro Tip is from none other than our own Vince Peets, Director of the Workshop, and wicked storyboard / character designer / animator...etc.
Here's how.
We've asked former students and friends of the Animation Portfolio Workshop ( who are now working as professionals in the animation/illustration industry ) to give us their all time 'desert island ' character design tip, ( you know the one you'd give to the prospective 'last character designer left on earth ' type of deal after the Mayan apocalypse is all done, etc ) .....that simple pearl of knowledge that will actually help you to draw better characters if you put it into practice relentlessly.
Go to our website here:
APW FREE TUITION PRO TIP
and carefully study, and practice the weekly tip that we 'll post there once a week...heck, even if your not going to do the contest this stuff will do you a lot of good!
Our first Pro Tip is from none other than our own Vince Peets, Director of the Workshop, and wicked storyboard / character designer / animator...etc.
Free Tuition to Animation Portfolio Workshop 2013 Session
Animation Portfolio Workshop is happy to announce the
WIN A FREE TUITION CHARACTER DESIGN CONTEST
Please visit our website at :
to get more information, updates and detailed contest rules.
Basically, all you have to do is enter your best character designs based on the contest requirements, and if your work is judged to be the best of all the work entered, you win free tuition to our program for the 2013 session.
This years contest is open to Canadian citizens only....so all you Canadians out there - listen up!
Next years contest will be going international, which means the competition is going to get a lot stiffer due to a rise in the number of contestants.....so, take advantage of this year's situation while the numerical odds are working in your favour.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Basically, all you have to do is enter your best character designs based on the contest requirements, and if your work is judged to be the best of all the work entered, you win free tuition to our program for the 2013 session.
This years contest is open to Canadian citizens only....so all you Canadians out there - listen up!
Next years contest will be going international, which means the competition is going to get a lot stiffer due to a rise in the number of contestants.....so, take advantage of this year's situation while the numerical odds are working in your favour.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
APW Character Design Challenge is Back!!
This is an open invitation to take a challenge - starting on Monday November 19th 2012, we'll be uploading a new gesture drawing each day for 14 days. The challenge is to take each day's gesture drawing and use it as an inspirational starting point to design a character.
14 days, 14 gesture drawings, 14 character designs. From Mon. Nov. 19 to Mon. Dec. 3 a new gesture drawing at 9am each morning.
For the facebook users - you can find each day's gesture drawing on the APW facebook page
Or, you can find the daily gesture drawing uploaded on this blog post the APW website
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Animation Portfolio Workshop Voted One of the Top 100 Animation Schools in the World
I am very happy to announce that the Aninationn Portfolio Workshop has been voted one of the top 100 animation schools in the world by the Animation Career Review website......
An excerpt from the review mentions that "The rest of the world would do well to recognize the importance of this school and smart aspiring American animators use it to get a competitive advantage when applying to schools like CalArts, RISD and MICA".
For the full review take a look at our website:
APW voted one of top 100 animation schools in the world
Happy drawing!
Gerard
Monday, April 4, 2011
Drawings by Fannie Tan
Fannie Tan recently received an offer of admission from Sheridan's Animation Program. These drawings are from her animation portfolio. Students who register with the Animation Portfolio Workshop will spend the time between May 2011 and February 2012 learning Life Drawing for Animation and Drawing for Animation. The idea behind the timing of the course is to finish up our classes by the end of February which is when portfolios are due (for Seneca and for Sheridan). Fannie did some inpressive work on her protfolio drawings.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Robert Beverly Hale videos
To listen to Robert Beverly Hale speak in this group of videos is to listen to a master relay ideas of substance freely - one after the other. Any student of drawing will benefit from watching this series of videos (7 in all). Animation Portfolio Workshop instructors will from time to time introduce certain elements of anatomy to our students as they relate to the skeleton. Imagine being in this guy's class. Enjoy.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
2010 / 2011 Fall Winter Session
We have decided to run a Fall / Winter Session that will start up on Saturday, September 18th, 2010 and run until Sunday, February 27, 2011.
Each week there will be four 3 hour classes for a total of 228 hours of instruction.
Classes are held on Saturdays and Sundays.
APW will run this session based on sufficient enrollment.
We will decide early in the week of August 16th whether the session has sufficient enrollment to go ahead.
Each week there will be four 3 hour classes for a total of 228 hours of instruction.
Classes are held on Saturdays and Sundays.
APW will run this session based on sufficient enrollment.
We will decide early in the week of August 16th whether the session has sufficient enrollment to go ahead.
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