Talking to Myself

Application portfolio requirements:

Part I: Observational drawings (minimum 15 drawings):

Examples: Drawings of people and animals from life that explore elements like shape, form, contour, and contrast. These drawings should range from one-minute gestures to longer poses. Drawings of interior environments and exterior landscapes that showcase depth, ambiance, and mood. Keep your construction lines ––they are especially helpful to the faculty in understanding your approach to observational drawing.

Part II: Sketchbook / Visual Diary (filled or completed sketchbook):

Examples: Sketches of your everyday life. Drawings that illustrate film ideas and story concepts. Thumbnails of scenes that you plan to animate one day. Random jottings that interest you. Character designs. Studies of images from films you like.

Part III: Other work:

Include any combination of the following: Sequential image storytelling: Work that showcases your ability to tell a story and develop a character. For example: storyboards, graphic novels, comics, flipbooks, or short stories with thumbnails. Digital creative work (still or animated): Creative work that you produce, or manipulate, in one or more computer programs. This might take the form of 2D digital art, and/or 3D computer graphics (CG). Photographs Paintings Sculptures Installations Murals Character designs Cartoons Caricatures

Acceptance rate: less than 10% …they accept around 40 new students to this class every year ..most of them have had 1-2 years of college experience already…