Please follow these instructions to make 3rd Term Review as effective as possible.
Please note that you will be notified when dates and times are confirmed. At that point you will be able to reserve a slot using the link on the right.
3rd term review is a meeting with the Director and at least one faculty member, during which we look at your overall growth as a student, artist, and professional. It’s also a conversation about what YOU want to achieve in the track and what YOU want to focus on professionally. Please be ON TIME!
What’s important to us is that we see how you progressed through the track. Is there a clear upward trend in the quality and originality of your work? We also are interested in seeing your passion and what it is you want to do as an animation professional. Lastly we want to see you clearly have mastered all the fundamentals ensuring you’re ready for the next 3 terms.
Check your degree audit — you can only do the 3rd term review if you have taken and passed all the required Animation track classes in 1st & 2nd term AND are taking all the classes in 3rd term (studio classes only — this does not include H&S classes). Please inform us NOW if you haven’t fulfilled this requirement.
After you have organized your work for each of the following categories, send a shared link to Natalie.Williams@ArtCenter.edu ASAP. Make sure the sharing settings are set to “Anyone with a link can view.” - and Don’t invite anyone to collaborate, just send the shared link.
Animation 2D and 3D
Modeling
Layout
Concept Art
Shorts Prep/Shorts Program
Perspective (Viscom)
Figure Drawing & Anatomy
Story
IMPORTANT: you need to fill out and print the self assessment document as well as submit you current degree audit. Include BOTH in the submitted folders and bring printouts to the review.
Please follow these instructions EXACTLY. We won’t review anything that is not formatted as detailed below:
Animation
- 1 Quicktime of all your 2D and 3D animation assignments in chronological order
- Cycles should loop 3 times MAXIMUM
- Resolution should be 1024 x 512
Modeling
- 1 Quicktime movie turn-around | Quicktime must contain ALL models
- Resolution should be 1024 x 512
Layout
- 1 Quicktime movie of all the Layout work
- Resolution should be 1025 x 512
Concept Art
- Selection of your best work
- 10 images max
- JPG’s only | Resolution 1024 x 512
Shorts Prep/Shorts Program
- Selection of your best work (storyboards, animation, modeling/rigging, etc.)
- 20 images max and 1 Quicktime of story reel and/or model turn-arounds and/or animation
- Resolution 1024 x 512
Viscom
- Selection of your best work
- 10 drawings max
- JPG’s only | Resolution 1024 x 512
Figure Drawing, Anatomy
- Scans or pictures taken of the artwork — High quality, properly aligned, nicely framed, good lighting and in focus
- JPG’s only | Resolution 1024 x 512
Story
- 1 Quicktime movie of your current story reel OR if you haven’t gotten to the storyboard yet, submit any artwork done so far in the Story class
- JPG’s only | Resolution 1024 x 512
Please take a look at the folder screenshot to the right and follow it EXACTLY. We won’t review anything that is not formatted as detailed.
Pass - Great! you can move to 6th term
Pass - You can move to 6th term BUT, you’ll get instruction on what to improve on. Usually it’s extra classes (in or outside of ArtCenter) to improve certain skills
Fail - You cannot take any 6th term classes and higher — you’ll get instructions on what to improve on. You can take 5th term review again next term and show your progress and hopefully pass then
You will be notified by email in a timely manner after 5th term review
Please make an appointment with your director (marlon.nowe@artcenter.edu) if you have any questions and/or concerns.