LECTURE & WORKSHOP INFO - Sept. 26, 2018

Here’s some info on our Guest Lecture & Workshop this Wednesday. 

TIM MCCORMACK, Professor

LECTURE: Alternative Creative Processes and Workflows (J102, 2-4 PM)

This week’s lecture will be presented by our very own Tim McComack. 

Tim McCormack is a visual Artist and Lead Instructor in the Figure Drawing Stream in the Bachelor of Animation Program at SheridanCollege (Oakville, Ontario). His work ranges from landscape and portraiture to images of utopian and dystopian spaces., drawing and painting. Sources of inspiration include the intersection of the human figure with the vast array of drawing materials that one finds and, inevitably, becomes obsessed with. A graduate of OCAD he has had several solo shows of watercolours, oils and pastels. His work is found in many private collections.

Tim’s talk will discuss alternative creative processes and workflows for animated film with a focus on colour and visual design. Tim shows how art-historical influences shaped his short animated landscape After-Effects MA film, leading to an exploration of how landscapes of the past influence and colour so much concept art in film today, both animated and live action, with an emphasis on the ‘epic.' Tim will finish with some strategies to develop colour and mood, colour scripts and a better feel for colour harmonies.

JORDAN ENGLAND, Art Director

WORKSHOP: Colour Design for Animation (A150, 4-6 PM)

Jordan has been working in the animation industry on a variety of projects since 2004. In the past 14 years the shows have ranged from Max& Ruby all the way to adult cartoons such as The Dating Guy and everything in between. 

Outside the studio Jordan has always possessed a passion for fine arts. As an avid oil painter, his work has been selected for various art shows, as well as a Solo Portrait Show in 2013.

Jordan received his diplomas from Sheridan College in Classical Animation and Seneca College in Computer Animation.