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Autodesk, the software company behind Maya, has recognized the impact of Cal State Fullerton students and professors on the entertainment industry with a superb article on our animation program. For several years, the Entertainment Art/Animation BFA at Cal State Fullerton has used Maya as its core 3D animation application. Since his hiring, Prof. Chuck Grieb has spearheaded the 3D curriculum.

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With Disney-Pixar Chief Creative Officer, John Lasseter, renewing the tradition of original, made-for-TV, Christmas animated specials, one of our alum, Wayne Unten, got to partake in this holiday tradition. Unten, who has been working for Disney Animation for more than two years, including as a Supervising Animator on Bolt (2008), animated some of the reindeers and other characters in the

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Mercedes McDonald's latest illustrated book, For a Girl Becoming, is a rare publishing gem: an illustrated picture book with appeal to teen audiences. Although it is an all-ages book according to Joy Harjo, the poet who wrote the book, very few picture books in today's market address readers in their teens. McDonald handled the illustrations with elegance and an eye for lively earth tones,

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Illustration Alumni Zelda Wang wins the 2009 Prismacolor "For Art's Sake" National Art Competition in the Cartooning/Manga category. Her image is titled Shi. Shi is the color purple, the mix of red (love) and blue (sorrow). Shi is death, the falling petals. Shi is the guardian of nature. The world is dying and cannot go back to how it once was, but it may be healed with a pure heart and the most

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Cal State Fullerton Illustration was represented well at "illustrators day" hosted by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. The event was held this passed Saturday in Los Angeles. Faculty member Hala Swearingen won two awards, first place in the Judge's Choice award and third place in the People's choice Award. Alumni Lauren Gallegos also won a Judge's choice award and Pat

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Last Thursday, the Visual Arts Department hosted James Gurney, creator of Dinotopia and award-winning illustrator, commissioned by National Geographic and the US Postal Service. Gurney discussed his background in archeology and art (he attended Art Center for two semesters), and how his interests led him to create Dinotopia. In addition to going to art school, he studied art by copying the

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Patrick Scullin, Doug Sirois, Trey Hodges, and Robert Tsai have been presenting their comics, character designs, and graphic novel projects in the Artist Alley section of the 1st Long Beach Comic Con. Scullin, the creator of Super Siblings, is promoting his comics about two rivaling siblings who have super powers. Sirois who is presently digitally coloring the 4th and 5th issue of Hercules (

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Hala Swearingen, the latest Illustration professor to join the CSUF art faculty, will showcase more of her children's book art in the upcoming Resident's show in Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. Greg Swearingen, Hala's husband, will also present some of his book cover originals. Treats for the eyes!

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Past and present students from the CSUF Illustration program received top prizes at the Summer Los Angeles Conference of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Erin Shea, a student in the MFA in Illustration program, entered the portfolio competition and earned this year's new prize: a mentorship. Being selected offered Erin a chance to have face-to-face meetings with Arthur

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The Sept. 10, 2009 print issue of the student newspaper, The Daily Titan, included a review of the Faculty Show "F+" at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, expertly curated by Dennis Cubbage and his team. Written by Nikki Mao, the article includes a generous amount of quotes from the professors, thus adding great insight into the process and spirit of this show. In addition, a short slide

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OPENING RECEPTION - GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER: SEPTEMBER 5, 7-10PM Admission is Free!The entertainment and commercial artists teaching at CSUF have experience as storyboard artists, packaging designers, art directors, digital illustrators, authors, and award-winning filmmakers. The sculpture and crafts faculty have mastered the arts of jewelry making, ceramics, glass, and kinetic sculpture, and

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Main Art Gallery • CSUF Visual Arts CenterOpening Reception: Saturday, August 29, 5-8 p.m. • Free AdmissionExhibition runs September 1 - October 2, 2009 Curated by Alexandra Duron & Sarah StrozzaRedefining the Line: Art Nouveau & The Female Figure features the graphic design, illustration and installation work of ten international contemporary artists Pomme Chan, Deanne Cheuk, Naja Conrad-Hansen,

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Alumni Richard Pose's illustrations will be featured at the T&P Gallery in Philadelphia. This show is the quite literally named 4 Person Show featuring artists Lisa Hanawalt, Ken Keirns, Brian Morris and Richard Pose. The opening will take place on September 4th beginning at 7PM. So if you're in the area...get out to the show. T&P Gallery1143 South 9th StreetPhiladelphia, PA

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The CSUF Illustration concentration has launched a Facebook fan page. The page title is Illustration at Cal State Fullerton. If you have an FB account, join as a fan and follow the interaction.

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Four wonderfully talented ladies in the Illustration graduate program display their creative process - From here to there.And the there there is excellent.The show opens in the Exit Gallery at CSUF on August 29 and will run until September 9. The opening reception is from 5-8pm. Erin SheaKim DwinellPat CantorKaty Betz

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Illustration Alumni Doug Sirois, colorist on the comic book Hercules, gets reviewed by hypergeek and Major Spoilers.com."The artwork on this title is really quite breathtaking. At first I was under the assumption that the art was fully painted, but the ‘artist’ credit is given to Cris Bolson, and the ‘colorist’ credit to Doug Sirois, which means that this is not possible. I am assuming then that

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Corel Painter and Professor Cliff Cramp team up in the latest painter Advertisement.

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Fullerton Illustration Alumni Steve Gritton finishes his 4th Children's book, "The Trouble with Sisters And Robots". His latest book is published by Albert Whitman & Co. You can purchase it here.

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The Illustration division at Cal State Fullerton celebrates the arrival of Hala Swearingen (MFA Art Institute of Boston ’09, BFA in Illustration BYU ’96) as the latest professor to join the Illustration faculty. Last year, the Visual Arts Department cast a wide net, spreading the word about this job opening to hundreds of professional artists and illustration teachers. Prof. Swearingen comes to

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The July/August 2009 issue of the SCBWI Bulletin includes a beautiful, little ink wash spot illustration by Kimberly Dwinell. She created this illustration in Prof. Christian Hill's Sequential Art course (ART 367/487S) last Spring for a mini-picture book project based on Aesop's fable, The Ant and the Dove. Several of her illustrations for this project appear on Dwinell's blog (first blog entry

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The College of the Arts has a new Dean, Dr. Joseph "Joe" Arnold, who succeeds to Dean Jerry Samuelson. Last Spring, Dean Samuelson announced that he was retiring after more than 30 years of service to Cal State Fullerton. His greatest achievement, among a long list, took form with the completion of the state-of-the-art Clayes Performance Arts Center, which houses several theater and music halls

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Once again, this year’s Comic-Con includes many graduates from the Cal State Fullerton school of illustration and animation. Patrick Scullin, who just received his MFA in Illustration is promoting his webcomics, Super Siblings at booth P03. Another recent Illustration MFA graduate, Joe Weatherly, is selling his art books, such as the successful Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals and Animal

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CSUF Grand Central Art Center is hosting "R. Crumb's Underground," a large exhibit of Robert Crumb original comics pages and illustrations, until August 16, 2009. This traveling exhibit, curated by Todd Hignite originally for the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and coordinated by GCAC Director of Exhibitions, Dennis Cubbage, includes many of Crumb's early Underground comics explorations from the

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Emeritus Illustration Professor, George James, has a retrospective show of his paintings at the Art Gallery of the Coastline Community College, with a reception Friday July 10th, from 5 to 7pm. Prof. James earned many awards over a prestigious career as one of America's finest watercolorists. From July 13th to 17th, he will teach a workshop on "Watercolor on Alternative Surfaces" (contact Shea

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Graduate Student Asa Enoch developed the artwork for Flipn' Monsters as a Special Studies in Illustration project. Along with a couple of friends, they created the software and submitted it to the Apple Apps Store.Check out video and screenshots of Flipn' Monsters, or become a fan at the Facebook page and get updates on all the extra stuff (including some paper cutout dolls of the monsters)

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