Animation Blog

CIA Community Projects: Care Bears

05/21/17  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

Andy Harkness, Art Director on Moana, visits CIA

11/18/16  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

By Bradley J Wancour Disney art director Andy Harkness, who has worked on a number of feature films, visited the Cleveland Institute of Art recently as part of a promotional tour for the new animated film...

Visiting Artist: John T. Quinn Director of Character Art, Disney Consumer Products, visits CIA

09/30/16  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

Illustrator John T. Quinn spoke to CIA students during a recent visit. Photo by Robert Muller/CIA By Karen SandstromAs Director of Character Art at Disney Consumer Products, John T. Quinn and his colleagues draw the Little...

Welcome Back! Students talk about Summer Internships at NBC and Universal Studios.

08/21/16  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

Daniel Sevcik learned "how many different, talented people it takes in order to bring a single show to life." Scoring a summer internship at NBC in New York was the answer to a long-held dream for...

Nick Orsi, Artist on Zootopia, visits CIA

03/03/16  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

By Clint O’ConnorNick Orsi has spent a lot of time with foxes and rabbits. As a character designer in the visual development department at Disney Animation Studios, Orsi studied animals to help create the main...