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o you marvel at the art work that goes into a video game or wonder how the stunning three-dimensional environments and characters are built for games or movies?
JCC now offers a degree program in three-dimensional design and animation that can help put interested students on the road to an exciting and growing career. The new Associate in Applied Science degree in 3D design and animation focuses on the visual and artistic side of modeling and animation. Completion prepares students for entry-level careers in digital illustration for motion picture and video industries, advertising and computer systems design services.
Video game design is just one aspect of the career opportunities.
Digital art by Jason Welsh
by Marilynn Fryer
“That is so limiting to what the degree is. The degree focuses on use of the software in a wide variety of aspects of the production of artwork and animation,” said Jason Welsh, an adjunct instructor who has taught for several years at the Jackson Area Career Center and is a freelance animator and artist. “Think of it this way: a customer calls the student up and wants a logo done on a web site for a concept for a new product, and they want to see it in a 3D form. This student can say yes. The same student starts doing more and more unique things that others cannot because he knows a workflow that others do not.”