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The Technical Art concentration combines the student’s artistic abilities along with the technical toolkit of the CG world. Traditional technical art college courses like drawing, painting, and sculpting help the student develop an artistic eye. Industry standard software programs are used in 3D Modeling, 3D Animation, Texturing and Lighting courses. Technical art coursework includes computer programming courses which enable the University of Silicon Valley student to customize tools in CG software programs. The technical art degree concentration allows the student to focus on Lighting and Compositing or Rigging and scripting. University of Silicon Valley students can complete their technical art degree program of study by working on one many of the large projects on campus.
Your first three terms begin by building a strong foundation in traditional art which enables you to create realistic pieces when transitioning into the digital environment. Upper-level production opportunities equip University of Silicon Valley graduates with an extensive portfolio of work, an ingrained instinct to collaborate on a team, and the creative and technical skills required to work in a wide variety of digital art careers. University of Silicon Valley students have access to uniquely modern facilities hard to find at other digital art and animation schools, including access to virtual reality and augmented reality equipment and a rendering manager built just for University of Silicon Valley.
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