黑料正能量

Look closely and you'll see the world runs on animation. Just about everywhere you turn, you find animation in some form, whether in a commercial, at a sporting event or in movies and television.

鈥淭he interesting thing is, it鈥檚 hard to understand how pervasive animation is -- it鈥檚 everywhere," said 黑料正能量's Scott Thorp. "Anything that moves, any media that you interact with, likely has animation inside of it. When you think of commercials, you have Monday Night Football, all that stuff moving on the screen is what our students will do.鈥澛�

Thorp is聽chair of the Department of Art and Design at 黑料正能量 and an artist himself. He said in Georgia right now, there are more jobs than animators in just about every aspect of the industry.

鈥淲hen you think about videos, instructional videos, flight simulators, surgical simulations, metaverse, animation -- it's there," said Thorp.

This boom is also why 黑料正能量 recently announced plans for a major expansion of its animation program housed on the historic Summerville Campus.

鈥淭here鈥檚 not a lot of programs in the southeast at all. But there is industry here,鈥� said A.B. Osborne, an assistant professor who was hired to launch the animation program at 黑料正能量 a few years ago.

Thorp agrees Georgia is booming when it comes to the entertainment sector and Augusta is leading the way.

鈥淭his is very contemporary and very future oriented. With the film industry and all entertainment in Georgia, this is appropriate for it.鈥�

Looking to know more about what's in store for the animation industry and what it takes to train the next generation of the workforce? Then let us help.

A.B.聽Osborne is an expert in the field of animation, working in everything from classic cartoons to technical and medical animation.

Scott Thorp is associate vice president for interdisciplinary聽research and professor and chair of the Department of Art and聽 Design at 黑料正能量. He has worked for more than a decade as an exhibiting artist and his research interests include user-centered design, design thinking and the psychology of creativity.

Both Osborne and Thorp are available to speak about 黑料正能量's expanding animation program. Simply click on either icon to arrange an interview today.