Animation

The Lipscomb animation program experience is unlike any other. Learn from industry professionals who are still creating, while engaging with students and taking the time to mentor individuals at each level of learning. Our program emphasizes a close relationship with film and music — a collaboration that results in strong content. Our curriculum allows students a chance to explore the type of work used at every stage of the production pipeline. After students have completed their first two years of study, faculty will review their portfolio and make recommendations on what they should focus on for the remainder of their college career as well as their professional portfolio. 

Students will understand what makes a story worth sharing and the many aspects of successfully executing that story. This, along with strong artistic and technical skills, is what will set you up for success.

Express your individual voice while using ethical guidelines to find your own expression. Learn to use your animation and storytelling skills to celebrate culture and influence society through visual communication. Collaborate on creations with other like-minded, driven individuals and professors at Lipscomb.

For anyone applying for the Minor, BA or BFA in Animation, you must submit your portfolio as a part of going through the admissions process. The first deadline is December 1st, the second is March 1 of the year you plan to attend. Late submissions will still be considered but, only a limited amount of students will be accepted each fall.

If you are not accepted into either animation program by fall of the year you are starting, you will have another opportunity to apply after your first year at the University. Speak with your advisor for more information.

Requirements for animation majors:

1. Please submit only digital work in the form of digital file images in either .jpg or .png file formats for images and .mov files for movies. Providing links to a personal YouTube or Vimeo channel for movie files is also acceptable.
2. Minimum 10 works/ maximum 15 works.*
3. Digital slides are accepted on Google Drive or Dropbox. Please provide a link.
4. Digital slides must have a corresponding slide list with the following information:
   1. the title of the piece
   2. medium
   3. size of the artwork
   4. date of completion.
5. Letter of intent addressed to the Selection Committee explaining what concentration you wish to study (2D animation or CG animation, who you are, contact information, etc.)

There can be multiple images on a single page, but nothing too small, please. Sketches and exploratory work, along with the final piece are encouraged. Rendered drawings are not as important. Here is a list of what we would like to see in order of importance, specifically, for the B.A. and BFA in Animation programs:

• Figure drawings/ gesture drawings (or sketches of people doing things around you)
• Animal drawings or sketches
• Sketchbook pages that you like
• CG models (figures or objects)
• Paintings and architectural renderings
• Character designs
• Caricatures or illustrations
• Animation reel or animation tests

Upload these items to your Bison Portal in the portfolio section. You must submit a minimum of 10 pieces.

In Lipscomb’s animation program, you will take two capstone courses. Capstone I is designed to allow you time to continue developing and processing your senior thesis short film; this course is primarily for the animation phase. Capstone II is the final phase of the senior project and career preparation where you will focus on the post-production aspects of your senior thesis short film, including final editing and rendering, reel updates, self-promotional support opportunities such as competitions, and film/animation festivals.