Computer Graphics / Digital Arts

The Computer Graphics Digital Arts Program Welcomes New Faculty Member Gapyuel Seo!

Prof. Seo comes to our program with over 11 years in the Video Game Industry, as a Senior Artist, working for Vicarious Visions, Inc., now wholly owned by Activision, Inc.

Activision is best known for developing video game titles such as “Guitar Hero”, “Transformers”, “Spiderman”, and “Crash Nitro Kart”.

Read more about Assistant Professor Gapyuel Seo.

Computer Graphics Digital Arts Senior Art Show 2010

SC Computer Graphics/Digital Arts Alum welcomes current SC Computer Graphics/Digital Arts Senior to World Wresting Entertainment. (WWE)
Springfield College Alum, Chris Connelly (2005), a graduate of the Computer Graphics/Digital Arts program and currently the Sr. Interactive Web Director of World Wrestling Entertainment, welcomes senior Chris Dillon (2011) to his internship with WWE. Chris Dillon will work with the design team and photo editing team at WWE, during his spring semester . The two men are flanked by a portrait of WWE Wrestler and fellow SC Alum, John Cena (99).

Students and Faculty at the Computer Graphics/Digital Arts Senior Art Show 2010. The Senior Art Show included still work, a video touch screen, flash animations, and a 3D animation by Josh Masse '10. Click image to enlarge.

Computer Graphics Major at Springfield College: Brian Sojkowski, class of 2010. Click image to enlarge.

Springfield College 3D Game Design Town, Fall '09
This was the final project in a 3D Game Design course at Springfield College, in Springfield, Mass. The town was constructed in the newly released Unreal Development Kit using only assets created by the students in the course. Credits go to Matthew Dale (main 3D modeler), Josh Masse (rigging, animation, particle effects), Luis Martinez (3D modeling), James Winkfield (3D modeling), Heather Anderson (texturing, creative input), and Brian Sojkowski (level design, scripting, project organization, sound).

Computer Graphics Major at Springfield College: Brian Sojkowski, class of 2009. Click image to enlarge.

Computer Graphics Major at Springfield College: Andy Twomey, class of 2009. Click image to enlarge.

The Springfield College computer graphics/digital arts program is a hands-on curriculum focusing on three main areas of study: 3d animation, graphic design, and web design. This combination gives graduates the necessary skills to compete in a rapidly changing field.

With the knowledge they have attained at Springfield College, computer graphics/digital arts graduates go on to careers in such industries as:

video games/entertainment software
animation & VFX/television/film
graphic design/advertising
Web Master
multimedia/Web design/instruction
medical illustration

Students are taught both the artistic and computer skills needed to be successful in the field of computer graphics/digital arts. The computer graphics/digital arts is located in the Visual and Performing Arts Department, which offers students access to computer labs featuring state-of-the-art technology, classroom and studio space, and galleries in which to display artwork.

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3D And 2D Animation

Offering a semester in Los Angeles at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects!

Computer graphics/digital arts majors explore animation through the use of MAYA and Flash while learning Web design with Dreamweaver, HTML, and CSS. As they advance, our computer graphics/digital arts students create 3d modeling, motion tests, games, and 3d animation.

Click here to access our student 3d and 2d animation work.

Web Design

Springfield College computer graphics/digital arts majors create interactive Web sites using industry standard programs. Students have used their Web design skills to create sites for local nonprofit agencies as a community service project, in keeping with the College’s Humanics mission of leadership in service to others.

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Internship/Field Work

In their senior year, students in computer graphics/digital arts select an internship/fieldwork placement in either 3d, graphic design, or Web design, enabling them to experience the "real world" of the computer graphics/digital arts industry. Students fine tune their skills at companies such as:

Hasbro
Lego
Baystate Medical System
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Xvivo Scientific Animation
Click 3X, a film and TV animation design firm

Learn More About the Computer Graphics / Digital Arts Majors at Springfield College

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Five Great Reasons

Click here for five great reasons to major in computer graphics/digital arts at Springfield College.

For more information about the computer graphics/digital arts major, contact Professor Ruth West, Visual and Performing Arts Department, at (413) 748-3679 or by e-mail at Ruth_West@spfldcol.edu

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