Conveniently located in downtown Philadelphia, The Art Institute of Philadelphia prepares students for careers in the visual, practical, and culinary arts. The Art Institute was founded by artist Philip Trachtman in 1971. In 1979, The Art Institutes acquired the school, which had an enrollment of approximately 275. As of fall 2002, The Art Institute served approximately 2,700 students in 12 academic programs that lead to an Associate of Science or a Bachelor of Science degree. [More...]

Noah recently graduated with a BS in Media Arts and Animation. After a few years of bumbling between Computer Engineering and Computer Science, he finally realized his calling in animation. Having spent the last 3 years mostly building a solid art foundation, he has been making a return to 3D animation over the last few months.

Akira Kurosawa; Mamoru Oshii; Phil Hale; Justin Sweet; Nature.

Because it's another platform for animating!

The current favorite is Dawn of War. Over the past few years Relic and Monolith has been two of my favorite developers. Before that Black Isle was on top of my list for titles like Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment. Before that was LucasArts for X-Wing series. Before that... I can't remember.

A sketchbook and a 0.5 pencil - where all my ideas are developed.

Depends, sometimes silence, sometimes different stuff like Bowie; Tom
Petty; Techno; Zeppelin. Things that I can listen to without listen too
closely to the lyrics.

Spectrum books; Goad; Progressions of Jon Foster; Double Memory.

Anything Kurosawa; Ghost in the Shell; Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence; Lord of the Rings; old Star Wars; Porco Rosso.

Learning Zbrush; Looking for employment.