Every Month we will feature a NEW COURSE and INSTRUCTOR at Elite Animation Academy for January 2016  it is former Disney Animator – Thomas “Thor” Thorspecken. 

Thomas Thorspecken, also known as Thor, attended the school of Visual Arts and Design in New York City.  In his 10 years as a freelance illustrator in the city, one of his assignments for the Daily News included sketching historic buildings throughout the city for a column called “Undiscovered Manhattan”.  Thor relocated to Orlando in 1993 to work for Disney Feature Animation.  After 10 years the studio closed, and he continued to pursue his passion for art through teaching and sketching.  His blog “Analog Artist Digital World” began in 2009 as a resolution to post a sketch every day.  He describes it as “his way to finally put down roots, to be part of the community, one sketch at a time.”  Thor has also been teaching Traditional Animation at Full Sail University and now is part of a great team of instructors at Elite Animation Academy.  Thor will continue his passion to teach and now will include Middle and High School students.  Some of the classes he will teach include Traditional Animation, Drawing Fundamental and Urban Sketching.  Please visit his website:  www.analogartistdigitalworld.com to see all his sketches and learn more about his amazing story.
This is a Urban Sketch Thor did of Elite Animation Academy – 

We are currently booking for the Urban Sketching  course at eliteanimationacademy.com for more information. Course is on Saturday’s 2 PM to 4 PM starting on January 16, 2016.