NEW SPRING COURSES - TAMPAMARCH 28 through JUNE 11, 2016 (11 WEEKS)Monday – No ClassTuesday –Character Design 4:30 pm to 6:30 pmTuesday – 2D Flash Animation 4:30 pm to 6:30 pmSaturday – Drawing Fundamentals 10 am to 12 pmSaturday – 2D Flash Animation 10 am to 12 pmSaturday – Traditional Animation 12 pm to 2 pmSaturday – 3D Maya Animation 12 pm to 2 pmSaturday – Anime – Manga 2 pm to 4 pmSaturday – Digital Painting 2 pm to 4 pm*Note : Management reserves the right to modify this schedule at any time, or cancel classes for unforeseen circumstances or [...]

NEW SPRING COURSES - ORLANDOMARCH 28 through JUNE 11, 2016 (11 WEEKS)Monday – No ClassTuesday –Traditional Animation 4:30pm to 6:30pmTuesday – 2D Flash Animation 4:30pm to 6:30pmWednesday – MARVEL Superheroes & Anime – Manga 4:30pm to 6:30pmWednesday – 3D Maya Animation 4:30pm to 6:30pmThursday – Urban Sketching 4:30pm to 6:30pmThursday – Digital Sculpting 4:30pm to 6:30pmFriday – Drawing Fundamentals 4:30pm to 6:30pmFriday – Character Design in Photoshop 4:30pm to 6:30pmSaturday – MARVEL Superheroes & Anime – Manga 10am to 12pmSaturday – 2D Flash Animation 10 am to 12pmSaturday – Traditional Animation 12pm to 2pmSaturday – 3D Maya Animation 12pm to 2pmSaturday [...]

NEW VIRTUAL CLASSES STARTING MARCH 28, 2016 !Classes are designed for students who do not live close to our studios. We can offer Virtual Courses to Homeschooled , International Students,  and anyone else across all 50 States in the United States. These courses are available and instructed as PRIVATE LESSONS (student is one and one with instructor) or GROUP LESSONS (more than two students with instructor)  These classes are “live” sessions with the instructor and interaction / communication is both ways , you will need a reliable High Speed Internet Connection and possibly additional  software to participate. The cost for PRIVATE [...]

We are happy to announce two new additions to the Elite Animation Academy Family, Brittany Sprouse and Ricardo Reyes. Brittany will be teaching a number of classes at our Tampa Studio - This Winter she is teaching Anime Manga on Saturdays. Ricardo will be teaching Digital Animation classes in our Orlando Studio. Please Welcome Brittany and Ricardo!Anime / Manga Instructor – TAMPABrittany Sprouse  graduated in 2011 with a Bachelors in Fine Arts in Media Arts and Animation from The Art Institute of Tampa. For the past few years I have been an in house artist working on cell phone applications. Doing everything from [...]

ELITE ANIMATION ACADEMY IN THE NEWS !

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 [...]

Happy New Year ! We will begin this blog to post newsletters, updates, and more exciting news about Elite Animation Academy. We hope you enjoy this informative blog and join us for your journey into the wonderful learning of Digital and Traditional Animation .        Todd & Gladys West - Founders and Owners - Elite Animation AcademyNOW BOOKING FOR 2016 WINTER COURSES STARTING IN ORLANDO AND TAMPAWant to learn from Animation Professionals with a combined over 50 years of Animation Industry experience ? Our instructors are former Walt Disney Feature Animation, Warner Brothers TV, Marvel Comic Book Artists, and [...]