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artist development
Imageworks believes one of the best ways to establish new industry standards of excellence is through developing and nurturing a well-educated and competitive group of artists capable of creating world-class imagery and animation. To achieve that mission, Imageworks created one of the visual effects industry's most respected in-house training and development programs. Imageworks Technical Training and Artist Development program has a dedicated training center integrated directly with production. Instructors in the program train new hires, conduct continuing education courses on all phases of production, teach third party and proprietary software and techniques, provide career development and career path opportunities, and offer special events and screenings.
Training and artist development enables animators and effects artists to continually hone their current skills as they both perfect the latest commercial and proprietary animation and rendering tools and gain valuable exposure to traditional and evolving means of visual storytelling.
Under the guidance of Executive Director Sande Scoredos, the Training Program offers over thirty courses including:
- Life Drawing
- Sculpting
- Acting
- Specialized Task-oriented Classes for:
- Rotoscoping
- Matchmoving
- Animation
- Particle Effects
- Color and Lighting
- Compositing and other various production methods
Sande Scoredos is the Executive Director of Technical Training and Artist Development for Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ms. Scoredos came to Imageworks seven years ago to set up the training department having held a similar post at Rhythm and Hues. As Manager of Training for Wavefront Technologies, one of the founders of high-end animation and visualization software, Ms. Scoredos designed the Worldwide Training Program and curriculum that instructs professionals in the use of 3D computer graphics and animation for broadcast, engineering, gaming and scientific visualization.
