About this Event
Experience VFS’s Animation Concept Art program & your future in film, TV, & games.
VFS All Access Pass is your exclusive backstage access to our #1-ranked Animation Concept Art program and an opportunity to experience your future in the entertainment and game industries. Meet & chat with faculty, join an Alumni Roundtable on career-building, experience a photobashing demo, and more.
EXPERIENCE ALL THAT THE PROGRAM OFFERS
VFS’s Animation Concept Art program trains multi-disciplined artists to create for film, television, and games – all in just 1 year. Learn about the program’s curriculum (everything from digital painting to storyboarding, character design, life drawing, digital sculpting, & beyond), our new Hybrid Model, how you’ll create a powerful portfolio, and how VFS’s School of Animation trains artists that have worked on Avatar: Fire and Ash, KPop Demon Hunters, Severance, Battlefield 6, and more.
ALUMNI ROUNDTABLE: BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL CONCEPT ARTIST CAREER
VFS Animation Concept Art alumni will join us for a roundtable where they’ll share exclusive industry insights & career tips, discuss their VFS student experience, and explain how VFS’s Animation Concept Art program helped them reach career success. Stay tuned for the announcement of these guests!
EXPERIENCE A PHOTOBASHING DEMO
Photobashing is a digital art technique that blends various photographic and digital elements into a stunning, often realistic, artwork. In a demo led by VFS Animation instructors, learn the techniques of gathering reference photos and stitching them together in Photoshop as the base foundation of realistic and exciting digital paintings.
DISCOVER HOW WEBTOONS ARE REVOLUTIONIZING THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY
Webtoons – digital graphic novels & comics available exclusively in a vertical format on computers/smartphones – are quickly rising in popularity. Learn how Webtoons & Clip Studio Paint will soon be added to VFS’s curriculum and how the Animation Concept Art program can kickstart your career illustrating for webcomics.
INDUSTRY TALK: DEMYSTIFYING GENERATIVE AI
In an Industry Talk led by Colin Giles, you’ll discover the role of AI as a tool for ideation and iteration, its potential pitfalls and limitations, and how VFS integrates this technology into its School of Animation curriculum.
YOUR PERSONAL PORTFOLIO REVIEW
The VFS Animation department is looking forward to reviewing your work – anything from napkin doodles to sketches, models, videos and beyond – that illustrates your passion for the craft of animation. This is your chance to see if you meet the prerequisites for our Animation Concept Art program.
MEET THE HEAD OF VFS’S SCHOOL OF ANIMATION
Meet Colin Giles – Animator, Director, and Head of VFS’s School of Animation – with credits including Sausage Party, Eight Crazy Nights, and commercial content for Cartoon Network, Ford, the NBA, and Starbucks. Discover how Colin has created award-winning curriculum for VFS’s School of Animation through production-based & collaborative training models.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. PST
Location: 151 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1E1
Cost: Free
*Light food & drink will be provided.
"You will have work in this industry forever. People will want to work with you, and you will be a rockstar.”
Lino DiSalvo
Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled
Classical Animation Alum
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
151 W Cordova St, 151 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, Canada
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