Digital Illustration student, Jasmine Abbey, recently completed one of her first specialization projects as part of her diploma program. It involed creating a piece of art on a longboard. Check out the action photos of the whole process she followed.
NOTE: The final piece was created using pencil crayons. Yes, what you are looking at is a pencil crayon creation. // more
Congratulations to our students Eri Riot, Barbara Benitez and Emma Luo under the guidance of Guru instructors Luybava Fartushenko and Jeremy Pudlowski on your hard and important work for this exhibit! The collaboration with the Amnesty International - U of A Chapter and your fellow Illustration students made for a series of powerful posters that are sure to make an impact.
There is a new faculty member hanging around here at Guru!
For some time now, Guru has been seeking a new vision for the Game Design program. With the success of the Digital Illustration program picking up steam, we realized that we needed to find a champion for the program. Someone who understood the video game industry and could bring their expertise to the table. // more
Yes Let's. If you are familiar with the philosophy of Guru Digital Arts College, attended a program here in recent years, or have met any of our team members, you will have likely heard the mantra “yes let's”. Simply, it means that here at Guru we embrace all ideas, encourage collaboration and are excited about the interesting stuff we can get ourselves into.// more
Internet meme + 30 seconds of video + crazy awesome staff and students + "yes let's" attitude = Guru's Harlem Shake.
At Guru we work really hard, learn intense and difficult concepts, practice, brainstorm, fail, succeed...and then once and a while, we have a LOT of fun. // more
Chris Johnston, a successful concept artist, art director, and illustrator recently visited Guru Digital Arts College to share his experiences and work with our students.
We were pleased to interview him and capture it all in a YouTube video.