For those interested in digital arts and animation, the DigiPen Institute of Technology has just released a three-part video tutorial on how to animate an avalanche. Taught by Jazno Francoeur, DigiPen’s program director for BFA in Digital Art and Animation, the tutorials provide instruction on the process of making an avalanche come to life from the white board to the light table to the drawing tablet.

Before teaching at DigiPen, Francoeur worked on nine Disney animated feature films, as well as shorts, video games, and more. From the sparkle and fury of fiery explosions in Mulan (1998) to the fluid, splashing waters of the raging rivers in Brother Bear (2003), Francoeur brought these and many other eye-popping visual effects to life on the big screen. With this three-part series, he demonstrates some of same methods and drawing techniques used in those classic films.

Access free tutorials here: https://www.digipen.edu/showcase/news/digipen-professor-jazno-francoeur-animates-an-avalanche

About Jazno Francoeur: https://www.digipen.edu/about/our-faculty/animation-and-production#JaznoFrancoeur