Sam has worked in the industry for over a decade now and helped out in pretty much every role in the an animation pipeline. He is a classic cartoon fan and will do anything he can to work on silly little animations that make people smile.

Thy is a generalist that loves understanding how everything works and meeting all different types of artists and creators. Her senior film, Skip Tutorial, focused on collaboration and had a team of nearly 50 students which was more than triple the average student film team that year. She started out her career in motion design and video production and later transitioned into preschool series animation and interactive game animation. Thy hopes to one day focus her animation career around food, culture, and education!

Jason has worked in entertainment as both a 2D FX and 3D VFX artist for 13 years, animating for the Powerpuff Girls, Arlo on Netflix, and multiple titles for Riot Games - including League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and several R&D projects. While working full time at Riot, Jason created over 60 FX and VFX education videos on his YouTube channel, designed and taught courses for artists internally at Riot, mentored prospective FX artists, facilitated the VFX Bootcamp at GDC, and spoke at conferences to students and pros alike. Jason founded VFX Apprentice, which trains FX artists across the world.