Co-Founder & Instructor

Simona studied drawing and anatomy at the Animation Portfolio Workshop, where she later worked as a TA and Instructor. She helped hundreds of students get into top animation and illustration programs in Canada and the US.

Simona graduated from the Animation program at Seneca College in Toronto, after which she worked on ‘Maya and the Three’ at Tangent Animation. Following the closure of the studio, Simona joined the feature department at DNEG animating on "Under the board walk".

She most recently worked as an animator at Industrial Light and Magic.

Co-Founder & Instructor

Brian graduated from OCAD University with a bachelor's, majoring in animation. The following year, he graduated from Sheridan’s intensive post graduate animation program.

Since then, Brian worked on Paw Patrol and Abby Hatcher at Guru Studio, animated on the epic Netflix series Maya and the Three, then worked at UKEN games.

Most recently Brian worked at Point Blank Games, and for the last several years he’s been teaching animation and growing a community of over 30,000 artists on YouTube @BrianKouhi

Co-Founder & Technical Director

Vlad has a generalist background in 3D, including 12 years of working with Blender. He has developed a multitude of personal short films and animations, which can be viewed on YouTube @VMComix.

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Vlad studied drawing fundamentals at the Animation Portfolio Workshop, followed by a bachelor's degree from Sheridan's 4-year animation program.

More recently he has worked on Maya and the Three and is currently doing rigging and animation for B-Water Animation Studios.