Come join us for one week of Continuing Education classes on animation. You’ll learn about character design, storyboarding, and both stop-motion and 3D animation from instructors who are professional animators. A guest animator will answer questions about their work and share insights into how you can enhance your animation skills across comic, video game, film, and TV production.
Below you can briefly meet each of our instructors for the writing sessions. You can register to attend the series here.
INSTRUCTOR BIOs
Cesar Guevara
Classes: Intro to 3D Animation; Stop-Motion Animation
César Guevara is the founding director of Tren Géminis, an independent collective that has produced award-winning short films for over two decades. As director of the Ay! Guana Shorts! Short Film Festival, he has championed Guanajuato filmmakers in partnership with the University of Guanajuato (Mexico). Since 2017, he has been an instructor at Austin Public, helping creators strengthen the skills they need to bring their stories to life.
Will Rodriguez
Classes: Character Design for Animation; Storyboarding for Animation
Will Rodriguez has thirty years of freelance animation and illustration experience, including time as a high school animation instructor. His influences range from Adam Warren (The Dirty Pair, Empowered) to Milt Kahl (THREE CABALLEROS, PINOCCHIO, THE JUNGLE BOOK), and his passion for creativity has only grown over the years. He is the creator of the webcomic Mangled Stare and was one of the 3D modelers on the game Battle Carry. He is married to his junior-high sweetheart and is a proud father of three beautiful children.
Andrew Augustin
Class: Intro to 2D Animation
Andrew Augustin is a professional game developer, animator, and educator based in Austin, Texas, with two decades of industry experience. As the founder and creative lead of Notion Games, he created games such as Super Ubie Island 1 & 2, Up Up Ubie, Sheep Herder Nay, and Astro Vault. Andrew has collaborated with renowned companies like Electronic Arts, Paramount, Aristocrat Gaming Technologies, Certain Affinity, and Bleacher Report, notably contributing as a character designer and worldbuilder for Sims 3: Pets. His achievements include recognition in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and features in Black Enterprise, Innovators of Gaming and Esports, Pure Nintendo Magazine, Wells Fargo, Canvas Rebel, and Advanced Photoshop Magazine. Currently an Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Texas at Austin, Andrew passionately teaches animation and game design, empowering students through practical, hands-on projects. Dedicated to inspiring future animators and game designers, Andrew is also the author of Dream. Create. Play. 2D Animation for Games the Notion Games Way.
