Unleash your imagination by producing narratives that inspire and amaze audiences. Immerse yourself in the dynamic realm of animation, where you will learn the newest cutting edge technologies propelling this exciting field.
The BFA in 3D Animation and Motion Arts prepares you with the knowledge and skills to flourish in the animation and visual effects sector. The fundamentals of modeling, texturing, lighting, animation, compositing, and simulation are the basis of the curriculum, guided by projects and assignments that ensure these skills are motivated by carefully constructed concepts and stories.
Student Work
The Experience
The 3D Animation pathway introduces an amazing range of tools and techniques taught by internationally renowned faculty. Studio courses factor in every semester, lending ample opportunity to create an impressive graduation showreel. Most courses are located in our award-winning Myrtle Hall facility, less than 30 minutes away from hundreds of New York’s world famous cultural institutions, many of which sponsor our students through internships. When not in class, our students are soaking up the limitless screenings, openings, festivals, shows and exhibitions that are occurring throughout the year in New York City.
Digital Arts Facilities
Students in the 3D Animation BFA have excellent studios with access to several digital computing facilities that are outfitted with state of the art Apple and Windows/PC computer stations. These computers are loaded with top of the line animation software including Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Adobe Suite, Unreal, Adobe Substance Painter/Designer, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, ProTools, and much more. All 3D Animation students also have access to shared Digital Arts facilities that include a green screen room, an audio editing suite, and a world-class spatial computing lab. Further access to Pratt Institute facilities is also possible, including fine art workshops and a large photogrammetry volume.
High End Computer Lab
Green Screen Studio
Green Screen Studio
Stop Motion Studio
Stop Motion Studio
Internships
The Department of Digital Arts and Animation offers an internship program tailored to digital artists. Throughout the academic year, students partake in internship opportunities at a variety of studios and companies in the metropolitan New York area, gaining skills and experience in areas covering animation, visual effects, motion graphics, game design, interaction design, fine arts, and publishing.
The internship program places students on their career paths, providing experiences that aid in determining their educational and professional goals. Internships may be taken for college credit by both undergraduate and graduate students. While the Department has our own Internship Coordinator, students may also want to visit Pratt’s extensive network and dedicated staff that supports and facilitates Internships and Industry Connections.
Study Abroad
Immersing yourself in another culture is an incredible experience that can extend the boundaries of creativity. Study abroad programs are an integral part of the college experience, and Pratt has deep connections with university partners around the world. See where you can go.
Learning Resources
We develop disciplinary fluency in our program of study and we celebrate the interdisciplinary nature of art to critically address the plurality and complexity of the environments in which we operate. Learning resources.
Our Faculty
Pratt’s distinguished faculty of outstanding creative professionals and scholars share a common desire to develop each student’s potential and creativity to the fullest. Bringing different views, methods, and perspectives they provide a rigorous educational model in which students make and learn. See all Digital Arts faculty and administrators.
3D Animation alumni have risen to the top of their fields exhibiting at prestigious venues as the Whitney Biennial and Sundance, and receiving top recognition such as with the Emmy and Oscar awards.
Where they work
Our 3D Animation alumni have gone on to work at top studios such as Pixar, ILM, Dreamworks, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Framestore, Psyop, Crafty Apes, and The Mill.
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Nino, Cannoli, and Louis of @NewYorkTherapyAnimals stopped by campus recently for some mid-semester stress relief.
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Isabelle Suárez graduated from the Pratt Institute School of Science and Technology with a certificate in engineering in 1941. The second woman to graduate from the program (the first was in the class of 1898), a profile in the @NYDailyNews spotlighted her readiness to enter the workforce.
An earlier 1940 profile in the @Prattler outlines how the Cuban immigrant resisted hazing by upperclassmen in her first year, wasn’t phased by her male classmates’ bewilderment at her presence, and partook of Cuban Bacardi after she received her grades.
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Images: “She’s an Engineer—And She Fears Nothing!,” New York Daily News, June 10, 1941; Chemical Engineering Graduates, Prattonia 1941, “700 Men and a Girl,” Prattonia, 1941; Chemical Engineering Graduates, 1941 @PrattInstituteArchives Photograph Collection; “Prattler Profiles,” The Prattler, December 18, 1940; “Social Stuff,” Prattonia 1941
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Pratt X Rwanda: Furniture Design in an Artisan Context is an intensive design and fabrication focused study abroad experience in partnership with MASS Design and based in Kigali, Rwanda. Students work alongside traditional craftsmen to develop, prototype, and produce furnishings to address the needs of a local site. They visit, learn from, and work alongside the @MadexMass design team to better understand and facilitate a knowledge exchange between Pratt students and local artisans, as well as visit various locations across Rwanda to develop a better understanding of the context, history, needs and expertise available locally.
Work from the 2024 cohort is on view in the Juliana Curran Terian Design Center Gallery, now through March 28.
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Ashley Carvajal’s thesis exhibit “No Sabo Girl” explores her childhood in Connecticut, her Colombian heritage, and American pop culture.
Pratt Shows are public exhibitions and presentations by Pratt Institute’s graduating class. The shows celebrate student work, representing years of research, exploration, critical thinking, creative inquiry, problem-solving, growth, production, practice, and accomplishment.
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In 1974, Cyndi Meserve-Bona became the first woman to make a men's varsity basketball team in the NCAA. The freshman Cannoneer from Maine was the center of a media frenzy that carried into 1975. It's interesting to note that she played several months before guidelines for Title IX were established in June.
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This spring, Meserve-Bona will be inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Happy Pi Day! |
We picked up some treats from our favorite Pratt Alumna owned pie shop, Four & Twenty Blackbirds (@birdsblack)— just a quick G train ride away from Brooklyn Campus. Emily Elsen, BFA Fine Arts ’03 has been crafting mouthwatering pie since 2009.
Videography: Hayoung Jung, MArch '26 and Kerry Richardson, MArch '26
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Two institutes founded to expand equitable access to information, education, and opportunity— but not the same Pratt. Don't worry @PrattLibrary, we will keep forwarding your mail to Baltimore.
Brooklyn’s first free library, the Pratt Institute Library, was established to serve both Pratt students and the larger Brooklyn community. It was also the original home to the country’s oldest library school in continuous operation, now the Pratt Institute School of Information.
The Enoch Pratt Free Library is one of the oldest free library systems in the United States. Endowed by philanthropist Enoch Pratt in 1882, his gift to the city of Baltimore was to establish a library "for all, rich and poor without distinction of race or color".
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Congratulations to all our newly admitted students! Visit the link in our profile for next steps, Admitted Students' Day information, and more ways to get to know our community! You’re one of us now. Welcome to Pratt!
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Students focus on individual expression through form and motion. These stories are set in amazing worlds populated with unique characters. Students bring these worlds to life through a series of animation studio courses that grow in complexity and depth. Courses include 3-D modeling, 3-D animation, character design, character animation, storyboarding and storytelling, animation history, motion dynamics, lighting and rendering and post-production courses. Recommended electives include contemporary issues in film and video, 2-D animation, scripting, special effects, 3-D printing, and other advanced digital animation techniques.
