Max the Mutt Ranked One of The Best Illustration Schools for 2017 Worldwide

The Rookies announced the official rankings for the best creative schools in the world for 2017, with Canada’s Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art & Design ranking in the top five!

The top schools were calculated based on over 1,800 student submissions of portfolios from over 500 international schools in 77 countries.

Portfolios in nine award categories, Visual Effects & Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration, Motion Graphics, Film Making, Photography, Architecture, Next-Gen Gaming and Web & Mobile were submitted.  Judging was based on students’ overall presentation, technical, creative, and industry skills, as well as the variety of content, and how suitable their skills would translate into the real world or production.

About Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art & Design

Max the Mutt, located in Toronto, Ontario offers a 4-year diploma program in Concept Art that includes traditional representational fine art training, as well as training in character design, environment and location design, prop design.

About The Rookies

The Rookies, founded by Andrew McDonald and Alwyn Hunt who have both worked in the Visual Effects Industry for over 11 years each working at some of the world’s top studios, is an International Awards for creators, designers, arts and innovators.  The Awards were created to discover and showcase outstanding talent emerging from higher education facilities to help launch them into careers at the world’s top studios.

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