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📝 Portfolio Tips for Digital Arts Applications
Most digital arts programs want to see range and process, not just finished pieces. Include sketchbooks, concept development, and work-in-progress materials alongside finished pieces. For animation programs, life drawing skills are often more important than digital work — demonstrating you can draw from observation is a strong signal.
- CalArts: Each program has unique requirements — research thoroughly. Character Animation wants strong drawings.
- Art Center: Conceptual thinking matters as much as technical skill.
- SCAD: Portfolio + letter of intent; sequential art applicants should include narrative work.
- CMU: Interdisciplinary thinking and written component valued alongside portfolio.
- RISD: Includes a drawing test as part of the admissions process.