Toonz Academy has opened its second academy in Kerala at Kozhikode.
According to Ramaprasad, executive director, Toonz Academy, the launch of Kozhikode centre has been done taking into consideration the growing demand in the north Kerala region for better training facilities in the field of animation and gaming. The centre has been started under a franchisee model.
Toonz Academy, a fully-owned subsidiary of Toonz Entertainment Pte Ltd, Singapore, which also owns Toonz Animation India, already has centres in Mumbai, Nagpur, Indore, Hyderabad, Delhi and Ahmedabad. The new academy will offer a 12-month advanced diploma in digital arts and animation course, in association with the Belgium-based European Carolus Magnus University.
The course aims at imparting proficiency in key areas such as character modeling, background, organic character texturing, lighting, character rigging, animation and particle effects, dynamics, and compositing.