Department

Entertainment Arts

Entertainment Arts at CCS prepares students to join the next generation of storytellers, whether through animation, concept design, digital film, or video games. Students can customize the curriculum to suit their individual talents and goals. They learn from Hollywood insiders, using the latest software and equipment.

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Students

Graduating Senior

3D sculpted in Zbrush, 3D printed, and painted.

Andrew Shinavier

Jaren Tigani

Digital illustration of a warped wooden boardwalk with a series of odd events occuring over its length

Adie Valavanis

Playing the self

Ahmad Mesto Kirdi

a different take on a self portrait *meant to be projected on large scale (ie, on wall from about floor to ceiling)

Amanda Schultz

A more stylized and simplistic design of a space ship concept that was meant to be more playful looking

Blair Totzke

Brendan Roarty

Experimental short

Chloe Heikkinen

Conner Hagan

Dillan Murillo

Animated film

Dymond Mahones

Cover for vAIKA, a lesbian sci-romance novel.

Eli Hart

Protagonist of game concept

Elizabeth Nelson

The subject is engulfed in the mysterious anomaly.

Eri Hall

Finley Walsh

Short film

Gabrielle Miller

After the Grand Vizier takes the drawing with intent on showing it to the King, Orion follows him to the King's palace in order to retrieve it back.

Gen Mbesi

Digital video

Grace Clemmensen

Grace Heslip

Hannah Davis

Family dinner, tabletop set dressing

Ilana Portney-Preston

Character Model, Sculpt, and Rig, Realtime compliant and ready

Jacob DeRemer

Jalyn Baity

Zbrush sculpt. Keyshot render

James Cannizzaro

Jasper Preston

Jessica Kaiser

Set in the microcosm of a remote home, two children are left to live alone after being abandoned by their parents. A peculiar pair of strangers arrive, calling themselves their â€œUncles.â€ (Drama, Narrative) Collaboration with John Coates.

John Coates

Julia Peltier

Visual music

Maddie Shubeck

Concept illustration I did based on a few prompts. Included value and color study.

Mari Quinto

Marissa Borowski

Michael Azar

Baked polymer clay then hand painted and aged with cinnamon powder.

Natalie Schulz

Senior thesis inspired by the midwestern gothic aesthetic

Rhiannon Orr

Created as a homage of sorts to the Blade Runner 2049 film. It reimagines what Chicago might look like in a future where water consumption has become too high causing the Great Lakes to dry up and fire to plague the Mid-West.

Sarah Kosco

Project Devro

Selena Delsorbo

Multiple sketches of two characters interacting

Senna Church

Set in the microcosm of a remote home, two children are left to live alone after being abandoned by their parents. A peculiar pair of strangers arrive, calling themselves their â€œUncles.â€ (Drama, Narrative) Collaboration with John Coates.

Steven Spencer

Taymoor Kazi

Thomas Hamilton

3D Model

Timothy Baldwin

Exploration of Lian Zhaoâ€™s character Design.

Trinity Akins

Found Footage Loop

Victoria Richards

Non-Matriculating

Table

Kayla Anderson

Senior

Alec Giles

Stylized PBR textures

Amanda Melville

When the mind intertwines with reality and subconsciousness, the struggle to digest desolation and death becomes oneâ€™s personal journey of reflection

Brent Osborn

Lauren Miller

Digital

Madeline Pappas

Ad for Wipe Out Coffee

Martin Milat Marquez

Sarah Chene

Sarah Yagley

Fashion film.

Sheila Saltos

Junior

Alyssa Becker

Alyssa Hollingsworth

Andrea Dunn

Austin McVeigh

Rendition of Yoko Ono's: Pieces for Orchestra 4-6

Beau Credeur

Video portrait

Becca Messner

Fall 2020 Covid Diary

Benjamin Focht

Experimental documentary

Cade Mirabitur

A single from an EP made in collaboration with Camden Crowe called "Silly Songs" to be released on all streaming platforms May 2021.

Camden Crowe

Cara Ferruzzi

Carlos Hidalgo

Velociraptor sculpt, polypainted

Chloe Sambrone

Game play recording of Game Level Beta.

Christopher Arendt

Conor Lawlis

A 3D render of a Graveyard created in Unreal Engine 4. The central focus of the piece is a large statue of a angel sobbing over a large centerpiece tombstone.

Daniela Vataj

Stylized doublebladed axe handpainted prop, concept by EllipticLeaf

Daphne Fiato

A written manifesto portrayed in the style of old fashioned JRPGs

Darian Shaw

3D Model of an Oranda Goldfish.

Derek Tath

Character Sculpt - Zbrush

Elizabeth McCaffrey

Jordan Falk

A memoir short story documenting a difficult memory about the tragic death of a friend and watching your other friends cope.

Luke Schroeder

Concept for a 3D character to be used in a video game

Marjorie Tubie

Nathan Durell

Recipe burned and painted onto wood

Octavio Nicolo

Olivia Barone

Peter Adzema

Rebecca Gursin

Ryan Sweeney

devil head attached to a gasoline tank

Sophia Mussio

Production still

Sydney Wickersham

Childhood trauma sewn into the day to day.

Thalia Esparza

Set of the cutest magical weapons

Tiffany Blackmon

Sophomore

Alexandra Clark

Referencing Yoko Onos work and the entire Fluxus era.

Amon Waters

Experience of water.

Annabelle Saco

A fox runs for his life as he's chased by a futuristic claw deep within a snowy forest.

Bridgett Brewer

A hermit crab with a war machine for its shell.

Emmet Zabor

Experimental narrative. Single screen video format of a 2-channel video installation.

Enzo Brandow

Eric Le

Something special

Hadley Puccio

Digital Video

Jeronimo Lopera an

Kaylyn Forbes

Modeled, textured, rendered in Blender

Kyle Hardman

Lindsay Valentine

A massive treehouse mansion built in the jungle, inspired by things like the house in Tarzan or the Swiss Family Robinson house.

Maren Kilpatrick

pp.8-9 from tabloid style zine

Michael Hubbard

Digital Rendering of Game Interior - Rustic House

Nina Lange

Experimental film about lemons

Owen Drawbaugh

Serena Smith

Tara Twal

Assignment for character ideation

Young Park

Experimental paper cut out animation

Zoe Slisher

Freshmen

Animation of a flour sack attempting and failing to climb stairs.

Emily Lozano

Hannah Zimmerman

A short documentary about Chuck Sullivan, a singer/guitarist who spends 365 days of the year performing his passion while simultaneously opening doors for incoming customers going to the Mexican Town restaurant, Xochimilco.

Jack Chisik

Key Allard

Self-portrait

Niklas Liguori

Ouija board inspired joystick

Simeon Elias

Department Info

Department Chair

David Gazdowicz

Entertainment Arts Department

T. 313.664.7698
F. 313.664.7623

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