Maria Barba

My goals are to work at a feature film studio or a gaming studio working on animation and/or visual development.

When I went to see How To Train Your Dragon for the first time in theatres when I was 12; I remember watching the scene where Hiccup and Toothless first became friends and I was in awe at how an animated movie could capture real, tangible emotions. I couldn't fathom how the animators were able to make the audience feel what it could be like to fly with a dragon, but I remember thinking it would be so cool to create something like that.

Learning: Pennsylvania College of Art & Design

Skills: Adobe After Affects Adobe Premiere Autodesk Maya Zbrush

Expertise: 2D Animation 3D Animation Concept Art & Illustration Visual Effects