1 upcoming event with the computer art tag
141 past events with this tagNov 4, 2025
This Tuesday
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Sabine Heller: Inside Rigging: My Path to Animation, Rigging and Beyond
6pm @
Art and Journalism Building, Ball State University
Room 225
1001 N. McKinley Ave.
Sabine Heller is a 3D animation industry expert working as the VP, Creative Operations at Mikros Animation with an everlasting passion for animated films and entertainment. Hear her Artist Talk in AJ225 on November 4. This event is free and open to the public.
In her 19 years of industry experience, Sabine has worked on commercial projects for clients such as Jägermeister and Ferrero, as well as 3D scanning for visual effects and toys at Gentle Giant Studios. After she discovered her excitement for rigging characters, she moved from her home country Germany to the United States and spent most of her career in the animation industry working on animated features like “Rio”, “Ice Age”, “The Peanuts Movie” and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Mutant Mayhem" at Blue Sky Studios and Mikros Animation.
Sabine holds a degree in Media System Design from the Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany, and an MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She also received a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Kent in Canterbury and is an active member of Women in Animation, the Visual Effects Society, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
