James Sidletsky, MFA
Program Coordinator for Studio Art
Assistant Professor of Studio Art
My name is Jim Sidletsky and I teach Media Arts at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. I earned my Master of Fine Arts from the Savannah College of Arts and Design and my Bachelor of Fine Arts from James Madison University. My own work specializes in the creation of 3D Modeling and Texturing hard surface objects, characters and environments. Most recently, I have contributed 3D modeling and Visual Effects work to the television series “Dead by Midnight” by You42 productions. I have prior experience as a contract artist for Electronic Arts, creating the heads of athletes for the Madden football games as well as landscape assets for the Tiger Woods golf game. I also have experience in graphic design as well as interactive design.
- Education
- Teaching
- Research
MFA in Interactive Design and Game Development. Savannah College of Art and Design 2010
BFA in Computer Animation. James Madison University 1999
- ARTS B245 - Graphic Design I
- ARTS B345 - Graphic Design II
- MART B210 - Digital Animation 1
- MART B281 - Video Game Design 1
- MART B310 - Digital Animation 2
- MART B381 - Video Game Design 2
- MART B410 - Narrative Media
- MART B481 - Performative Media
- MART B499 - Internship in Media Arts
- 3D Modeling and Texturing
- Interactive Design
- Visual Effects
- Game Development