Ringling School has achieved national recognition for its large-scale integration of technology into collegiate visual art and design education. Emerging Possibilities Artists and designers are exploring the balance of aesthetic, conceptual and technical possibilities. For instance, computer animation has emerged in recent years as a highly visible, multifaceted profession, enabling artists to work within numerous specializations, including character animation, special effects, lighting and modeling. Illustrators use specialized software to formulate images or enhance those rendered in traditional media. As a result, new career opportunities for illustrators within the newspaper, film, broadcast and multimedia industries have emerged.
Computers enable photographers to integrate the expanding role of digital imaging into their work.
Interior designers now model, render, and animate in three-dimensional space, creating virtual examples of designs for their clients. Fine artists in the time-honored disciplines of painting, printmaking and sculpture can disseminate their crafts through cyberspace to a global audience on an unprecedented scale.