Student Animations

These original 2D- and 3D-animated short films were all created by DigiPen students as a part of their academic coursework and demonstrate both digital and traditional hand-drawn animation techniques. Follow the links to watch the films and learn more about the student teams, production processes, and more.

Iron Mermaiden

Two sibling sirens compete to lure a nearby ship of Vikings using their distinct musical styles.

Viking sailor swims toward a singing siren

Anchored

A girl who likes to fix things discovers an old forgotten robot that appears to be broken — only not in the way she expects.

Ripple

A mermaid is missing her friend. But when a stranger is dropped into her life, will she accept a new hand in friendship?

A mermaid gives a thumbs up to a mermaid sand sculpture.

PrePAWsterous

Two rival pup scouts must learn to work together to solve the mystery of the missing dog treats.

A dog pushes another away while setting a snare trap.

Fathom

A young boy comes to a painful realization after waking in a surreal world.

A boy steps out of bed onto a seemingly solid surface made of water.

Flap

A young girl comes to understand how her hand flapping is seen in the eyes of others.

Ming

An anxious monk-in-training hopes to make her master proud. When tasked with lighting the temple altar, she must work through her fears to rise to the occasion.

Etude

A story about a chance encounter between a young woman and young girl at a ballet studio and the dreams that are reawakened afterwards.

A young woman in glasses stands in the rain in front of a white brick wall with ivy growing on it.

Galaxy Girl

An aspiring comic book artist, stuck in her job at a pizza shop, receives unexpected inspiration for her comic during an unusual delivery.

A young girl working at a pizza parlor counter puts a pencil to her chin as she thinks of what to draw in her notebook.

Rakshama

A vigil turns into an ambush in a remote temple among the snowy mountains.

A bald man with a sword on his back, lit from below, puts on a necklace of brilliant blue spheres in a darkened room

Adija

Adija, a young girl from the Bronx, finds escape from an unhappy family life through her graffiti art.

A girl facing a brick wall spray-painted with two figures, one pink, one green, holding hands around a bright sun

Circuitron

A deadly face-off between two robots designed to kill.

A blue and purple robot with glowing blue cones coming out of its chest and back stands poses in an orange-tinged room

Orientation Center for the Unseen

A helpful tutorial video for the newly dead.

A man in glasses and a red argyle sweater sits on a bench reading a newspaper, fascinated by a story.

Steak to the Heart

An unlikely, awkward pair connect over a shared love of rare meat.

A pink vampire in a suit holds hands with a blue werewolf over a dinner table with two steaks and a lit candle inside a skull

Bait and Switch

A bully meets his match in this undersea encounter between a fish and shark.

At a bus stop underwater, a large purple shark in jeans confronts a smaller orange fish in a striped t-shirt holding a banjo

Super Secret

A father and daughter don’t see eye to eye on her future in superheroism.

A girl in a teal superhero outfit holds the hand of a man with a large head, pointy red nose, and five o'clock shadow

Beneath the Night Sea

A brilliant encounter brings light into the life of a lonely girl under the sea.

A girl with black hair and green eyes holds a yellow jellyfish in her hands, surrounded by pink, purple, and orange jellyfish