Meet the Faculty

Fredrick Sebastian, Coordinator

Fredrick Sebastian is an award-winning illustrator whose clients include The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Canadian Living, Bon Appetit, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Canadian Medical Associationand The Museum of Civilization. Fredrick’s work is part of the permanent collections of the University of Hartford and the International Museum of Cartoon Art located in Florida. Her Majesty deemed Sebastian’s work of cultural significance and his originals were acquired by The National Archives where they reside within their permanent collection. In 1994, he won the Studio magazine Merit award for Excellence in Creativity and in 2000 he won the International Editorial Cartoon Competition on Press Freedom. Fredrick’s curriculum was included in the textbook, ‘Teaching Illustration’ which was edited by industry expert and Print magazine editor Steven Heller and renowned illustrator Marshall Arisman. Fredrick is the coordinator of the Professional Illustration Program.

Stephane Denis, Professor

Stephane Denis is an award-winning freelance artist who has been working the illustration scene since 1996. With help from his reps at Three in a Box, he has seen his work published throughout North America, the States and overseas. With a passion for painting, he is often referred to as, “Oh yeah, the guy with all the colour.” He also delights in teaching his craft to the young new talent at Algonquin College.

Stephen Young, Professor

Stephen Young has 14 years of industry experience working on video games, DVDs, interactive TV and digital animation for international markets. He has worked for a couple great local studios and contributed to many of their Gold and Platinum awards for millions of top-selling game titles in various platforms including XBox, PS2 and PC. During his time at Artech Studios and Fuel Industries, he has showcased his talent as a 3D modeler, 3D animator, level designer, texture artist, and concept artist for games and print media for such clients as Microsoft, Mattel, Hasbro, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, New Line Cinema, Sony Pictures, Atari, Disney and McDonald UK.

Terry Hoganson, Professor

Terry Hoganson graduated with honors from Sheridan College’s Classical Animation program in 1989. Terry spent the next two years working in the animation industry creating commercials, television series and feature films (Raccoons, Fish Police, The Nutcracker Prince). In 1991, Terry took a job with ATI Technologies in Toronto, giving him his introduction to computers and interactive multimedia. Recruited by a California-based company, Terry moved to the U.S. and began a 10 year career in the computer entertainment industry where he held various lead-artist positions with such companies as Sony Computer Entertainment America and Microsoft Corporation. The sale of Microsoft’s Indie Built studios in Salt Lake City lead to his transition to teaching as head of the Animation program at Salt Lake Community College.

Tomas Pajdlhauser, Professor

Tomas Pajdlhauser has been working in the Television Animation Industry for the past five years. He started out as the “coffee run co-op student” at Mercury Filmworks. He has since worked as a layout artist, prop designer, digital animator, graphic designer and presently as a location designer. Tomas is eager to share his experience and passion for drawing and storytelling through the Professional Illustration program. “I’m stoked that the college finally has an illustration program with a portion dedicated to film and animation. The industry needs more artists that understand the process of film and animation alongside a strong skill set in all aspects of illustration and design. It’s gonna be fun!” says Tomas.

Alan Stewart, Professor

Alan Stewart is working as a character designer in the animation industry. He started as a freelance designer for an independent animation firm based in Iceland (Iceland Animation). During this time getting various experience from story boards to character development and design. After this experience he moved on to working in the local animation scene for studios in Toronto and Ottawa. His regular clients are Disney, Cartoon Network, YTV and TreeHouse. Alan has enjoyed working training new artists at Algonquin College.