Sydney Pukal

Sydney Pukal

Adjunct Instructor

BS in Animation & Illustration, University of Northwestern – St. Paul

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Sydney Pukal holds a Bachelor of Science in Animation & Illustration from the University of Northwestern – St. Paul.

Working full-time as a CG generalist at NEIGHBOR Animation in Minneapolis, she has helped develop animated advertising, social content, and educational videos for clients such as Nike, Securian Financial, The Mall of America, The Hoover Institution, and others. As a CG generalist, she uses a broad range of programs on a regular basis such as Maya, the Adobe Suite, Houdini, Substance Painter, and Zbrush. Her repertoire includes skills such as illustration, motion graphics, character design, modeling, texturing, animation, rigging, hair grooming and simulation, cloth simulation, and compositing.