Article: ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ALUMNUS BUILDS CAREER, ONE MONSTER AT A TIME

DALLAS, July 2 -- The University of Texas at Dallas issued the following news release:

Tony Tyler's infatuation with computer animation began with Tron, the groundbreaking science fiction film from 1982. Decades later, he read an article in the UTD Mercury about the University's new Arts and Technology (ATEC) program and thought perhaps he could learn how to create virtual worlds and the creatures to inhabit them.

Today, the ATEC alumnus brings characters to life for DreamWorks SKG, including those from Monsters vs. Aliens.

For the full-length animated film, Tyler worked as a technical director for the character effects department. The job involved pipeline engineering -creating software ...

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