Augusta University
A.B. Osborne
Assistant Professor of Animation in Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department of Art and Design
- Augusta GA UNITED STATES
A.B. Osborne is an expert in the the field of animation working in everything from classic cartoons to technical and medical animation.
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September 10, 2019
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Biography
A.B. Osborne is a creative professional and educator in almost every media platform. His experience ranges from technical and medical animation to classic cartoons. His expertise includes everything related to animation: pre-visualization, 3D modeling, texturing and lighting, rigging, character performance, rendering, 2D animation, motion graphics, and compositing. He also has dedicated experience in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Boundless Teaching Award
2021 Center for Instructional Innovation
Teaching Excellence Award
2024 Augusta University
Silver Telly Award
2025 Telly Awards
Arts Educator Award
2025 Greater Augusta Arts Council
Education
Savannah College of Art & Design
MFA
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
2013Eastern Kentucky University
B.A.
Radio and Television
2010Links
Media Appearances
Augusta University students take on the 2026 Global Game Jam
Augusta University News online
2026-02-06
“The Global Game Jam is a weekend-long event for students to make a playable video game,” said A.B. Osborne, director of the Animation Program and professor in the Department of Art and Design in the Katherine Reese Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. “Students set their own goals, choose their teams and focus on what matters most to them. They often learn more in 48 hours than they would in two weeks in a traditional classroom.”
A.B. Osborne presented Arts Educator Award by Greater Augusta Arts Council
Augusta University News online
2025-06-30
“It’s always thrilling to be in the conversation,” said Osborne, director of the Animation program and associate professor in the Department of Art and Design. “There’s a lot of great artists in this area, a lot of great art opportunities and a lot of people trying to make the arts community thrive here. I’m always trying to be part of that. I think Augusta keeps leveling up, and it’s thrilling to be seen as somebody who’s making an impact on the community.”
Augusta University hosts summer high school animation camps
The Augusta Press online
2024-07-20
Encouraging campers to turn ideas into action, AU’s Director of the Animation Program A.B. Osborne said participating campers were introduced to the secrets of animation from experienced instructors while creating their own simple story and an animated video.
Augusta University offers animation summer camp to high school students
WRDW tv
2024-06-26
Students are going to step into another world with the Augusta University animation summer camp. “They’re going to get the pose the character, make it move, model the character and then they’re going to set up lights and go through this process called rendering to make it look really cool at the end of it,” said Animation Director A.B. Osborne.
Faculty Spotlight: A.B. Osborne
Augusta University News online
2024-06-20
Kentucky native A.B. Osborne, who has been at AU since 2018, credited chair Scott Thorp with giving him the flexibility and support to build a unique program that focuses on high-level industry work without the cost of private art colleges.
Animation camps come to Augusta University
WRDW tv
2024-06-17
Augusta University is hosting animation camps this summer for high school students. A.B. Osobrne talks to the Mix at 3 about what students can expect.
Lights! Camera ! Action!: Report outlines growth of film, entertainment in Georgia
The Augusta Chronicle online
2023-06-15
Augusta University is also expanding its educational programs to prepare students for jobs in entertainment. In 2019, A.B. Osborne, director of the animation program and assistant professor, helped launch an animation program at AU. "Our first cohort of students was maybe six students, but we knew that there was a huge demand," he said. "...I think the numbers are around 60 or 70 now." Now the university is launching a new hub with animation labs, an e-sports arena and more. They are adding programs to the animation, and recently launched a digital storytelling major.
Augusta University animation program sees growing interest
WRDW tv
2023-01-11
A.B. Osborne, the professor who built the program, says it reflects Georgia’s growing film industry. “It’s a really good market, and we need to be able to fill those skill sets,” he said.
Augusta University Animation program is growing and has big goals for the future
WJBF tv
2022-12-12
“We teach the skill sets that are necessary to make video games and animated movies. Everything from the 3-D models, actually hand-crafting the drawings, laying out your stories, creating the movements, performance of the characters, everything involved with that, that’s our domain,” said Director of the Animation Program, A.B. Osborne.
Augusta University to expand Animation Program
WFXG tv
2022-12-07
Augusta University's Animation Program will soon see big changes. The college plans to expand the program by adding 21 faculty members. The goal is to attract 400 students to the Department of Art and Design. Right now, 40 students are animation majors. The department will also renovate two warehouse on its Summerville Campus to help grow the program.
