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COURSES

Art Portfolio Prep. - Digital Character Design

 

Interested in applying to a job in character design? The Character Design Portfolio course guides students on developing eye-catching character design portfolios, with strong emphasis on storytelling and shape design.

 
 
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Course Overview

 

All the courses are designed for students to be able to finish their courses in 7 classes or 8 classes.
Please feel free to contact us for more detailed scheduling and tuition rate through 1 on 1 consultation.


TERM CALENDAR

SUMMER 2024: Mon, Jul 1 - Sat, Aug 31, 2024
- Independence Day Break: Thu, Jul 4, 2024 ***

SCHEDULED SESSION

SESSION 1: Mon, Jul 1 - Sat, Aug 24, 2024


Schedule & Tuition // Online

THIS COURSE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR ON-CAMPUS ONLY.


Schedule & Tuition // On-Campus

In-person learning
Session-based enrollment *
Multiple-enrollment available **
• 4-hour long class
• 8 classes / 8 weeks (1 session)

BELL SCHEDULE ***

MON - SAT
- Period 1: 10 am - 2 pm
- Period 2: 3 pm - 7 pm

SCHEDULED CLASS DAY & TIME ****

Monday

period 1
period 2

Thursday

period 1
period 2

Friday

period 2

Saturday

period 1
period 2


TUITION & FEES

• $1,260 tuition per session
• NO material fee required for this course

Outline

CLASS TYPE

On-Campus ONLY

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate-Advanced

GRADE LEVEL

11, 12, and Up

NUMBER OF CLASSES / DURATION

8 classes / 8 weeks (1 session)

CLASS HOUR

4 hours

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

6 students max. per instructor (online)
8 students max. per instructor (on-campus)

SOFTWARE / TECHNIQUE

Adobe Photoshop

* The course begins and ends on the specific session schedules. You can still enroll in the course in progress when it remains open - please see the availability from the dropdown list.

** It may not be available depending on the course schedule - please see the availability from the dropdown list.

*** Some courses have slightly different bell schedules and they can be found in the class schedule.

**** Makeup classes are possible to students with excused absences ONLY when the class schedule of the enrolled course is available before the enrolled term ends. (NO makeup classes can be rolled over into the next term.)


Curriculum

In this highly individualized course, students will be guided through step by steps of creating appealing characters with depth and personality. Students will be trained in drawing a successful figure with fluent anatomy in dynamic poses and garment and prop design. The goal of this course is to create a quality character turnaround sheet.

Subjects include:

  • DYNAMIC HUMAN ANATOMY

  • DYNAMIC GESTURE

  • JOINTS AND MUSCLE FUNCTION

  • FACIAL STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION

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