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COURSES

Character Design

 
 

3-Hour Long Class
for Grade 7-12 and Up
7 Classes / 7 Weeks

 

Character Design covers a variety of different topics and techniques within the field of games, illustration, and comics. We will go over the fundamentals of gesture drawing, anatomy, storytelling, and perspective. With these foundational skills, students then move onto experimenting with various body types and silhouettes to create distinct and memorable characters (both human and creature).

 
 
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Course Overview

 

Curriculum

These classes are designed to emphasize exaggerated shapes and proportions, as well as experiment with gesture and facial expressions. The students will have an analytical understanding of the human figure, including the shape and function of the human skeletal and muscular systems for both the head and the entire body. By the end of these courses, students will have developed 2-5 of their own characters.

Subjects include:

  • PROPORTION - AGE, MALE, FEMALE (SIDE, FRONT, BACK)

  • ANATOMY - MUSCLE, BONE, (SIDE, FRONT, BACK)

  • FACE 1 - EYE, NOSE, LIPS, EARS

  • FACE 2 - ANGLES, LIGHT AND SHADOW

  • GESTURE - WEIGHT AND BALANCE

  • SILHOUETTE - BODY TYPES AND SHAPES

  • CREATURE DESIGN 1 - DIFFERENT ANIMAL ANATOMICAL STUDY

  • CREATURE DESIGN 2 - MIX AND CREATION

  • CHARACTER DESIGN 1 - RESEARCH

  • CHARACTER DESIGN 2 - STRUCTURE

  • CHARACTER DESIGN 3 - COSTUME DESIGN

  • CHARACTER DESIGN 4 - MOTION STUDY

Schedule & Tuition

All the courses are designed for students to be able to finish their courses in 7 classes.

Please feel free to contact us for more detailed scheduling and tuition rate through 1 on 1 consultation.

  • Thanksgiving Break: Nov 23rd, Mon - Nov 28th, Sat

  • A graphic tablet with a compatible stylus pen required for taking ONLINE COURSES

  • Access to the complete set of Adobe Creative Cloud applications provided for free upon request *


* This access is only valid during a student's time of the enrolled session at Ashcan.

ON-CAMPUS // YEAR-ROUND ENROLLMENT

You can start anytime, on your own schedule. Please select your start date when you add the course to the cart.

TUITION

$700.00

SCHEDULED CLASS DAY / TIME

Thursday / Saturday
11 am - 2 pm
5 pm - 8 pm

Friday
5 pm - 8 pm

ONLINE // SESSION-BASED ENROLLMENT

Session 1: Sep 8th, Tue - Oct 26th, Mon (7 weeks)
Session 2: Oct 27th, Tue - Dec 21st, Mon (7 weeks)

TUITION

$700.00

SCHEDULED CLASS DAY / TIME

Saturday
11 am - 2 pm

Details

CLASS TYPE

On-Campus / Online

SKILL LEVEL

Basic-Intermediate

GRADE LEVEL

7-12 and up

NUMBER OF CLASSES / DURATION

7 classes / 7 weeks (1 session)

CLASS HOUR

3 hours

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

8 students max. per instructor
6 students max. per instructor (online class)

SOFTWARE / TECHNIQUE

Adobe Photoshop

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