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COURSES

Character Design
for Games

 
 

8 Weeks Course
8 Classes
8 Students per Class

 

The Character Design for Games course leads you step-by-step through the character design process. This course emphasizes 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.

 
 
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NOTICE

Ashcan Digital is fully operative.
In response to COVID-19 concerns, all Ashcan Digital courses for Spring 2020 are currently being held online ONLY until further notice.

Course Overview

 

Curriculum

The Ashcan Character Design for Games course heavily emphasizes an analytical understanding of the human figure. Students will study proportion, while learning the shape and function of the human skeletal and muscular systems for both the head and full body. Gesture and movement studies will also be covered. By the end of the course, 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

All the courses are designed for students to be able to finish their courses in 8 classes.

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

START DATE

Wed class - May 6th
Thu class - May 7th
Fri class - May 8th
Sat class - May 9th

(Rolling Admissions)

CLASS DAY / TIME

Wednesday
5 - 8 p.m.

Thursday / Friday
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
5 - 8 p.m.

Saturday
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
3 - 6 p.m.


Tuition

8 Classes / 8 Weeks
3-hour Long Class

$800.00
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Details

SKILL LEVEL

Basic-Intermediate

NUMBER OF CLASSES / DURATION

8 classes / 8 weeks

CLASS HOUR

3 hours

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

8 students per instructor

SOFTWARE / TECHNIQUE

Adobe Photoshop

Course Works

Let's enroll today!

 

Apply Now!
Our admissions faculty offers one on one consultation and portfolio review to help students achieve their goal.

Contact Us

 

Contact Info

212-967-8101
info@ashcanart.com

Hours

Mon to Sat - 11am to 8pm
Sun - closed

Address

45 East 34th Street 2FL
New York, NY, 10016

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