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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

 

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.

TERM CALENDAR

• WINTER 2021: Mon, Jan 11 - Sat, Mar 6, 2021
• SPRING 2021: Mon, Mar 8 - Mon, Jun 21, 2021

- Winter Break: Mon, Feb 15 - Sat, Feb 20, 2021
- Spring Break: Mon, Mar 29 – Sat, Apr 3, 2021
- Memorial Day: Mon, May 31, 2021

NOTES

• 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.

Schedule & Tuition // Online

• Remote learning
• Session-based enrollment


SCHEDULED SESSION

• Winter 2021 / Session 1: Mon, Jan 11 - Sat, Mar 6, 2021 (7 weeks)
• Spring 2021 / Session 1: Mon, Mar 8 - Sat, May 1, 2021 (7 weeks)
• Spring 2021 / Session 2: Mon, May 3 - Mon, Jun 21, 2021 (7 weeks)


SCHEDULED CLASS DAY & TIME

Saturday

10 am - 1 pm

 


TUITION & FEES

• $700 tuition per session
• NO material fee required for this course

$700.00

Schedule & Tuition // On-Campus

• In-person learning
• Year-round enrollment **


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


SCHEDULED CLASS DAY & TIME

Thursday

11 am - 2 pm
5 pm - 8 pm

Friday

5 pm - 8 pm

Saturday

10 am - 1 pm
4 pm - 7 pm

 


TUITION & FEES

• $700 tuition per session
• NO material fee required for this course

$700.00

Outline

CLASS TYPE

Online / On-Campus

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

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

SOFTWARE / TECHNIQUE

Adobe Photoshop

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

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