Check out Our Foundation Program

Registration is open for Summer Term. Seating is limited.

Registration is open for Summer Term

Seating is limited.

Student Gallery for Winter Term: Check out some of our students amazing work.

Student Gallery for Winter Term

Check out some of our students amazing work.

New Master Class Trailers: Located in the Master Class pages.

New Master Class Trailers

Located in the Master Class pages.

CGMA at CTN

CGMA at CTN

Eric Ryan demo image at CTN. More images to come

MASTER CLASSES

INSTRUCTORS

Master class
ANALYTICAL FIGURE DRAWING ANALYTICAL FIGURE DRAWING: HANDS/FEET/HEAD/COMPOSITION REGISTER

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Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton has been teaching classes related to the figure for close to ten years, focusing on teaching anatomy and figure drawing in a way that is specifically tailored to students entering the fields of animation, illustration, and game art.
Master class
LIGHTING & COLOR KEY FOR PRODUCTION REGISTER

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Mike Hernandez

Mike Hernandez is a Production Designer & Senior Visual Development Artist working at Dreamworks Animation. He has worked on Turbo, Shrek 4, Merry Madagascar, Spooky Stories, Scared Shreckless, Bee Movie, Monsters Vs Aliens, Father of the Pride, Spirit and Sinbad and he' has taught at the Art Center.
Master class
ENVIRONMENT DESIGN 1 ENVIRONMENT DESIGN 2 REGISTER

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James Paick

James Paick is currently a freelance concept artist working for clients such as Naughty Dog, NCsoft, Trion, Liquid Entertainment, EA, Sucker Punch Studios, and Turbine Studios.
Master class
DYNAMIC SKETCHING 1 DYNAMIC SKETCHING 2 REGISTER

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Peter Han

Peter Han is currently working at Trion World Network as a senior concept artist.
Master class
REGISTER

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Björn Hurri

Björn Hurri is a Lead Artist at Opus, and has worked with clients such as NCsoft, Catalyst Game Labs, and SEGA.
Master class
FUNDAMENTALS FOR CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT DESIGN REGISTER

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Jason Scheier

Jason Scheier is a Visual Development Artist and Concept designer currently living in Burbank California.
Master class
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN PROCESS REGISTER

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Derek Kosol

Derek Kosol has been a concept artist in the industry for over seven years. He has worked in studios such as Disney, Carbine Studios, and Supervillain Studios LLC where is has worked as a concept artist/illustrator and texture artist for films and games and advertisements.
Master class
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER DESIGN REGISTER

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David Colman

David Colman is a Visual Development Artist and Concept designer currently living in Burbank, California. David Colman is an illustrator who has been working in the animation industry for 10 years as an Emmy winning character designer, development artist, story artist and currently an art director at Hasbro Animation Studios.
Master class
THE ART OF COLOR AND LIGHT REGISTER

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Ryan Lang

Ryan Lang is currently working at Disney Feature Animation as a Visual Development Artist. He has worked on a few projects including Wreck-it Ralph, and was one of the Lead Designers for "Hero's Duty".
Master class
INTRO TO CHARACTER AND CREATURE DESIGN REGISTER

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Eric Ryan

Eric Ryan is a concept artist with over 7 years experience in both the film and video game industry. Using solid art technique and a strong knowledge of creature anatomy, Eric creates images that are at the same time fantastic and believable.
Master class
CHARACTER DESIGN FOR ANIMATION REGISTER

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Nate Wragg

Nate Wragg was born in Davis, CA in 1983. Wragg has gone on to work as an illustrator and designer on various projects-including Ratatouille, Toy Story 3 and the soon-to-be-released Puss and Boots. He was one of the primary character designers on the Pixar Feature Toy Story 3.
Master class
REGISTER

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Steven MacLeod

Steven MacLeod has been story boarding at Dreamworks Animation for 5 years and has worked on How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and is currently working on The Croods (2013). While attending Calarts, he did an animation internship with James Baxter Animation, and a story internship at Pixar.

Credits: How To Train Your Dragon, The Croods
Master class
FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN REGISTER

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Alex Ruiz

Alex Ruiz is currently a freelance concept artist and illustrator workin in film, television, video game, and the music industries.
Master class
ENVIRONMENT SKETCHING REGISTER

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Philip Dimitriadis

Philip Dimitriadis has worked as a concept designer within the entertainment industry for the past 14 years. His work experience has encompassed 2d and 3d design for various companies such as Disney, Sony, MGM, Fox, Big Idea Productions, Reel FX, Mike Young Productions, Threshold Entertainment, Christian Broadcast Network and Warner Brothers.
Master class
ENVIRONMENT SKETCHING FOR PRODUCTION REGISTER

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Armand Serrano

Armand Serrano is currently a Visual Development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Master class
VEHICLE & MECH DESIGN REGISTER

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Paul Christopher

Paul Christopher has worked as a freelance concept artist on many blockbusters over the last few years including The Hunger Games, Green Lantern, The Amazing Spiderman, John Carter of Mars, Sucker Punch and Inception to name only a few movies and the video game, Guild Wars. He recently focused on video games production working freelance for Respawn Entertainment and Insomniac Games.
Master class
DYNAMIC SKETCHING 1 REGISTER

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Patrick Ballesteros

Patrick Ballesteros is as a freelance illustrator/concept artist for the film, game, and animation industries. He also conducts workshops, guest speak, and teaches at the Concept Design Academy in Pasadena, California.
Master class
DIGITAL PAINTING 1 REGISTER

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Erik D. Martin

Erik D. Martin is a visual development artist currently working out of Los Angeles. Erik has previously taught at the Art Institute. His clients include Walt Disney, Technicolor, Big Huge Games, Tofu Girls, Nickelodeon and Kazu Kibuishi’s Amulet.
Master class
INTRO TO PERSPECTIVE REGISTER

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Polina Hristova

Polina Hristova is currently a concept artist at Obsidian Entertainment. She graduated Art Center in 2009 with a Bachelors of Science in Entertainment Design. She has had the pleasure to work at studios such as: Naughty Dog, Sony Santa Monica, Lucas Film Animation, and Obdisian Entertainment.

Credits: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Playstation Move Heros, Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated TV series,
Master class
STORYBOARDING FOR ANIMATION REGISTER

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Glenn Harmon

Glenn Harmon is a story artist at Dreamworks Animation. Before that he spent 3 years at Sony Pictures Animation where he worked on Hotel Transylvania. He currently lives in Burbank with his family.

Credits: Smurfs the Movie, Hotel Transylvania.

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At first I was a bit skeptical about how much I could get out of this class, but after the first week I was pleasantly surprised how challenging the class assignments were. The progress I made when the last week was over was like night and day! I have recommended this class to my peers and I will continue my education here!

Ramon Mejia Jr. — New York
CGMA offers an enviroment were knowlegde is not only shared by the teacher. But among the students as well. *thumbs up*

CGMA tilbyder et miljø hvor viden ikke kun bliver delt af læren. Men også blandt eleverne selv. *thumbs up*

Jamal Ahmad Khan — Denmark
The online classes at CGMA are the greatest and most effective course-experiences you can experience in your own home!

Online-kursene hos CGMW er den beste og meste effektive kurs-opplevelse du kan oppleve i ditt eget hjem!

Thomas Roisland — Norway