2D ACADEMY
Intro to Perspective
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Lighting & Color Key for Production
Next Registration Begins: May 8th, 2013
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Intro to Perspective
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Dynamic Sketching 1
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Dynamic Sketching 2
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Analytical Figure Drawing
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Principles of Design Process
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Analytical Figure Drawing: Hands/Feet/Head/Composition
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Fundamentals of Character Design
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Digital Painting 1
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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The Art of Color and Light
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Intro to Character and Creature Design
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Character Design for Animation
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Storyboarding for Animation
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Fundamentals of Architecture Design
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Environment Sketching
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Environment Sketching for Production
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Fundamentals for Creative Environment Design
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Environment Design 1
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Environment Design 2
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
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Vehicle & Mech Design
Next Registration Begins: June 17th, 2013
This class is now filled to capacity. If you have any questions, please email us at registration@cgmwonline.com
-CGMA "Become a Better Artist"
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.
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Master class
Intro to Perspective
- Dates:
- April 24th - June 21th, 2013 + 1 extra week for content review
- Fees:
- $599
- Pre-reqs:
- Everyone's welcome!
- Materials:
- Photoshop (any), Wacom tablet or equivalent
- Course Description:
This is a beginners class that gives an introduction to linear perspective systems. Students explore a variety of basic and complex laws to convey the illusion of the dimensional forms in space on a two dimensional surface.
Weekly individual feedback format: video critique.
- Course Outline
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- Week 1: Overview of 1, 2, & 3 point perspective. Cone of vision. Anatomy of the 4 basic primitives and the ellipse. Line, weight, and draftsmanship.
- Week 2: Perspective techniques: Duplicating distance in space. Alternate vanishing points & lines. Transferring figures in space. Transferring planes and details with reference points. Angled Surfaces.
- Week 3: Intersecting primitives. Plotting form intersections. Introduction to basic compound surfaces: curves.
- Week 4: Compound surfaces continued; Using sections to make surfaces that curve in 3 dimensions. Reproducing curves with symmetry. Basic Car demo.
- Week 5: Advanced compound surfaces: Emphasis on adding details. How to create basic geometry & draw complex shapes.
- Week 6: Organic objects; Trees, the Grand Canyon, Rock Formations, etc. Focus on the “theory” of mathematical perspective. Over-laps and form intersections.
- Week 7: Shadows & Lighting: How shadows operate on the 4 basic primitives in sunlight. How to plot shadows on forms.
- Week 8: Point light shadows: How to plot shadows in rooms, on objects, and other items from a radial light source
Michael Hampton
Mike Hernandez
James Paick
Peter Han
Björn Hurri
Jason Scheier
David Colman
Ryan Lang
Eric Ryan
Nate Wragg
Steven MacLeod
Alex Ruiz
Philip Dimitriadis
Armand Serrano
Paul Christopher
