SUMMER

Character Design
for Illustration & Comics

7 Weeks Course
7 Classes
8 Students per Class

The Character Design for Illustration & Comics course reviews the design process for creatures in TV and feature animation. Students begin by studying the anatomies and movements of several animals, before creating their very own creatures. This class emphasizes exaggerated shapes and proportions, as well as experimenting with gesture and facial expressions.

Course Overview

Curriculum

The Ashcan Character Design for Illustration & Comics course emphasizes storytelling, exaggeration, and personality in character design. Students will study exaggerated proportions and shape designs, in addition to studying different facial expressions and movement. Some classes will be dedicated to studying the character designs of several major animation studios. By the end of the course, students will have developed 2-5 of their own characters.

Subjects include:

INTRO TO ANATOMY
FACIAL STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION
COSTUME DESIGN

MOTION STUDY
COLORING

Schedule

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

One week (Aug 26th - Aug 29th) for make-up classes will be given after the regular 7-week summer schedule for students with excused absences by faculty members.
* All summer courses must be finished within 8 weeks by Aug 29th.

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

START DATE

Wed class - Jul 8th
Thu class - Jul 9th
Fri class - Jul 10th
Sat class - Jul 11th

(Rolling Admissions)

SCHEDULED CLASS DAY / TIME

Wed - Sat
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
3 - 7 p.m.

Tuition

Details

SKILL LEVEL

Basic-Intermediate

NUMBER OF CLASSES / DURATION

7 classes / 7 weeks

CLASS HOUR

4 hours

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

8 students per instructor

SOFTWARE / TECHNIQUE

Adobe Photoshop

SUMMER

Character Designfor Illustration & Comics

7 Weeks Course7 Classes8 Students per Class