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COURSES

Digital 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

• Summer 2021: Mon, Jun 28 - Sat, Aug 28, 2021

NOTES

• A graphic tablet with a compatible stylus pen required for taking ONLINE COURSES
• Access to the complete set of the Adobe Creative Cloud applications provided for free upon request *

Schedule & Tuition // Online

• Remote learning
• Session-based enrollment **


BELL SCHEDULE ***

• Mon - Sat
• Period 1: 10 am - 1 pm
• Period 2: 2 pm - 5 pm


SCHEDULED SESSION

Session 1: Wed, Jul 7 - Sat, Aug 21, 2021


SCHEDULED CLASS DAY & TIME

Wednesday

period 1

Saturday

period 1
period 2


TUITION & FEES

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

$700.00

Schedule & Tuition // On-Campus

• In-person learning
• Session-based enrollment **


BELL SCHEDULE ***

• Mon - Sat
• Period 1: 10 am - 1 pm
• Period 2: 3 pm - 6 pm


SCHEDULED SESSION

Session 1: Wed, Jul 7 - Sat, Aug 21, 2021


SCHEDULED CLASS DAY & TIME

Wednesday

period 1
period 2

Thursday

period 1
period 2

Friday

period 1
period 2

Saturday

period 1
period 2


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)
8 students max. per instructor (on-campus)

SOFTWARE / TECHNIQUE

Adobe Photoshop

* This access is only valid during a student's time of the enrolled session at Ashcan.

** The course begins and ends on the specific session schedules. You can still enroll in the course in progress when it remains open - please see the availability from the dropdown list.

*** Some courses have slightly different bell schedules and they can be found in the class schedule.

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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