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COURSES

Game Environment
Design

 
 

3-Hour Long Class
for Grade 7-12 and Up
7 Classes / 7 Weeks

 

The Ashcan Environment Design course focuses on the creation of captivating digital environments from start to finish. Our classes emphasize environment design fundamentals -- perspective, composition, and storytelling -- as well as digital painting techniques to help create stunning environments and atmosphere.

 
 
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Course Overview

 

Curriculum

Students study and apply different compositions, camera angles, viewpoints, and lighting schemes learned throughout the course. The environment design course is geared towards adding a more three dimensional perspective to a two dimensional work of art. Matte painting techniques will also be covered.

Subjects include:

  • PERSPECTIVE 1 - DYNAMIC ANGLE WITH VIEW POINTS

  • PERSPECTIVE 2 - UP AND DOWN HILLS, AND TUNNEL

  • ARCHITECTURE STUDY 1 - FACTORY, TEMPLE, HOUSE

  • ARCHITECTURE STUDY 2 - ARCHITECTURE ON VARIOUS LOCATIONS

  • TEXTURE 1 - MOUNTAIN, WATER, FIRE, CLOUD

  • TEXTURE 2 - METAL, ROCK, WOOD, FUR

  • MATTE PAINTING 1

  • MATTE PAINTING 2

Schedule & Tuition

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.


  • Thanksgiving Break: Nov 23rd, Mon - Nov 28th, Sat

  • 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.


ON-CAMPUS // YEAR-ROUND ENROLLMENT

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

TUITION

$700.00

SCHEDULED CLASS DAY / TIME

Wednesday
5 pm - 8 pm

Thursday / Saturday
11 am - 2 pm
5 pm - 8 pm


ONLINE // SESSION-BASED ENROLLMENT

Session 1: Sep 8th, Tue - Oct 26th, Mon (7 weeks)
Session 2: Oct 27th, Tue - Dec 21st, Mon (7 weeks)

TUITION

$700.00

SCHEDULED CLASS DAY / TIME

Monday
4 pm - 7 pm

Details

CLASS TYPE

On-Campus / Online

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

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

SOFTWARE / TECHNIQUE

Adobe Photoshop