Creature Design Workshop w/ Constantine Sekeris on May 31st

Come join us for this 1 day special event, where Constantine will share his design techniques and painting process used for his many memorable characters.

Constantine is the concept artist responsible for creature and character designs for films such as Blade II, X-Men III, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Passion of the Christ, Constantine, Spiderman, Fantastic four, Ghost Rider and many others.

For more of his art samples, you can visit his site at:
http://www.constantinesekeris.com/main_page.swf

This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about creature design or getting into the film character/creature design field.

Space is limited so sign up soon :)

To sign up, e-mail us at contact@conceptdesignacad.com or call 818-669-4657 for any questions.

Sean Cheetham 3 day painting workshop

3 Kicks Fine Art Studio
55 Waverly Dr. Ste 104
Pasadena, CA 91105

May 16, 17, & 18 (10AM ~ 5PM, 1 hr lunch)

Sean Cheethm is coming to our Waverly studio for a 3 days painting workshop. The event is organized by Charles Hu, the owner of 3 Kicks Fine Art Studio.
Sean has an amazing ability to capturing people in his portraits. A class I would strongly recommend for anyone interested in learning how to paint and capture likeness.

Here is a short description of the workshop:

Sean Cheetham will take you step by step on how he develops his personal painting in this 3 days workshop. Surface preparation followed with graphite drawing and acrylic wash will be demonstrated in the first day. On the second day, he will continue the work with oil. Demo from life by Sean and students painting will be on the last day of workshop.

To find out more information, please visit 3 Kicks Fine Art Studio's website or contact Charles Hu to sign up:

http://3kickstudio.com/Events.aspx
626-466-5043


Thanks for your time,

Kevin Chen

Summer 2008 Schedule Ready for Sign-up~!!

Our Summer term schedule is finally released today. I would like to thanks everyone for your generous support during the last 2 terms :)

To sign up, simply e-mail us at contact@conceptdesignacad.com to reserve a space. We will send you an availability confirmation and enrollment details shortly after.

We have a lot of great teachers and new workshops this term, I am looking forward to seeing you all soon after the break.

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

Steve Huston Drawing Workshop

Hi Everyone,

My teacher, Steve Huston is running his Drawing Workshop over at the Waverly Studio (same place as Concept Design Academy).

If you haven't taken a course with Steve before, I would strongly recommend signing up for the intensive 4 day session. He is an amazing artist and an inspiring teacher. He is one of my main influences in teaching and drawing. Space is limited, so sign up soon.

http://hustonart.com/index.html

Here are the workshop sign up details:

55 Waverly Dr. #104
Pasadena, CA 91105

The workshop will start on May 1st ~ 4th, 2008 (Thursday~Sunday)

9AM~4PM daily (including 1 hour lunch).

The tuition is $575. Payment in full is needed to reserve a spot.

For payment, send check to:
Steve Huston
4680 Conestoga Circle
Bozeman, MT 59715

For more information call Steve at (406)-522-0906

Thanks,

Kevin Chen

New Teacher: Creature Design 1 w/ Jerad Marantz!!

Hi everyone,

I have two quick announcements to make. One is a reminder that Creature Design 1 on Sat morning 9:30AM~12:30PM is open for enrollment!!

Second is that we have a new instructor, Jerad Marantz for the this coming semester to take over the class for Anthony Francisco.

Anthony will be taking a break this term, due to a full work schedule. He plan to continue to swing by the class as a guest speaker from time to time.

Jerad's design background came from both film and game productions. He have been working for studios such as Stan Winston, ADI, Climax Games, Gnomon, NCsoft and Aaron Sims Studio. Some his recent projects include "I am Legend" and "Tabula Rasa".

Jeard have a great passion for creature design and a great demo teacher at showing and explaining his work process. This is a great class for anyone who is interested in improving or expanding their creature designs skills for either film development or game production. Previous figure drawing experience is strongly recommended to help you get the most out of the class.

If you have any questions about the class or sign us please feel free to contact us anytime.

Best,
Kevin Chen

Khang Le Vehicle Design Workshop This Saturday!!

Hi Everyone,

***Update: Khang's Imaginary Vehicle workshop have just been completely filled. Thanks to everyone for your support!!***

There are still 7 spaces left for Khang’s Imaginary Vehicle workshop this Saturday, Jan. 26th, 2008.

In the this workshop, Khang will cover the basics of perspective layout, scale, practical design ideas, style variations and rendering techniques he uses in creating Vehicles and Robots for his current projects.

This is a great class for both beginning and intermediate artists who is interested in strengthening their vehicle / props design for entertainment. During class, Khang will share his working process and take a vehicle or robot design from beginning to finish.

Enrollment is on first come, first serve basis. Space is limited, so please e-mail ahead to reserve a spot in the class. We accept cash only at this point. Payment will be collected at the door after e-mail reservation is confirmed.

For RSVP, you can e-mail us at contact@conceptdesignacad.com or call us at 818-669-4657 for questions.

Thanks and hope to see you this Sat~!!

Spring 2008 Semester Ready for Sign up~!!

Hi Everyone,

The first semester of Concept Design Academy has finally come to an end last year and was a great success. We would like to thank everyone for your generous help and support over the past few months.

Our new brochures for Spring 2008 have been completed and is out in local schools and art stores in LA for distribution. Attached is the jpeg version of the brochure & Enrollment form to help you plan for your next semester’s schedule.

To sign up, simply e-mail us at contact@conceptdesignacad.com to reserve a space. We will send you an availability confirmation and enrollment details.

Thanks again and hope to see you in Feb~!!