CDA Summer 2015 Brochure Released & Enrollment Starts Now~!!

 Hi Everyone,

Our Summer 2015 brochure have just been released and public enrollment is starting up now~!!

To enroll, please visit our online store at:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/

For the latest enrollment status update, visit our status page at:
http://conceptdesignacad.blogspot.com/2015/04/summer-2015-enrollment-status-updated.html

We have an exciting line up of great classes and workshops coming up. Space is limited, sign up soon and hope we will see you in the coming Summer term~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

Summer 2015 Term Schedule Sneak Preview~!!

Hi Everyone,

Our Summer 2015 Schedule Preview is out today~!!

We have a great line up with returning instructors along with many new faces joining CDA this term:

New instructors:
- Christophe Lautrette ("Production Design for Animation" workshop)
- Evgeni Tomov ("Vis Dev for Animation" class)
- Jae Kim ("Figure Invention for Animation" class)
- Tom Zhao ("Intro to Environment Design" class) 
- Bryan Lee ("Sculptural Anatomy" class)

Returning instructors:
- Manu Arenas ("Fantasy Illustration" workshop)
- Marshall Vandruff ("3 Day Composition" workshop)
- Carlo Arellano ("Character Design 2" class)
- James Finch ("Sketching for Environment" class)
- Jackson Sze ("Digital Illustration" class)


Our Public sign up is starting up on May 1st, this Friday. Website will be updated at midnight:
http://conceptdesignacad.com/

Thanks for looking and hope to see you this Summer~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

Summer 2015 Enrollment Status (updated 8/8/15 12:00PM)

Available: 
- None -
 
Full:  
Analytical Figure Drawing (Sun) with Kevin Chen - Full
Analytical Figure Drawing (Tues) with Kevin Chen - Full
Animal Anatomy with Jonathan Kuo - Full
Character Design 2 with Carlo Arellano - Full
Costume & Creature Design with Jerad Marantz - Full
Digital Illustration with Jackson Sze - Full
Environment Design with Bruno Werneck - Full
Figure Invention for Animation with Jae Kim - Full
Head & Figure Drawing with Kevin Chen - Full
Intro to Character Design with Rustam Hasanov - Full
Intro to Digital Painting with Sherwin Abesamis - Full
Intro to Environment Design with Tom Zhao - Full
Intro to Figure Painting with Gary Cornell - Locked
Intro to Form Language with Peter Han - Full
Intro to Perspective with Polina Hristova - Full
Intro to Storyboard with Ben Juwono - Full
Intro to Story Development with Louie Del Carmen - Full
Intro to Vehicle Design with John Frye - Locked
Landscape Painting with Peter Chan - Full
Modo for Concept Design with Vaughan Ling - Locked
Sculptural Anatomy with Bryan Lee - Locked
Sketching for Environment with James Finch - Full
Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching (Sat) with P. Ballesteros - Full
Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching (Sun) with Peter Han - Full
Zbrush Character Creation with Ian Joyner - Locked

Vis. Dev. for Animation with Evgeni Tomov - Full
Story Dev, the Sequel with Tron Mai - Full

3 Day Composition Workshop with Marshall Vandruff - Full
Fantasy Illustration with Manu Arenas - Full
Production Design for Animation with Christophe Lautrette - Full

(*** For all Full classes or workshops, there is a waiting list available. Sign up if you wish to be notified when there are any last minute openings from cancellations. Thanks. ***)

Mold3D - "Character Design for 3D Printing" Workshop this weekend (April 25 & 26) at CDA~!!

Hi Everyone,

This weekend, Mold3D Academy will be running a "Character Design for 3D Printing" workshop at CDA.

The workshop will be taught by Ian Joyner (CDA's Zbrush Instructor) and Robert Vignone (Co-founder of Mold3D):

http://www.mold3dacademy.com/ws-april#april-home

Date - Sat. & Sun., April 25th ~ April 26th, 2015
Time - 10AM ~ 5PM
Tuition - $499.99
Student Coupon Code - studentGID7
Enrollment deadline - Wednesday, April 22nd 2015

(The original price of the workshop is $499.99, but with the $150 off student discount code the tuition will be $349.99.)

This is a great workshop for anyone interested in learning 3D character design with Zbrush & how to efficiently 3D print through a hands on experience.

Make sure to check it out and take advantage of the discount code before the April 22nd enrollment deadline~!!

Best,
Concept Design Academy

"Hero Design for Video Games" with Carlo Arellano on April 4th~!!

Hi Everyone,

"Hero Design for Video Games" workshop with Carlo Arellano is coming up at CDA on April 4th next week~!!!

This is a great workshop for anyone interested in creating character designs for video game production.

Carlo is currently the Art Director on the new MOBA game, "Vainglory". His past film & game projects include "Planet of the Apes", "Van Helsing", "War of Warcraft", "God of War: Chains of Olympus", "Resistance: Fall of Men", & "Fuse".

For a small sample of Carlo's teachings, check out a clip of his lecture videos here.

To sign up, visit our online enrollment store at:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/4716886-hero-design-for-video-games-with-carlo-arellano

Thanks for your time and hope to see you at the event~!!

Best,
Concept Design Academy

Last Call for "Graphic L.A. - Digital Landscape" workshop~!!

Here is a step by step demo from Robh Ruppel on his painting process.

There are still a few spots available for his workshop tomorrow (Sat. March 21st, 2pm~7pm).

Make sure to sign up and hope to see you at the event~!!
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/…/4716835-graphic-l-a…

Best,
Concept Design Academy

"Graphic L.A. - Digital Landscape" workshop with Robh Ruppel this Saturday~!!

Hi Everyone,

Robh Ruppel's "Graphic L.A. - Digital Landscape" workshop is coming up next Saturday, March 21st, 2pm~7pm at CDA.

We still have a few spots available, come join us for an afternoon of learning to strengthen your painting and design fundamentals:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/…/4716835-graphic-l-a…

Sign up soon and see you at the workshop :)


Best,
Concept Design Academy

PS - for a sneak peak of Robh's upcoming demo, visit our school facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/ConceptDesignAcademy

Enjoy~!!