Fall 2017 Enrollment Status (Updated 12/2/17 2:15PM)

Available:
- none -


Full: 
Analytical Figure Drawing (Sun) with Kevin Chen - Full 
Analytical Figure Drawing (Fri) with Kevin Chen - Full 
Animal Anatomy with Jonathan Kuo - Locked
Architecture for World Building with Gabriel Yeganyan - Locked
Character & Costume Design with Joshua James Shaw - Locked
Character Design for Games with Carlo Arellano - Locked
Cinematic Storyboard with Jay Oliva - Full 
Color and Lighting with Dan Cooper & Christina Cooper - Full 
Composition & Cinematography with Bill Perkins - Full
Costumed Gesture Drawing with Kirk Shinmoto - Full 
Creature Design with Brynn Metheney & RJ Palmer - Locked
Head & Hands Drawing with Kevin Chen - Full
Intro to Character Design with Kevin Chen - Full
Intro to Digital Painting with David Merritt - Locked
Intro to Form Language with Peter Han - Locked
Intro to Perspective with Polina Hristova - Full
Intro to Storyboard with Alan Wan - Full 
Key Frame Illustration with John Staub - Locked
Sketching for Environment with Ed Li - Full
Story Development for Animation with Tron Mai - Full  
Vehicles & Mechs with John Frye - Locked
Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching (Sat) with P. Han - Full
Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching (Sun) with P. Ballesteros - Full
ZBrush Character Creation with Xander Smith - Locked

Composition for Storytelling with Marcos Mateu-Mestre - Full
3 Day Storyboard Masterclass with Jane Wu - Full
Story Moment Design with Khang Le -Locked
Character Design & Illustration with Wesley Burt - Locked


Cancelled:
Children's Book Illustration with P. Ballesteros 
Environment Design for Games with Tu Bui
Figure Drawing with the Reilly Method with Mark Westermoe
Vis. Dev. for Animation with Rustam Hasanov


(*** 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. ***)

"Archetypes & Story Structure" workshop with Ryan Meinerding on Aug 5th~!!

"Archetypes & Story Structure" workshop with Ryan Meinerding

Date - Aug. 5th, 2017
Time - 2pm~7pm
Tuition - $120
Location - Concept Design Academy

To sign up, visit our online enrollment store at:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/15619419-archetypes-story-structure-with-ryan-meinerding

Sign up soon and come join us for the event~!!

 

"Cinematic Set Design" with Samuel Michlap starting this Saturday, July 15th~!!

Hi Everyone,

Samuel Michlap​ is coming to CDA this Saturday, July 15th to teach a workshop on "Cinematic Set Design"~!!

http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/15626565-cinematic-set-design-with-samuel-michlap

Samuel Michlap is an experienced Production Designer/'Visual Development Artist with past projects such as “The Lion King”, “The Prince of Egypt”, “Doctor Strange”, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”, “The Batman”, “Spider-man: Homecoming”, & “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”

In this workshop, Samuel will be sharing with us his design process and lighting techniques used in creating iconic sets for storytelling. Topics such as set design, cinematography, & lighting will be discussed during the lecture/demonstration. Samuel have a lot of experience/ knowledge to offer and this is a great opportunity to learn about visual storytelling through set design from one of the top designers in the industry.

Space is limited, sign up soon~!!

Best,
Concept Design Academy

"Intro to Form Language" with John Frye~!!!

John Frye, principal designer at Honda R&D will be teaching a "Intro to Form Language" class at CDA this Summer~!!!

http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/19868201-intro-to-form-language-with-john-fryehttp://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/19868201-intro-to-form-language-with-john-frye

This class focuses on the industrial design fundamentals of structure and form design. Topics such as design proportion, shape language, layering of structure, cut lines, & materials for function are discussed in the weekly in class lectures/demos.

This is a great class for anyone interested in improving on their industrial design skills for the film, game, animation or toy industry.

Sign up soon and hope to see you in class next week.

First day of class starts on Thursday, June 8th~!!

 

"Animal Anatomy" with Brynn Metheney - Last 4 spots left~!!!

*** "Animal Anatomy" with Brynn Metheney - Only 4 spots left ~!! ***

Start Date - Sunday, June 11th, 2017
Time - 10:00AM ~ 1:00PM
Duration - 10 weeks
Tuition - $680
Location - 55 Waverly Dr. Ste 104, Pasadena, CA 91105


Enrollment Link:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/19868384-animal-anatomy-with-brynn-metheney

Hi Everyone,

Creature Designer/ Fantasy Illustrator, Brynn Metheney is coming to teach her "Animal Anatomy" class at CDA this Summer~!!!

This is a must take class for character designers, illustrators and storyboard artist who wish to expand on their design vocabulary and improve on their ability to drawing animals comfortably in their story scenes.

First day of class starts on Sunday, June 11th at 10AM.

There are only 4 spots remaining, so sign up soon and join us this Summer~!!
 

For more samples of Brynn's design works, check out her website at:
http://www.brynnart.com/

Thanks for your time~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen 
Concept Design Academy

"Environment Design for Games" with Tu Bui - Last 2 spots left~!!!

*** "Environment Design for Games" with Tu Bui - Only 2 spots left ~!! ***

Start Date - Saturday, June 10th, 2017
Time - 9:30AM ~ 12:30PM
Duration - 10 weeks
Tuition - $780
Location - 55 Waverly Dr. Ste 104, Pasadena, CA 91105


Enrollment Link:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/19868189-environment-design-for-games-with-tu-bui
Hi Everyone,

Tu Bui, environment concept art/ matte artist from "Titanfall 1 & 2" is coming this Summer to teach his "Environment Design for Games" class at CDA~!!

This is a great class for anyone interested in learning how to create sets and environment designs for game production. For more samples of Tu Bui's work, please check out his ArtStation page at:
https://www.artstation.com/artist/2buiart

Space is limited as there are only 2 last spots remaining.

Class starts this Saturday, June 10th at 9:30AM. Sign up soon and join us for a Summer of learning and portfolio building~!!

Thanks for your time :)

Best,
Kevin Chen 
Concept Design Academy

"3 Day Composition Workshop" with Marshall Vandruff - Last Call for Enrollment~!!

Hello Everyone,

Tomorrow (June 2nd), Marshall Vandruff will be teaching his "3 Day Composition Workshop" at CDA~!!

This is the crash course designed to help students reach their picture making potential, to study the composition principles that great masters and nature have to offer.

To enroll, please visit our enrollment store at:

http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/15619437-3-days-composition-workshop-with-marshall-vandruff

Three intense sessions, one complete course. Be prepared to learn and to begin understanding picture making the way the old masters do :)

Best,
Concept Design Academy