New Instructor - "Landscape Painting" with Peter Chan~!!!

Hi Everyone,

We are very happy to announce Peter Chan will be coming in and teach the Landscape Painting course at CDA this Summer~!!

http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/4714627-landscape-painting-with-peter-chan

In case you are not familiar with Peter’s work. He is a very talented visual development artist with former clients including Dreamworks and Sony Pictures Imageworks. Some of his past film projects include “Hotel Transylvania” & “How to Train Your Dragon 2”.

Bellow are some links to Peter’s design and landscape painting works for your reference. Check it out :)

Peter’s design/illustration works:
http://pixelp.tumblr.com/

Peter’s landscape painting works:
https://www.pinterest.com/pixelpchan/pleinair/


With Peter’s vis dev background, it makes his class a great option for any students interested in learning color and lighting for the use of visual development or narrative design work.

Space is limited so sign up soon~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

Free Marshall Vandruff Workshop on May 30th at AI Inland Empire~!!!

Hi Everyone,

I got good news~!!

Marshall Vandruff will be offering a free workshop at AI Inland Empire on Saturday, May 30th at 1PM:
https://www.facebook.com/events/482636928550124/

Marshall designed this workshop as a compliment event to the "3 Day Composition Workshop" coming up on June 5-7 at Concept Design Academy:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/1455724-3-day-composition-workshop-with-marshall-vandruff

This is a great way to get a taste of Marshall's teaching in case you have not taken his classes or workshop in the past.

To attend the free event at AI Inland Empire, make sure to RSVP as seating is limited~!!

Thanks for your time :)

Best,
Concept Design Academy

"Visual Development for Animation" with Evgeni Tomov~!!

Hi Everyone,

Evgeni Tomov, the production designer from "Triplets of Belleville", "The Illusionist", & "The Tale of Despereaux" is teaching the "Visual Development for Animation" class at CDA this Summer~!!

Evgeni have worked as an Art Director and Production designer on various US and European animation productions. His recent projects includes several unannounced projects upcoming from Laika & Dreamworks Animation.

We still have a several spaces available after the first weekend's portfolio review (This is an advanced course that requires portfolio review for entry).

Our next portfolio submission deadline is on Sat. May 16th, at 6PM PDT.

So sign up soon and don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from Evgeni on his design process behind the icon films he worked on.

To sign up, please visit our online enrollment store at:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/12998567-vis-dev-for-animation-with-evgeni-tomov

For portfolio submission instructions, please visit our website at:
https://conceptdesignacad.squarespace.com/portolio-submission-guidelines/

Thanks for your time and hope to see you in class~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

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