Last Call for Summer Enrollment ~!!

Last call for enrollment for the Summer term~!!

We added one more "Environment Design" class with James Paick on Thursday night, starting on June 12th along with many great classes

- Environment Design with James Paick (Thursday) 
- Environment Design with Bruno Werneck
- Intro to Story Development with Louie del Carmen 
- Costume & Creature Design with Jerad Marantz 
- Intro to Animation with James Lopez
etc. etc....

Make sure to check them out and sign up soon before the semester starts this weekend.

To sign up, visit our enrollment website at:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/

Thanks for your time~!!

"Intro to Entertainment Design" with Peter Han project announced~!!

This is the last week to sign up for "Intro to Entertainment Design" with Peter Han~!!

Peter have just revealed his project topic as students will be designing both characters and vehicles for an apocalyptic world setting. Students will be designing using drawing, digital painting and kit bashing techniques to achieve the final results.

First day of class is coming up on June 1st. Sign up soon and see you in class~!!

http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233350-all-products/products/4714873-intro-to-entertainment-design-with-peter-han

CDA Summer 2014 Brochure Released Today~!!

Hi Everyone,

Our Summer 2014 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/2014/04/summer-2014-enrollment-status-updated.html

We have an exciting line up of great classes and workshops coming up. Space is limited so sign up soon and hope we will see you this Summer :)

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

CDA Summer 2014 Schedule Preview~!!

Hi Everyone,

CDA Summer 2014 public enrollment is starting up on Thursday, May 1st~!

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

Returning instructors:
- Jay Oliva   (Cinematic Storyboard)
- Brian Yam   (Intro to Environment Design) 
- Darren Quach   (Intro to Form Language)
- Mike Yamada & Victoria Ying   (Vis Dev for Animation)

New instructors:
- Helen Chen   (Figure Invention for Animation)
- James Lopez   (Intro to Animation)
- Dice Tsutsumi   (Colorscript 101 workshop)
- Karla Ortiz   (Digital Fantasy Illustration workshop)
- Ben Mauro   (ZBrush for Concept Design workshop)

If you are interested in joining in on early enrollment opportunity, make sure to join our e-mail list to receive more information:
http://conceptdesignacad.com/contact/
 
Thanks again for your interest and looking forward to see you this Summer~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

3 Day Sculpting Workshop with Hiroshi Katagiri at Spectral Motion~!!

Our good friend and master sculptor, Hiroshi Katagiri will be teaching a 3 Day Sculpting seminar at Spectral Motion Studio - one of the leading special effects/VFX houses whose credit includes such Hollywood blockbusters as “Pacific Rim” and “Hellboy”!

The participants for this seminar will also get to have a tour inside Spectral Motion studio!
The event will be on May 17th, 18th, & 24th. Make sure to check it out~!!

http://chokokuseminar.com/indexe.html

Summer 2014 Enrollment Status (updated 7/19/14 1:00AM)

(*** Click on class title for art & class descriptions ***) 

Available:
- None


Full: 
Analytical Figure Drawing (Fri) with Kevin Chen - Full
Analytical Figure Drawing (Sun) with Kevin Chen - Full
Animal Anatomy with Jonathan Kuo - Full
Character Design 2 with Carlo Arellano - Full
Cinematic Storyboard with Jay Oliva - Full
Composition & Cinematography with Bill Perkins - Full
Costume & Creature Design with Jerad Marantz - Full
Environment Design (Mon) with James Paick - Full
Environment Design (Thurs) with James Paick - Full 
Environment Design (Sun) with Bruno Werneck - Locked
Figure Invention for Animation with Helen Chen - Full
Head & Figure Drawing with Kevin Chen - Full
Intro to Animation with James Lopez - Full
Intro to Character Design with Jose Lopez - Full
Intro to Digital Painting with Jason Scheier - Full
Intro to Entertainment Design with Peter Han - Locked
Intro to Figure Painting with Gary Cornell - Locked
Intro to Form Language with John Park - Full
Intro to Environment Design with Brian Yam - Full
Intro to Perspective with Polina Hristova - Full
Intro to Story Development with Louie Del Carmen  - Full
Intro to Vehicle Design with John Frye - Full
Landscape Painting with James Martin - Full 
Modo for Concept Design with Vaughan Ling - Locked 
 Sketching for Environment with Ed Li - 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 / Jerad Marantz - Full

Color Key Design for Production with Bill Perkins - Full
Story Dev for Animation with Tron Mai  - Full
Vis. Dev. for Animation with Mike Yamada & Victoria Ying - Full
 

Colorscript 101 with Dice Tsutsumi - Full
Digital Fantasy Illustration with Karla Ortiz - Full
ZBrush for Concept Design with Ben Mauro - Locked

(*** 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. ***)

"Intro to Vehicle Design" with John Frye - Last Call for Sign up~!!

Hi Everyone,

This is the last week to sign up for "Intro to Vehicle Design" with John Frye before the class starts on Feb. 3rd next week.

This is a great class for anyone who is interested to learn how to design vehicles for games, films or
toy design.

To sign up, please visit our online store at:

http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/collections/233432-intermediate-design-courses/products/4715455-intro-to-vehicle-design-with-john-frye

Hope to see you in class~!!