"Gehenna" Kickstarter~!!

A fan of horror films? Come check out Hiroshi Katagiri's new film project, "Gehenna"~!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1327284950/gehenna
Hiroshi is a great horror storyteller and a very experienced special effect artist. The practical effects in this film will be done by Spectral Motion, the studio responsible for "Hellboy 1 & 2".

This is really a labor of love and let's help make this movie happen. Thanks for your time~!!

"Costume Design & Illustration" book pre-order at Amazon~!!

Last year, several of CDA instructors was invited to be a part of a Design Studio Press book featuring character designers and costume illustrators currently working in the game and film industry.

The book features many artists including Carlo Arellano, Anthony Francisco, Kevin Chen, Jerad Marantz, Constantine Sekeris, Paul Christopher, Phillip Boutte JR., Keith Christensen, Nevile Page, Scott Robertson, Gloria Shin, Christian Cordella, and Alan Villanueva.

Now, the book is scheduled to be released on July 15th and available for pre-order at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Costume-Design-Illustration-Video-Animation/dp/1933492589/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402084169&sr=8-1&keywords=costume+design+and+illustration

If you like character design, make sure to check it out :)

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