Storytelling for Comics and Film with Kazu Kibuishi

Kazu Kibuishi is teaching another storytelling workshop over at Gallery Nucleus.

It is a 7 week workshop meeting every Tuesday, 7 ~ 10PM. The first day of class will start Sept 15 and last day will end on Nov. 3. Class tuition is $500.

Nucleus is offering $100 tuition discount for students who have also signed up for CDA classes this Fall term.

If you are interested, please contact Ben Zhu at Nucleus soon as the class is about to start.
info@gallerynucleus.com

Best,
Kevin

Fall 2009 Enrollment Status (updated 10/17/09)

Here is a quick updated on the current class availabilities:

Available:
None

Full:
Environment Design with James Paick - Full
Environment Design with Cecil Kim & Jackson Sze - Full
Sketching for Environment with Ed li - Full
Intro to Character Design with David Colman - Full
Analytical Figure Drawing with Kevin Chen - Full
Analytical Figure Drawing (second class) with Kevin Chen - Full
Cinematic Storyboard with Jay Oliva - Full
Intro to Vehicle & Mechs with Jojo Aguilar - Full
Creature Design with Jerad Marantz - Locked
Entertainment Project with Carlo Arellano & James Paick - Full
Intro to Production Design with James Hegedus - Locked
Digital Illustration with Robert Mckinnon - Locked

Fall Special Workshop at LCAD with C. Arellano, N. Fowkes, E. Canete, & J. Paick - Full
Digital Fantasy Illustration with Kekai Kotaki - Full
SketchUp for Visual Development with Robh Ruppel - Full
Digital Fantasy Illustration (2nd class) with Kekai Kotaki (Dec. 5th 2~7PM) - 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. ***)

Fall 2009 Enrollment Starts Now~!!

Hi Everyone,

The Fall 2009 brochure is officially released today and is ready for enrollment~!!

Please read through our enrollment instructions and school policy before you reserve your classes:
http://www.conceptdesignacad.com/1340.html

All sign-up are accepted by e-mail only and on a first come first serve basis.

Due to the heavy volume of e-mail, please allow us 3~4 days to process your reservation request.

Thanks again and hope to see you next semester~!!

Kevin Chen

Fall Special Workshop at LCAD~!!

Hi Everyone,

It is Fall again and we are visiting Laguna College of Art + Design for our annual group workshop (2 days, 4 instructors).

Date - Sept 26th & 27th
Time - 10 AM ~ 5PM
Price - $240 (lunch included)

If you haven't attended our Fall Special Workshop before, it is a tasting menu of the best classes that CDA has to offer.

Learn how to create believable designs that the viewers can relate to. Learn how various artists of different discipline approach their designs to keep their ideas fresh.

Sign up soon as the spaces are very limited.

Enrollment will start on Sept. 1st along with the rest of the Fall term classes.

Thanks for your time and hope to see you there~!!

Kevin

(***Update - Here are the photos from the workshop. Enjoy~!!)

Carlo Arellano - Vehicle & Mechs

Nathan Fowkes - Composition for Visual Development

Eric Canete - Dynamic Cover Illustration

James Paick - Digital Painting for Environment

Fall 2009 term schedule update

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your interest in our upcoming Fall 2009 term.

Our schedule will be released on our website on Sept. 1st and the enrollment will start on the same date.

*** If you wish to receive the schedule earlier, you can e-mail us at contact@conceptdesignacad.com to be added into our e-mailing list.***

The Fall term will run from Oct. 3 ~ Dec. 19, 2009.

Hope to see you next term~!!

Kevin

PS- Above image is a sneak peek at the things to come... ^^

Color Design for Entertainment Workshop with Nathan Fowkes

Hi everyone,

Thanks for coming to last Saturday's Color Design workshop. It was great to see everyone and many thanks to Nathan for sharing his art.

Check back to this post later as I will be posting some photos from the event shortly.

Best,
Kevin

Concept Job Openings

Blizzard - Cinematic Matte Painter
http://cghub.com/jobs/employer/blizzard-entertainment

Bungie - Concept Artist
http://www.bungie.net/inside/jobs.aspx

Ubisoft Paris Studio - Art Director
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163738

Interplay - Concept Artist
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=160918

Cafe FX - Senior Matte Painter
http://www.creativeheads.net/JobDetails.aspx?JobID=7956

Game Loft - Concept Artist/Character Designer
http://cghub.com/jobs/employer/gameloft

Hope this will help :)