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8 Sessions / 15 hours of work per session
Price
Premium membership $20/month (Preview session 1 free)
Credit Eligible ($900 USD)
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Skill Level
Intermediate
Video Transcripts
English, Spanish; Castilian, Chinese, Portuguese
Topics
Storytelling, Animation, Character Design, Live Action, Video Games

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Visual Storytelling for Film and Video Games

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Go at your own pace
8 Sessions / 15 hours of work per session
Price
Premium membership $20/month (Preview session 1 free)
Credit Eligible ($900 USD)
Included w/ premium membership ($20/month)
Skill Level
Intermediate
Video Transcripts
English, Spanish; Castilian, Chinese, Portuguese
Topics
Storytelling, Animation, Character Design, Live Action, Video Games

Not available for purchase in India

Course Description

This course will take the student through the basics of visual development: from visual storytelling to character design; from creatures to environment design. Beginning with simple visual elements, the student will learn how to create images that tell a story visually, as well as support a production in animation, live action, and video games.

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This course is in adaptive mode and is open for enrollment. Learn more about adaptive courses here.

Session 1: Visual Components (April 3, 2024)
In this session we will analyze the visual components within character design.
6 lessons
1. Course Introduction
2. Shapes
3. Costumes
4. The Silhouette
5. Quick Tips: Costumes
6. Assignment (Premium Exclusive)
Session 2: Pushing The Design Of The Character (April 10, 2024)
This session will cover creating preliminary character sketches expanding from the previous session.
3 lessons
1. Rough Drawings (Premium Exclusive)
2. Demo (Premium Exclusive)
3. Assignment Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
Session 3: Character Design (April 17, 2024)
In this session, we'll learn how to design a character through different visual perspectives. Shaping facial expressions and anatomy references will also be covered.
4 lessons
1. Model Sheet or Action Shot (Premium Exclusive)
2. Quick Tips, Facial Expressions (Premium Exclusive)
3. Assignment Intro (Premium Exclusive)
4. Head Study Demo (Premium Exclusive)
Session 4: Anatomy, Story And Creature Design, Part One (April 24, 2024)
This session will cover developing a creature design.
2 lessons
1. Silhouettes (Premium Exclusive)
2. Assignment Intro Demo (Premium Exclusive)
Session 5: Creature Design, Part Two (May 1, 2024)
This session will go over transforming silhouettes into rough sketches and how gestures can influence the personality of your characters.
3 lessons
1. Rough Drawings (Premium Exclusive)
2. Rough Drawings: Assignment Intro (Premium Exclusive)
3. Quicktips: Animal Studies (Premium Exclusive)
Session 6: Creating an Environment (May 8, 2024)
In this session we'll learn how to create a believable environment in which to stage a character.
4 lessons
1. Thumbnail Drawings (Premium Exclusive)
2. Creating your Thumbnails (Premium Exclusive)
3. Landscape Studies, Quick Tips (Premium Exclusive)
4. Assignment Intro (Premium Exclusive)
Session 7: Moving The Eye Of The Viewer (May 15, 2024)
This session will cover building compositions and rendering characteristic details like light and color within an environmental design.
6 lessons
1. Rendered Image (Premium Exclusive)
2. Silhouette, Light & Color (Premium Exclusive)
3. Shapes (Premium Exclusive)
4. Assignment Intro (Premium Exclusive)
5. Contrast (Premium Exclusive)
6. Quicktips: Perspective (Premium Exclusive)
Session 8: Prop Design (May 22, 2024)
In this session you will learn how to create a prop in relation to the design of your character.
7 lessons
1. Prop Design: Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
2. Prop Design: Outro (Premium Exclusive)
3. Assignment Intro (Premium Exclusive)
4. Quicktips: Head Studies (Premium Exclusive)
5. Creating a Story Moment Part 1 (Premium Exclusive)
6. Quicktips: Memory Drawing (Premium Exclusive)
7. Creating a Story Moment Part 2 (Premium Exclusive)
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Learning Outcomes

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What You Need to Take This Course
  • Materials:
    • Digital: Stylus and Tablet
    • Traditional: Sketchbook and Drawing Tools
  • Equipment: Computer with Installation Privileges
  • Software: Adobe Photoshop
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