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Wildlife Painting 1

Take a walk on the wild side. This course is open to Illustrators, Painters, and Animators. Visit zoos, ranches, farm, or wildlife sanctuaries to observe, sketch, photograph, and develop color studies on animals. Using the medium of your choice, you’ll create strong compositional paintings of animals and the real or… Read More

Industrial Design Processes

Learn the fundamentals of design thinking. You’ll discover the art, science, and business aspects of design. You’ll learn through various design process techniques how to solve problems creatively.

Creative Sound Design for Visual Media

Sound design is a powerful storytelling tool. Increase your abilities in audio editing, psychoacoustics, plug-ins and mixing to develop soundtracks based on script and character analysis. You’ll also collaborate intelligently with directors, editors, and composers.(This course is cross-listed with MUS 643.)

Heads and Hands

Attention Illustration, Visual Development, Animation, and Fine Art students: take this class. You’ll focus on the form and structure of the head and hands to create dynamic drawings that include expressions and emotions.

Photo Design and Concept

You’ll combine contemporary composition and design skills with the personality and style of your work to produce creative concepts.

Urban Landscape

Cityscapes are dynamic, complicated places. Learning to paint cars and buses, buildings, and people as objects or shapes will help you develop the principles of dramatic light and shadow, atmospheric perspective, focal point, and perspective. (This course is cross-listed with FA 607.)

AI for Everyone: Prompt Engineering Basics

Enter the world of generative AI and discover how it can transform design across various fields, including graphic design, advertising, fashion, photography, and architecture. Utilize tools like ChatGPT, MidJourney, Adobe Firefly, DALL-E, and Meta AI to enhance creativity, streamline processes, and innovate within your creative workflow. Engage in hands-on projects… Read More

History and Techniques of Character Animation

Understand the artistic and technological history of animation. You’ll examine different regional styles, animation as a reflection of society, early attempts to break the 3D curse, and how the earlier works are referenced in today’s animation.

Color Science & Fabric Fundamentals

Color and fabric are concepts that drive creativity, novelty, and innovation. You will explore how fashion professionals apply color and design principles at all levels of the industry. You will study how textile fibers and other fabric characteristics affect garment performance.

Introduction to Game Development

Learn the fundamentals of game development focusing on the various disciplines and roles involved in professional video game production. You will be exposed to industry-standard tools, workflows, and best practices that drive successful studios.