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Character Design 1: Bringing Characters to Life

Explore quick drawing, line-of-action, volume, and caricature skills will help as you design original characters, make model sheets and turnarounds.

Visual Development 2

You’ll use your vivid imagination and strong drawing and painting skills to help you create characters and environments that set the mood of a story.

Paperback Book Covers

You will use different media and techniques to create original cover art from photo references for genres encompassing science-fiction fantasy: fairy tales, cyberpunk, space; fiction: teen and young adult, historical fiction, gothic horror; romance: enemies to lovers, romantic suspense, forbidden love; mystery and suspense, and children’s book. (This course is… Read More

Comprehensive Design Studio

Interior architectural designers are creative problem solvers. In this six-unit class, you’ll identify specific design problems, research case studies for innovative design solutions, apply design knowledge and skills to formulate and document a solution for a complex commercial project, and develop a complete presentation across a range of media.

Clothed Figure Drawing 1

Draw the clothed figure in various situations. You’ll study physical flexibility in observational drawing, the essential relationships of the body, how to achieve three-dimensional form, proportion, foreshortening, and how to construct folds.

Fundamentals of Design Documentation

Produce your interior architectural construction documents including floor, lighting, electrical, furniture, and finish plans. You’ll apply lettering, line weight, dimensions, and graphic symbols to interior sections, elevations, details, and schedules.

Building Systems and Codes

Gain technical experience with building codes and systems by working on a commercial building renovation. You’ll learn to coordinate holistically with a design team on structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, acoustical systems, detailing, fire ratings, zoning, and more.

Studio 3

Create a functional and imaginative workplace where your commercial client will thrive! In your final major studio, you’ll develop plans and drawings, select furniture and materials, and produce construction documents for a dynamic presentation based on your conceptual design.

Color Rendering Techniques

Create authentic versions of your designs using professional rendering techniques. Working in a variety of graphic communication mediums, you’ll increase your ability to depict effects of color, light, material, and texture in the built environment.

Survey of Sustainable Design

Solidify your personal philosophy on sustainability. You’ll examine facts and establish opinions to create a design project that applies 21st-century ideals to sustainable design and environmental issues. (This course is cross-listed with IAD 625 and GLA 630.)