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Creative Perspectives in Sound Design

Studying motion pictures-from their inception through 1978-you will learn how sound design supports the aesthetic and narrative elements of the story. You will study the importance of sound design, the influence of technologies, and key historical figures in the history of soundtracks to improve your own creative works. (This course… Read More

Stop Motion

You’ll animate a stop motion puppet to better understand character expression, pantomime, and the process and principles of classic animation. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 380.)

2D Level Design and Mechanics

2D level design covers genres from platformers to dungeon crawlers. In this class you will learn how to create fun and functional 2D level designs and gameplay mechanics through multiple projects.

Traditional Animation 2

Strengthen your knowledge of animation. Focusing on inbetweening, flipping properly, pencil pressure and consistency of drawing, you’ll learn simple character design, simple storyboards, and to use work sheets.

Midpoint Portfolio

Your portfolio is everything. You’ll take the first step into creating and presenting your own portfolio website and personal branding system. You’ll revisit, redo, update, revise, and add to past work to create a portfolio that reflects the skills you’ve gained. (This course is cross-listed with ADV 341.)

Typography 2: Formalizing Structure

Transform text into visually engaging communications for both print and screen experiences. Building on Typography 1, you’ll focus on building more complicated typographic compositions through an understanding of page and paragraph aesthetics, legibility across various media, typographic expression, and integration of visual imagery.

Fantasy Illustration

Creatively bring your individual style and imagination to life in the fantasy genre. Combining reference and invented elements, you’ll learn to design and depict believable characters, creatures, environments, and apparatus while producing five portfolio-quality images.

Improvisation 2

Take your improvisational skills to the next level. You’ll learn to use improvisation and observation techniques to create spontaneous story lines and authentic characters.

Programming

Study what you want! For your thesis project, you will research the needs of a community in a building site or a specialty area to create a programming booklet and presentation of your findings. You must first pass your midpoint review.

Balancing Creativity and Profitability

Show that you have mastered the skills to steer the creative direction for an organization’s web or mobile presence. You’ll study what makes an organization’s presence succeed or fail. Read More