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Spatial Composition

Study organizational principles in the patterns and structure of architectural spaces. You will gain an understanding of the relationship of organizational, structural, and spatial systems in architecture through a series of focused projects.

Anthropology: Experiencing Culture

Develop your intercultural communication skills as a visual artist. You’ll use anthropological methods to analyze cultural patterns within and across social groups, applying these principles to art, design, and marketing in contemporary society.

Introduction to Maya

Welcome to 3D Modeling and Animation. We are going to look at the production pipeline that is common to most animation studios. To start a project, a character designer draws the concept, and the director must approve it before work continues. The drawings will then be handed off to the… Read More

Alternative Processes

Expand your individual artistry in the photographic medium. You will use various historical and contemporary photographic techniques and printing processes, including alternative capture, image transfer, encaustic application, Cyanotype, and Van Dyke Brown. (This course is cross-listed with PH 312.)

Video Gaming: Game Design

This class is all about giving students a big picture of the game development industry with its many roles and skillsets. The course starts with brainstorming a game, keeping one’s mind open to creativity, exploration, and innovation. This brainstorm will be refined into an art style, established game mechanics and… Read More

Fashion Graphics: Visual Research and Design

Explore the history and evolution of graphics in the fashion industry, including their connection to brand identity, art, and culture. Using primarily traditional hands-on techniques, you will engage with a variety of themes and design principles to develop creative ideas and personal style through your work.

Study Abroad

Travel to an inspirational location to practice your craft. You’ll create art that reflects your personal insights about the place. (This course is cross-listed with FA 903.)

VIS for Character Design and Video Games

Students will explore the process of development for animated and live action films by taking an idea from concept to completion. There will be a focus on composition, figure drawing, character design, perspective, storytelling, color and value, and thumbnail sketches. Students will produce a final cinematic painting.

Architecture in Action

Architecture is designing experiences for people using form, light, textures, and proportions that reference the human scale. Develop your design intent using scaled representations of spaces. Then fabricate full-scale creations working collaboratively. Through field trips, experience San Francisco through the eyes of an architect and discover how architectural spaces shape… Read More

Lighting Intensive

Spend a week on-campus learning studio lighting in this hands-on, immersive experience! You will work in the lighting studios, using a variety of professional lighting equipment, and will learn to apply these skills with ongoing guidance in your home studio as you continue with the online portion of the course. Read More