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Digital Environment Painting

Build production-ready concept art for game environments. Using 3D and photo reference material, value speed studies, style guides, and digital painting brushes, you’ll create finished environment paintings. Plus, increase your composition, lighting, mood, and storytelling abilities.

Thesis Direction: Lookdev, Lighting and FX

You will work on a focused VFX, including Lookdev, Lighting, FX, Matte Painting, or Compositing project. Individual project progress will be discussed during each class.

Audio Production

Audio production skills are key to success in the media industry. In this course you will learn recording, microphones, signal flow, audio editing and more. Gain experience in recording voice, instruments, and how to combine elements to create balanced mixes. Read More

Visual Development Production

Promote your skills with portfolio-quality work and a personal website. You’ll experience the full production pipeline for animation, documentary, and live action by working on a short film or game that tells a compelling story.

Studio 7: Tectonics and Structure

Architecture is a reflection of contemporary culture and conflict invites innovation. You will question preconceptions to find outdated modes of inhabiting space and discover new program relationships, spatial conditions, and rich tectonic expressions. You must take this course concurrently with ARH 420.

Fine Art Photography

Express yourself artistically with photography. You’ll study contemporary and historical ideas and movements, and create art using photography.

Hard Surface Modeling 2

Concentrate on NURBS modeling. You’ll learn to convert NURBS models into polygon models and explore the differences between polygonal and NURBS modeling. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 412.)

Introduction to Maya

Learn the fundamental concepts of 3D modeling for games. Using modeling tools and methods in a conventional 3D application, you will create a variety of polygonal objects and how to apply basic lighting and materials to your scenes.

3D Character Modeling 2

Create your own high-resolution, 3D game character. Using the full game character pipeline, you will learn game character ideation, digital sculpting, hair and clothing, retopology, UV layouts, and both 2D and 3D surfacing properties.

Product Development: Virtual Design

Create garments using leading 3D design software. Learn CLO3D to develop individual looks and garments in a virtual space with the potential of creating them in real life. You will apply the tools and functions of this fashion industry software to your own work.