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User Experience Design

Design intuitive product experiences by understanding a target audience and the devices they interact with. You’ll explore the user experience design process while utilizing industry standard tools and artificial intelligence.

150 Years of American Illustration

Who were the significant American illustrators of the mid-19th to 21st century? Considering the printing and advertising capabilities of the time, you’ll analyze illustration’s techniques, styles, and its influences on social and cultural patterns.

Character Design

Through the exciting process of character design students will learn how to quickly combine a variety of simple shapes to lay the groundwork for creating detailed character designs. Students will explore the own characters and animals in various action poses and create Expression Sheets developing individual personalities. Students will learn… Read More

3D Character Animation 3

Apply acting and performance methods to character animation. You’ll take an in-depth look at character acting, action, game animation, lip-sync, facial expressions, subtext, and reference. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 620.)

Film Language Studio

Gain visual storytelling skills by shooting and directing short scenes. You’ll use the camera as an optical tool to learn bracketing, depth of field, shot size, framing, composition, and more.

Organic Modeling 2

Model organic characters like professional visual effect studio modelers. This course further develops comprehensive instruction in Zbrush software for high resolution organic modeling. Course concepts include model retopology, character concept design, polypainting and texturing, transform and decimation tools, and rendering model turntables. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 413.)

Programming for Games 1

Become proficient in C++. To learn the game industry’s most-used language, you’ll write text-based games using variables, branching, looping, console input/output, pointers, heap allocation, and more.

Producing for Animation and Visual Effects 1

Find out what it takes to produce a feature animation or video game. By producing several commercial projects, you’ll receive hands-on training in the start-to-finish creation and delivery of entertainment products.

The Power of Story

Storytellers are powerful people. They wield character development, dialogue, conflict, and structure to tell stories that change the world. You’ll develop these storytelling skills by creating an outline and beginning to write a short film. (This course is cross-listed with LA 166.)

Development: Finding Material and Influencing Writers

Learn how to find, option, and develop material for feature films and television. Practice composing effective script notes to help writers, and learn to evaluate the appropriate marketplace for your developed content. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 688 and 288.)