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Fashion, Arts, and Influence

Explore historical and global influences of the arts on fashion, design, and culture. You will examine artistic and commercial mechanisms that contribute to the fashion system as it intersects with ethics, the environment, and economic justice.

Multiplatform Content Creation

Designed to be taken concurrently with COM 210, this course emphasizes the ability to produce two-minute video storytelling content that can be used in multi-platforms.

Quick Studies

Develop your intuitive skills for paint handling by producing painted quick studies. These on-the-fly studies in acrylics or oils will give you color, composition, paint handling, and quick indication-of-subject abilities, capturing the essence of the subject. (This course is cross-listed with FA 322.)

Senior Portfolio for Animation and VFX

Create a reel of your best work to showcase your skills. To professionally market your abilities, you’ll hone client/artist relationships, practice presentation techniques, and develop consistent identity, resume, reel packaging, and stationary systems.

Wildlife Painting 1

Take a walk on the wild side. This course is open to Illustrators, Painters, and Animators. Visit zoos, ranches, farm, or wildlife sanctuaries to observe, sketch, photograph, and develop color studies on animals. Using the medium of your choice, you’ll create strong compositional paintings of animals and the real or… Read More

3D Character Animation 1 for Animators, Riggers

You’ll focus on conceptualizing, storyboarding, and executing a high-quality animation project.

3D Character Animation 1

Learn the unique character animation techniques of different professional studios. You’ll study real-world weight, physics, object interaction, pantomime, character sketching, and motion analysis to animate 3D characters.

Elements of Video Games

Prepare to enter the video game industry. Studying professional practices and techniques, you’ll find differences between large and small companies, genres, and types of games. Plus, create your own game design document that shows what you’ve learned.

Into the Industry

Develop the professional collateral needed to enter the entertainment industry. Create a professional website, resume, demo reel, and a personal pitch. Create and package a project to market to the industry upon graduation. (This course is cross-listed with ACT 710 and MPT 495.)

Your On-Camera Presence

Explore the two sides of camera work. You’ll work both on-camera and behind-the-camera to develop your vocal and visual presentation skills, production know-how, interview techniques, and tips for studio, on location, and green screen work.