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Creating Physical Characters

Build characters from the outside in. You’ll explore how physical behaviors can be used to create characters and focus on rhythm, appetite, status, psychological gesture, and object manipulation. Work with masks, mime, neutral mask, clown, commedia dell’arte, and contemporary archetypes to enhance your work. (This course is cross-listed with ACT… Read More

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.

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.

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.