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Visual Merchandising: Retail Spaces & Customer Engagement

Learn the techniques retail organizations use to sell product. You will learn about the visual tools available, including fixtures, mannequins, signage, lighting, and props.

Figure Drawing

Learn how to draw the human figure with accuracy. Through focused practice, develop an understanding of gesture, proportion, rhythm, balance, structure, and musculature to create confident, dynamic figure drawings.

Sketching for Communication

Communicate your ideas through sketching by applying classical design principles to depict objects and environments accurately in scale and perspective. Develop strong compositional strategies to create clear, compelling visuals.

Analysis of Form

Create lifelike drawings using traditional techniques and classical principles to achieve depth and tactile realism. Explore geometric construction, apply the five-value system to understand light and shadow, and refine skills in perspective, composition, and rendering a variety of textures and materials.

Jewelry and Metal Arts 1

Create fine metal objects and jewelry using copper, brass, bronze, and sterling silver. Gain skills in stone setting, metal forging, die forming, basic chain making, and introductory casting.

Portrait Sculpture

Learn to sculpt portraits in clay as if it were bronze. You’ll understand differences in personal vs commissioned portraits, and a likeness vs. a psychological portrait, and present all as a means of expression.

Storyboarding 1: Basics of Storyboarding

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of professional storyboarding. Topics covered include cinematic and camera terms, storyboarding style per project type (TV commercial, TV animation, Live Action and Feature animation) and pitching.

Introduction to Computer Graphics for Animation

Explore the different disciplines that collectively contribute to computer graphics production. You’ll learn the basic concepts and terminology of computer graphics used in film, visual effects, games, and animation.

Hard Surface Modeling 1

Explore the different types of geometry in Maya (polygon, nurbs, and subdivision), focusing on polygonal and subdivision surfaces. You’ll get the basic and advanced tools needed to enhance the modeling experience in Maya. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 632.)

AI Short Form Writing

You’ll practice the reductive writing process by cutting clutter to create stories, voice, and style with fewer words. You’ll learn how to train and use AI tools like ChatGPT to brainstorm, refine, and edit while keeping your unique style intact. Write with clarity, impact, and confidence with AI as your… Read More