[Kchen]

Hi Everyone,

Paul Christopher has returned to CDA this Fall of another semester of "Vehicle & Mechs" class. This is a great course for anyone who wish to expand on their design vocabulary and themes. Line work and idea exploration is greatly stress through out the term in creating unique solutions to the design problems . Sign up soon as spaces are limited.

For more samples of Paul's work, please visit his site at:
http://paulchristopherart.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your time~!!

(*** Update - Here are some more art works and demos from Paul. Enjoy~!!)






Concept Design Academy

[Kchen]

Joe Weatherly, the author of "The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals" is coming to join us at CDA for a 10 week course on "Animal Anatomy".

This course is designed for the beginning and intermediate artists, who wish to get into the character/creature design field. To be a good character/creature designer, a solid understanding of various anatomy types are crucial tools used everyday on the job.

In this class, you will study various animals for how they have evolved in different movements and functions. This class will cover the major mammal and bird groups by studying their skeleton and muscle structures comparatively.

Sign up soon as the spaces are limited and hope to see you in class

Best,
Kevin Chen

(*** Update - Here are a few more class samples from Joe.)

[Kchen]

Hi Everyone,

Just as a reminder, our “Advanced Entertainment Design” is still open for enrollment and the portfolio review deadline is coming up next week on Sept 15th.

The advance class focuses on the cross training between Character, Creature, Tech and Environment Design. The goal is to create a cohesive visual style that is unique and enhances the storytelling/game play of the project.

If this is a class you are interested in, please reserve ASAP as the spaces are limited.

For more samples of Carlo’s previous class demos, you can visit his older class blogs at:
http://humanandmechssp08.blogspot.com/

Thanks again for your time and hope to see you next term~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen

(*** Update - here are some of Carlo's new art works. Enjoy~ )

[Kchen]

Hi Everyone,

Jerad Marantz is the lead concept artist at Aaron Sims Studio. His recent film projects include “I am Legend”, “Clash of the Titans”, “Green Lantern”, & “Suckerpunch”.

This class focuses on the design & creation process used in a life action film and game production. Topics such as anatomy, thumbnails, posing, digital painting, photo manipulation are covered in the many in class demonstrations.

Don’t miss out on this great class as spaces are filling up soon.

For more of Jerad’s artworks, please visit his site at http://jeradsmarantz.blogspot.com/

To sign up, please e-mail us at contact@conceptdesignacad.com

Thanks for your time and hope to see you in class

Best,

Kevin Chen

PS – here are some more samples of Jerad’s recent works. Enjoy~!!

[Kchen]

Hey Everyone,

Its Fall and its time for landscape painting again. This semester, Jackson Sze will be returning to CDA to teaching the “Landscape Painting” class on Sunday mornings.

The Class is going to be slightly modified from the last time Jackson has taught it. There’s going to be an emphasis on creating convincing colors out of your head off-site as well. This should help students apply color theory to their entertainment work.

Thanks for your time and hope you can join us~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

PS – here are some samples of Jackson’s professional work to help illustrate how the skills learned from landscape painting can be applied to design work. For more samples, please visit Jackson’s site at: http://jacksonsze.blogspot.com/

[Kchen]

Only 3 spots remaining. Sign up soon while it is still available

Kevin

[Kchen]

Last 2 spots remaining for this great introductory class to character design. Sign up soon before the enrollment ends

Best,
Kevin

[Kchen]

Hi Everyone,

This is the last week and a half of enrollment before “Digital Illustration” starts on Friday, Oct. 8.

For more samples of Robert’s work, please visit his site at http://robertmckinnon.blogspot.com/

Bellow are some of Robert’s recent artworks. Enjoy~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen

[Kchen]

Hi Everyone,

Just to avoid any confusions, the post above is not from Concept Design Academy and the workshop mentioned is not a workshop Concept Design Academy have organized.

We have done 2 day workshops at Laguna College of Art + Design in the before, but have skipped this year due to space availabilities. We plan to have another partner event in the near future with LCAD and will keep you updated on this forum and on our school website.

Just want to clarify since the last post was a bit vague and might cause some misunderstandings.

I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen

[koshime]

HI Kev,

Any chance of a online tutorial thingy in the near future?

[Kchen]

Hi Koshime, unfortunately we do not have any online tutorials for next semester, but it is something we have been researching on getting it set up. We will keep everyone updated if there are any good news

[Kchen]

Hi Everyone,

The Spring 2011 class schedule have been officially released and is available for enrollment~!!

Please read through our enrollment instructions and school policy before you reserve your classes:
http://www.conceptdesignacad.com/3215.html

All sign-up are accepted by e-mail only and on a first come first serve basis.

Due to the heavy volume of e-mail, please allow us 2~3 days to process your reservation request.

Thanks again and hope to see you next semester~!!

Best,
Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

[Kchen]

Hi everyone,

Carlo is returning for another term of "Advanced Entertainment Design" at CDA.

Class space is very limited, so sign up soon while the spaces are still available.

Portfolio review is required for enrollment and the first portfolio review deadline on Jan. 14th, 2011.

For more of Carlo's artworks, you can visit his portfolio site at:
http://carloportfolio.blogspot.com/
or his blog site at:
http://chainsawart.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your time
Kevin Chen

[Kchen]

Here are three new in class demos from Carlo Arellano's "Advanced Entertainment Design" class. Enrollment is still open for portfolio application, so sign up soon.

Enjoy~!!

[Kchen]

Carlo has just announce the new project for the class on his blog. The class assignment will be to redesign Avatar~!!

Sign up soon to join in on the fun