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14-18 yrs Character Design

IN-STUDIO

CHARACTED DESIGN (12-18 yrs)

2 hours weekly,

$200

High-quality art materials are included into the in-studio price. Sibling 15% off

This course teaches character design from the ground up: starting with fundamentals like anatomy, gesture, and shape design. Students will learn to create original characters from scratch. Bring your sketchbooks or drawing tablets, instruction will be provided for both digital and traditional media!

CURRICULUM

DAY 1.  Character: Realistic Head Drawing
DAY 2. Character: Stylized Head Drawing
DAY 3.  Character: Realistic Human Anatomy
DAY 4. Character: Stylized Human Anatomy
DAY 5.  Character: Creating a unique character: drafting and outlining.

DAY 6.  Character: Creating a unique character: coloring and finalizing the drawing.
DAY 7. Concept Art: Perspective and Backgrounds.
DAY 8.  Concept Art: Vehicles and moving objects
DAY 9. Concept Art: Weapons and Tools.
DAY 10. Concept Art: Animals and Creatures
DAY 11.  Concept Art: Creating character’s companion and surroundings.
DAYS 12. Final Project - Full-color illustration: drafting and outlining.

DAYS 13. Final Project - Full-color illustration: coloring, working on details.

Day 14: Final Project - Full-color illustration: finalizing.


Materials:

sketchbook (or sketch paper)
- bristol or mixed use paper 
- pencil
- eraser
- ruler
- colored pencils
- markers (brush tip preferred)
- black liner




FALL SCHEDULE

Location
Day & Time
Class Name
Class Teacher
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Room
Mountain View
Monday 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Character Design

Ali Naqvi

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2
San Francisco
Friday 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Story-Driven Character Design

Gary Laib

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1601
San Jose
Tuesday 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Character Design

Andrew Kim

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Materials we provide for in-studio classes,

and recommend for the online lessons:

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Paint:
- set of acrylic paint (at least these colors - black, white. red. blue. yellow, green. brown, orange, purple). Recommended brand - Basics by Liquitex 
- watercolor paint, preferably in dry pans form. Recommended brand - Artist’s Loft by Michaels
Set of soft pastels. Recommended brand - Artist’s Loft by Michaels 

Drawing Medium:
- regular HB pencil
- eraser
- optional: set of graphite pencils of different softness (2H, H, B, 2B, 4B etc)
- colored pencils. Recommended brand - Prismacolor 
- optional: markers. Recommended brand - Copics 
- liners or sharpie pens. 

Tools:
- brushes - flat and round (pointy). Use separate brushes for acrylic and watercolor paint.
- wooden clay sculpting tools
- paper plates for mixing paint
- water bucket or cup
- scissors 
- glue stick

Clay:
- Air-dry clay - white. Recommended brand - Crayola 
- Oven baked clay - white. Recommended brand - Sculpey 
- Modeling clay - multiple colors. Recommended brand - Claytoon 

Surfaces:
- painting boards or mixed media paper, 8’’x10'’ or bigger - good for acrylic paint, coloring pencils, markers and graphite pencils.
- canvases, 8’’x10’’ or bigger - for acrylic paint only
- watercolor paper, 8’’x10’’ or bigger - for watercolor paint
- sketchbook or loose sketch paper (printing paper is ok) - any size
- construction paper (multiple colors), 11’’x14’’ or bigger

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