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Intro to Visual development
Enfoque de un Diploma en Diseño: Muestra sobre diferentes especialidades del diseño.
STUDY LEVEL
Short Course
TUITION
USD $420
DURATION
10 weeks
INTAKES
JAN / APR / JUL / SEP
DELIVERY MODE
Online
about the course
What will you learn?
This Intro to Visual Development course will be taught by senior visual development artist, concept designer, and art director Boris Andreev. You will strengthen your design fundamentals and learn the essential skills and techniques for effective visual communication so you can launch and successfully advance your career as a visual development artist!
Through a series of lectures, assignments and case studies, you will become proficient in effectively using and manipulating primary shapes so you can design visual elements with unique identities and personalities that adhere to the design requirements.
By the end of this course, you will have learned all the skills, tools, and techniques required to generate lively, vivid, and eye-catching designs. This course will greatly improve your design thinking process which will enable you to work confidently and efficiently across all the steps of the visual design process – from ideation to finish.
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course structure
weekly breakdown
- Week 1: Gain a thorough understanding of the visual development process and learn some basics of stylization so you can generate visually appealing artwork that is a good fit for the production.
- Weeks 2 & 3: Gain proficiency in basic shape language by redrawing famous fictional characters through exploration and stylization/exaggeration of their forms, gestures, and body language. This will allow you to effectively communicate the identity and personality of your characters in a style appropriate to the production.
- Week 4: Gain the skills required to sketch a variety of props for your character and project. Through shape exploration studies and generating a series of stylized sketches you will have the bases for creating effective props that fit with the universe and art direction while driving the story forward.
- Weeks 5 & 6: Learn to create environments and set designs that possess distinct personality, emphasize the full potential of the characters, support the storyline and enhance the overall viewer experience.
- Weeks 7 & 8: Learn to effectively add colour and properly control lighting and level of detail in your designs so you can generate artwork that creates the desired atmosphere and emotional impact while directing the viewer’s attention to the storytelling elements of your piece.
- Weeks 9 & 10: Gain valuable feedback from the instructor on all the designs generated over the previous weeks as you polish them and take them to a finished level. Acquire valuable tips on how to finalize a top visual development portfolio and present it in a professional manner so you can stand out from the crowd.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
What do you need to apply?
- Some intermediate drawing and basic digital painting skills (use of proper perspective, proportions, shading and colour).
- Proficiency in all basic Photoshop tools.
- Ideally completed our Intro to Digital Painting, Fundamentals of Perspective, and Analytical Sketching classes or have equivalent practice/experience.
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