For teens and adults.

MOUNTAIN VIEW:

STARTING 1/11/2020

WEDNESDAY

6:40-9:10pm

825 Independence avenue, Mountain View CA 94043

SAN JOSE:

STARTING 1/11/2020

SATURDAY

4:00-6:00pm

996 Saratoga avenue

Introduction to Digital Art: Ideation and Conceptualization through Digital Media.

At this course students will not only learn to use Photoshop as a digital painting media, but master the process of character and location design, widely used in entertainment industry, and highly desired for art portfolio submissions.

We provide laptops and tablets. Basic knowledge of drawing, color and painting preferred.

DIGITAL PAINTING ART COURSE REGISTRATION

$400.00

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1. Introduction to Photoshop

How to setup a document to get started

Introduction to tools used in creating artwork

Brushes

Size and shape

Opacity

Flow

Texture

Layers

Image Manipulation

Zoom

Keyboard Shortcuts

2. Silhouettes

What is a silhouette?

Why are they used in concept art

How can they be used effectively

What are the right brushes and image size to create the best candidates for your work

3. Refinement through layers

Adding details to characters with new layers

How to use reference images

How to add details with zoom

How to add color with layers

Image manipulation

Exposure

Hue

saturation

4. The face

Facial composition and anatomy

Expressions

Hair

How to put a face together

5. Basic Anatomy

Realistic vs stylized anatomy

Action lines

Symmetry

Refinement through layers

Free transform and scale

6. Gesture drawing

What is Gesture Drawing?

Lines of Action

How can Gesture drawing be incorporated into your work

Using layers to refine gesture drawings

7. Clothing and Assets

What should a character wear

How to draw fabric

Creating your own assets

Weapons

Belts

Shields

Helmets

Using layers to add assets and clothing

8. Color and Lighting

What is the right brush to use for color and light

How to does light behave around an object

Shadows

How light impacts color

The selection tool and what it can do to help

Color manipulation

9. Environments

Thumbmails: Create quick sketches using only values

Creating and using custom brushes

Refinement through layers

Adding textures from photographs

10. Perspective

How to draw in perspective

The illusion of depth

Values in perspective

Color

Hue

Saturation

fog

Storytelling

How to tell a story with your characters and environments

Composition, color and lighting to set the mood

Storyboarding to pick candidates for Splash Art

11. Final Illustration 1

Create splash art with your own character and environment

12. Final Illustration 2

Finish creating splash art