Master fundamentals of digital media arts and explore the preproduction pipeline through hands-on experience.

Highly recommended for those interested in animation, Concept Art, and game design, this portfolio preparation program covers the fundamentals of digital media. From digital illustration and concept development to character design and storyboard telling, students will explore how to create a unique visual language of their own and bring drawings to life

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COLOUR, LIGHT, AND DIGITAL Illustration

Analyze the use of colours and lighting in film narratives and understand how they enhance the effective storytelling process. The class will examine different cinematic styles and help the students to develop their own theme, style and colour script. The basics of Photoshop and digital drawing will be introduced in this module.

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May 14, 2023

Po Lee

May 14, 2023

BFA, Emily Carr University of Art and Design

Hyunkyung is an animation concept artist and illustrator who was born in Korea. She majored in 2D animation from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her favorite task is designing characters by directly observing people. She has extensive experience in animation concept art, character design, and digital illustration work, and is always ready to share her experiences with students.

STORY DEVELOPMENT AND CONCEPT ART

Transform ideas into compelling narratives and story worlds. Students will produce a personal project in the final Capstone Project, using the materials and narrative developed in the previous classes. At the end of the course, each student will present their final project.

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Ocean Wong (He/They)

BFA, Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design

Ocean Wong is a queer non-binary artist from Hong Kong. They graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a major in Illustration. Ocean's work focuses on creating characters and stories that raise awareness of under-represented cultures. Having gone through IB Diploma and and portfolio preparation themselves, Ocean understands the expectations of higher education programs.

CHARACTER DESIGN

Understand the primary concepts of animation and gaming. Students will learn how to analyze materials from existing animations and mobile games and understand the basic rules behind compelling motion graphics. Each student will develop a concept for animation or game design and create their own fantasy world and characters.

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Apr 17, 2024

Tida Kietsungden

Apr 17, 2024

Multi-media Visual Artist

Tida is a multimedia visual artist who is versatile in both traditional and digital media. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chulalongkorn University major visual painting in 2007 with a gold honor award. Her creative art career has taken her around the world, producing art and design work for clients in Japan, Thailand, US, and Italy. Since moving to Canada, Tida carried on her career as a visual and concept artist and illustrator for various North American and UK video game and media production studios. In 2018 she co-founded her own independent sequential art and game studio and successfully launched her own game to international and critical acclaim.