The Entertainment Art certificate is for students wanting a career as an artist working for a studio in the Film, TV, Animation and Game industries. The focus is on "World-Building" known as Visual Development in these industries. Entertainment artists design and illustrate characters, environments, vehicles and props that form the visual world of stories we see on screen. The program is intended to introduce students to these occupations and give them the skills and methods necessary for them to achieve entry level jobs, and to enable lifelong learning and up-skilling for incumbent workers in the field to enable them to become entertainment artists.
Students will demonstrate competency in the skills necessary to design and illustrate worlds (environments, characters, vehicles and props) for stories made for screens, and create a portfolio utilizing industry standard techniques for the purpose of gaining employment and/or acceptance to an art college or university for advanced learning.
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Students completing this certificate will be prepared for entry-level employment in Visual Development and Concept Art in occupations that include Visual Development Artist, Character Designer, Environment Designer, Generalist, Prop Designer, Vehicle Designer, Background Artist, Matte Painter or Story Artist.
Students must complete a total of 45 units made up of 18 units of required foundation courses, 15 units of elective courses selected from a list, and 12 units of "core" classes, in that sequence.
Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester (Y1 or S1) |
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FOUNDATION COURSES | |||
ART A110 | Color and Design: Two Dimensional | 3.0 | S1 |
ART A120 | Beginning Drawing | 3.0 | S1 |
ART A125 | Perspective Drawing | 3.0 | S1 |
DMAD A181 | Introduction to Computer Graphics | 3.0 | S1 |
ART A121 | Life Drawing 1 | 3.0 | S2 |
ART A135 | Digital Painting | 3.0 | S2 |
Subtotal | 18.0 | ||
ELECTIVE COURSES | 15 Units Selected From the Following: | ||
ART A111 | Color and Design: Three Dimensional | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A122 | Human Anatomy for Artists | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A124 | Advanced Drawing | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A130 | Painting 1 | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A135 | Story Illustration Techniques | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A220 | Figure Composition | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A249 | Digital Sculpture with ZBrush | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A269 | Cartooning 1 | 3.0 | Y2 |
DMAD A193 | Image Manipulation & Graphics with Photoshop | 3.0 | Y2 |
DMAD A280 | 2D Animation | 3.0 | Y2 |
DMAD A281 | 3D Computer Graphics Animation | 3.0 | Y2 |
Subtotal | 15.0 | ||
CORE COURSES | |||
ART A251 | Character Design | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A252 | Prop and Vehicle Design | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A253 | Environment Design and Illustration | 3.0 | Y2 |
ART A255 | Entertainment Art Project | 3.0 | Y2 |
Subtotal | 12.0 | ||
TOTAL UNITS | 45.0 |
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