Animation Design
About
The animation course allows students to bring life and movement to their drawings. Through this class, students will explore expression through visual gesture basic animation principles. While also exploring the different types of facial expressions and character traits. This class is meant to enhance student skills and their career goals with the guidance of professional assistance.
Our Animation Students Got Into…
With Icon’s Animation program, our students show an amazing result in college acceptance. They are accepted by the following programs: ArtCenter College of Design, School of Visual Art, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Los Angeles, Maryland Institution College of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Savannah College of Art and Design, New York University, Otis College of Art and Design and other many schools! We feel very proud to have contributed to this success of our students.
Possible Careers for Animation Major:
Animator | Illustrator | Comic Book Illustrator | Game Artist | Graphic Designer | 3D Modeler | Concept Artist | Art Director | VFX Artist | Video Game Designer | Multimedia Specialist | Production Designer…
Learning Objectives
By the end of the program, you should be able to:
Basic animation theories including
Draw stretch/squash, walking cycle, and exaggeration
Evolve figure drawing & expressive gesture drawing
Design frame animation & character sheet
Curriculums
Level 1: Introduction to Digital Painting
Level 2: Animation Portfolio
*Prerequisite: Introduction to Digital Painting
Why are prerequisites important?
Prerequisites are a way of making sure that students, like you, enter into a course or subject with some prior knowledge. This, not only helps the instructor to teach at a certain level, but it also helps students to feel more comfortable and confident with the subject matter.
Class Recommendation
Figure Drawing Practice & Live Figure Drawing
In figure drawing, you can learn how to capture action from the movement of the body to the balance between proportions to tensions. And this is the basic knowledge for every artist. Figure drawing also is an essential subject in every art college portfolio and can be used for various industries such as fashion, animation, gaming, etc.
Date: Every Sunday (Live Figure Drawing is only available for last Sunday of every month)
Time: 10am-1pm
Materials: Newsprint, Charcoal, Pencils & Erasers
Instructors
Yoonsu Lee
California Institute of the Arts | MFA2 in Experimental Animation
Ashley Kim
ArtCenter School of Design | BS in Entertainment Design, Animation Track