This course is designed to teach the artist the basic fundamentals of anatomical drawing, and covers the human skeleton and muscles. Understanding anatomy is the foundation for creating believable drawings or paintings of the human figure. Anatomical drawing can also be applied to the creation of believable characters for animation, game art, or film.  This course is an excellent introduction to basic anatomy.

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Instructor Bio:
This course is taught by local animator & concept artist Stephen Pearce, who has worked in several Vancouver studios, including AKA Cartoon, Bardel/Dreamworks, Mainframe, & Backbone Entertainment. His credits include Classical animation: Mtv's Cartoon Sushi, Stickin Around, & Joseph-King of Dreams. CG animation: ActionMan, Heavygear & Heavy Gear. Digital concept art: Bomberman, Sonic Rivals 2, & Monsterlab. Check out the links below for slideshow samples of Stephen's work.  If you want to learn how to draw like this, he can show you how! 
Traditional Portfolio
Concept Art
Display and Mural Painting
 
Prerequisites: basic traditional drawing skills
Duration: 12 weeks (12 classes)
Schedule: Tuesday evenings, 7:00 pm -10:00pm
Cost:  $695

This 1-month course, which runs annually in July, introduces students to the foundation principles of character animation, taught by our staff of industry professionals. 

Check out this awesome REVIEW by a student in our 2010 course! 

Students are assigned their own personal workstations and complete a series of fun action-analysis exercises such as the bouncing ball, character jumps, and lifting weights, both in 2D and 3D. 

Also typically included are life drawing classes, animation history, stop-motion presentations, and special guest instructors, including our annual visit by Bill Matthews, retired Manager of Artist Development for Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Class sessions are held Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. Students can also enjoy other fun events around Vancouver!   A certificate is awarded upon completion of the course.

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Prerequisites: none, except a love for animation!
Duration: 4 weeks
Schedule: Mon - Fri, 9:00am - 4:00pm

Cost:  $1,995cdn

This continuation of our Intro to Maya course focuses primarily on modeling environments in Maya.

Projects cover topics such as shape deformation, basic polygon modeling and UV mapping, intro to set up layers and organizing a project work flow, lighting and photo-realistic rendering and camera set up, with the opportunity to work on a project.

For a more detailed course outline, click here

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Instructor: Laszlo Szabo

Prerequisites: completion of Maya (Various Levels): Intro to Maya, or a basic working knowledge of Maya
Duration: 12 weeks (12 Classes)
Schedule: Saturdays, 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Cost: $695

In this course, students will be guided through the various stages of creating a four-page comic, including: script writing, character design, thumbnailing, penciling, inking, page structure, panel composition, and storytelling. Students will be using Adobe Photoshop to add lettering and greytones to their artwork, and explore how to develop a plan for pursuing their personal aspirations within the medium of comics.

Students in this course should have strong drawing skills, and you should budget approximately $50 for art supplies. 

Here is a comic drawn by our instructor Steve Rolston about his course: 

About the Instructor: Steve Rolston

Steve Rolston was trained in classical animation at Capilano College and spent some time drawing storyboards at AKA Cartoon and Barking Bullfrog Cartoon Company. He made his first big splash in comic books by illustrating the debut story arc of Queen & Country, which won the Eisner Award for Best New Series and earned Steve several other nominations including Most Promising Newcomer. Other comic credits include One Bad Day, Pounded, Mek, Emiko Superstar, Degrassi: The Next Generation, & The Escapists.  You can learn more about his work at: www.steverolston.com

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Prerequisites: none
Duration: 12 weeks (12 classes)
Schedule: Monday evenings, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Cost: $595