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VISUAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

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VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

COURSES: 

 

CONCEPT ART FOR ANIMATION AND VIDEOGAMES 

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Now available ONLINE!

LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS WITH TEACHERS FROM PIXAR, RIOT GAMES, BLIZZARD, DISNEY

DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC STUDIES

Director of Academic Studies, teacher - Art director and Production designer - PIXAR Studios

Anthony Christov is an internationally renowned art director and production designer for the award-winning Pixar Animation Studios...

THE BEST IDEA FOR NEXT-GEN ARTISTS!

COURSES

Visual Development Master courses are now available both onsite and online in live streaming

​The online live streaming version is the same integral experience as the on-site version with the same features, including access to IDEA's recruiting services and to recruiting events as well. It will include dedicated platforms and channels to facilitate the delivery of assignments and communication with both your fellow students and your teachers.

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Would you like to study under the guidance of one of PIXAR’s art directors in order to become a fully-trained artist? Our visual development courses provide international standard studies in color, character and environment design for animation and videogames at an extremely competitive price.

 

Among the great professionals that teach in IDEA, there will also be Mike Azevedo (Concept Artist Blizzard, Riot Games Tencen, and more), Gabriel Garza (Lead Concept artist at  Microsoft studio, 343 industries) and Nacho Molina (Visual Development Artist and Illustrator for Locksmith Animation, Blizzard, Games Workshop, and Keyframe Illustrator for Sony Pictures Animation).

 

Courses are taught in English

LAY OUT THE FOUNDATIONS TO ACCESS THE VISUAL DEVELOPMENT MASTER COURSE WITH OUR

FUNDAMENTALS OF VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

Observation, composition, dynamics and movement, proportions, lights and shadows, anatomy, construction and volume, color, rendering, character design, environment design, illustration
 

COURSE CONTENT

 © Cristiano Spadoni

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VISUAL DEVELOPMENT MASTER LEVEL 1

Values and colors to create shapes, shots, lights, composition, mood, matte painting

PERSPECTIVE

DIGITAL PAINTING

CHARACTER DESIGN

Use of thumbnails, forms search and recognition, advanced study of props, teamwork

VISUAL ARTS

Fundamentals, aims of design and teamwork, design for modeling, model packet

Horizon lines and vanishing points, positioning of complex objects in space

3D

Acquiring 3D skills, shader packets, lighting keys, characters expressions

 Â© Isabella Mazzanti

YEAR

1

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VISUAL DEVELOPMENT MASTER LEVEL 2

ADVANCED ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN

ADVANCED ILLUSTRATION

How to tell stories through your artworks, digital sculpting and its integration with 2D art

ADVANCED PRODUCTION DESIGN

Pipeline and portfolio creation for the career path of your choosing

How to tell stories to different target audiences, illustration and polishing techniques

ADVANCED COLOR AND LIGHT

Rendering and photo bashing techniques for production

YEAR

2

 © Mike Azevedo

PORTFOLIO

Creation of a professional portfolio

TEACHERS:

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