
Concept Design Academy
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Founded in 2007, we are a private design school located in Pasadena, California focused on the art of animation, film and game development.
Concept Design Academy
1M ago
Hi Everyone,
We have great news to announce~!!
This Sunday on Nov. 5th (7pm~10pm PST), we are restarting our weekly "Sunday Uninstructed Figure Drawing Workshop" at CDA~!!!
The workshop tuition will be $15 cash per person with payment collected at the beginning of the workshop. There will be live nude models for attendees to draw from along with hot coffee provided. Model poses will range from 5 minutes to 15 minutes in length during the 3 hour event.
This is an in person weekly workshop event and will take place in our Pas ..read more
Concept Design Academy
3M ago
Public enrollment starts on Monday, Sept. 11th at 12AM PDT (Midnight).
To sign up, come visit our enrollment store at:
https://conceptdesignacadstore.com/
Enjoy your visit and hope to see you this Fall ..read more
Concept Design Academy
7M ago
Public Enrollment Start on Sunday, May 14th.
First day of the Summer semester is on Monday, June 12th ..read more
Concept Design Academy
1y ago
Available:
- None -
Full:
- None -
(*** For all Full classes or workshops, there is a waiting list available. Sign up if you wish to be notified when there are any last minute openings from cancellations. Thanks ..read more
Concept Design Academy
2y ago
Available:
- TBA -
Full:
- None -
(*** For all Full classes or workshops, there is a waiting list available. Sign up if you wish to be notified when there are any last minute openings from cancellations. Thanks ..read more
Concept Design Academy
2y ago
https://conceptdesignacadstore.com/collections/workshops/products/2-days-storyboard-master-class-with-jane-wu
Jane Wu, the story artist behind many memorable films & animated shows such as “Shang Chi”, “Mulan”, “Game of Thrones”, ‘Into the Spiderverse”, “Thor: Ragnarok”, “Avengers 1 & 2”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Thor 2”, & “Captain America”, will be coming to CDA to teach a 2 days master class on the craft of storyboarding and creating action sequences for film and animation productions.
In this event, Jane will focus on teaching the storyboard idea exploration proce ..read more
Concept Design Academy
2y ago
Available:
Analytical Figure Drawing (MON) with Kevin Chen - 5 spots left
Architecture for World Building with Gabriel Yeganyan
Characters Design for Games with Alex Chen
Color & Lighting (SUN) with Shae Shatz
Color & Lighting (TUE & THUR) with Mike Hernandez
Hard Surface Characters & Mechs with Tony Leonard Head & Figure Drawing with Kevin Chen  ..read more
Concept Design Academy
2y ago
"Vis Dev for Animation" with Elad Tibi - 1st Portfolio review starts this Saturday~!!!
Class enrollment page:
https://conceptdesignacadstore.com/collections/advanced/products/vis-dev-for-animation-with
Portfolio review submission guideline page:
http://conceptdesignacad.com/portolio-submission-guidelines
Want to learn how to develop the right visual art direction to tell a story for an animation production?
This is a great class designed for intermediate design artists to learn how to create a strong and unified art direction involving characters, environments, props, and color with an uniq ..read more
Concept Design Academy
2y ago
Only 6 spots left for "Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching" with Patrick Ballesteros~!!!
https://conceptdesignacadstore.com/collections/foundations-1/products/03-vis-com-1-dynamic-sketching-sun-with-patrick-ballesteros-1
In this class, the students will learn how to freehand draw solid geometric forms, efficient texture indication techniques, plants, animals, insect, to planes and tanks.
The goal is to show students how any complex objects can be simplified into its most basic geometry and be reassembled in any perspective on your drawing. Through drawing a wide variety of subjects, the student ..read more