Concept Art - From Start to Finish - Part 1| Grade 9-12
What You Will Learn This course teaches how to design characters, their environments, and their backstories. Students will create characters, scenery design, clothing design, and basic plot-creation. Keywords: character design, animals, scenery, story, creativity, concept art, clothing design, plot Design For Grade 9 - Grade 12 Course Overview 6 - 10 students 2 hours per class Eastern Time Sunday 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. EST Pacific Time Sunday 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. PST 6 - 12 classes / meet once a week Part 1: 1/10/2021, 1/17/2021, 1/24/2021, 1/31/2021, 2/7/2021, 2/14/2021 Part 2: 2/21/2021, 2/28/2021, 3/7/2021, 3/14/2021, 3/21/2021, 3/28/2021 This course page is for Part 1 (the first 6 lessons) registration. If you are interested in Part 2 (the latter 6 lessons), please click here. We highly recommend taking both Part 1 and Part 2 courses for the best learning outcome! Lesson Unit 1. What is Concept Art? (Introduction)Unit 2. Characters (Comic Strips/ Funny Animals)Unit 3. Characters (Superheroes/ Action)Unit 4. Characters (Sci-Fi/ Fantasy)Unit 5. Characters (Romance/ Drama)Unit 6. Setting (Plants/ Nature)Unit 7: Setting (Non-Human Animals/ Nature)Unit 8. Setting (Buildings)Unit 9. Story (Backstory)Unit 10. Story (Main Plot)Unit 11. Story (Main Plot Part 2)Unit 12. Wrap up, Sharing Our Work Course Projects Project 2: Designing a simple character in the style of newspaper comics or loony tunes Project 6: Designing nature-related scenery for one of your previously designed characters Project 9: Creating a backstory to a new character or one of the previous ones. Materials *Prepare your own materials HB pencil/ regular #2 pencil (Quantity: at least 2) 2H pencil (Quantity:1) Pencil sharpener 8.5 x 11 inch printer paper (at least 48 sheets, or four for each class) Staedtler Mars Plastic eraser (Quantity:1) Instructor Jaye Raine School of Visual Arts, BFA in Cartooning | Illustrator, Writer Hello, my name is Jaye. I am an illustrator and writer. I have had my art published in two children's books and several comics anthologies. I have also produced many comics, illustrations, and prose stories that have been self-published. I earned a BFA in Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts and a BS in Biology from the City University of New York. Jaye's Artworks