Digital Art
Grade 6 - 9th
Digital Painting / Character Design / Environment Design / Landscape / Portrait / Manga & Comic / Animation
Students will gain insight into the entertainment art industry while working with digital software such as Photoshop, Procreate, and more. They will be also trained on how to visualize the original concepts into a finished art form.
Familiarize yourself with the drawing tablets and software while learning the fundamentals of digital painting. If you are interested in illustration, character design, or entertainment art, but not sure where to start, this is the course for you.
Digital Painting
Digital Painting is a foundation course created for anyone interested in learning how to create digital art. As a beginner course, students are introduced to the basics of Photoshop, and the foundations of perspective, human anatomy, tone, and value. We highly recommend this course for anyone interested in pursuing a career as an entertainment artist.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR 6-9th Grade
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 3hour long class
• One class Per week / 7 weeks (1 session)
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Digital Painting with iPad Basic
Recommended for students who are interested in a different form of painting. The Digital Painting with iPad course is designed to help students explore and develop foundation digital art knowledge to intermediate skills using the Procreate application on an iPad. An iPad and apple pencil/stylus are required for this course.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR 6-9th Grade
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 3hour long class
• One class Per week / 7 weeks (1 session)
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Digital Character Design
The Character Design course leads you step-by-step through the character creation process. This course emphasizes the fundamentals of gesture drawing, anatomy, shape design, storytelling, and perspective. With these foundational skills, students then move on experimenting with various body types and silhouettes to develop distinct and memorable characters.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR 6-9th Grade
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 3hour long class
• One class Per week / 7 weeks (1 session)
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Digital Game Environment Design
The Ashcan Environment Design course focuses on the creation of captivating digital environments from start to finish. Our classes emphasize environment design fundamentals -- perspective, composition, and storytelling -- as well as digital painting techniques to help create stunning environments and atmospheres.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR 6-9th Grade
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 3hour long class
• One class Per week / 7 weeks (1 session)
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Digital Manga & Comics
Do you have an idea for a comic and want to see it come to life? In our Manga and Comics program, students develop their own comics while applying artistic and technical techniques used by professional comic artists. Weekly lectures teach fundamental skills including but not limited to character design, paneling, and camera angles.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR 6-9th Grade
• In-Person Class
• 3hour long class
• One class Per week / 7 weeks (1 session)
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Digital 2D Animation
Bring your characters to life in our 2D animation Foundation course. Students are introduced to the foundations of animation, learning to pose, break down, and in-between characters. Weekly lectures teach classical techniques for developing well-structured and fluid animations that can be applied to traditional frame-by-frame, hand-drawn, and FX.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR 6-9th Grade
• In-Person Class
• 3hour long class
• One class Per week / 7 weeks (1 session)