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program tracks

To establish and maintain a fulfilling career in Concept Art and Illustration, an artist needs to have a deep understanding of the field’s core principles, tools/techniques & best practices – that’s the idea behind our tracks.

29 courses

Foundation & Design Track

Whatever your likely career path - be it Character Design, Environment Design, Visual Effects, or another - it’s essential to gain a strong & balanced understanding of good art design & techniques. This is where our Foundation & Design Track comes in.

31 courses

2D Character Design Track

Our Character Design Track is designed to carefully build on those core foundational drawing skills to give students head-to-toe training in the art of human & creature character design for the Entertainment Industries.

24 courses

2D Environment Design Track

Our Environment Design Track is designed for those wanting to pursue a career in the film/animation or games industry. Featuring classes that cover all aspects of design including matte painting, sketching, narrative illustration, & composition.

25 courses

Visual Storytelling & IP Development Track

Designed to equip artists with the necessary tools to become visual communicators & ultimately develop their own storytelling language. Whether they're focused on Concept Art, Comics, Filmmaking, Storyboarding, or Character/Environment Design.

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Explore courses

Your future starts here! From beginner figure drawing to advanced character and environment design, we have courses for all passions, skill levels, and career goals.

Analytical Figure Drawing

An 8-week foundation course focused on the analysis of the figure starting from skeleton, to muscle, and skin layover, and how to communicate the figure’s form, shape, and function

Beginner 8 weeks

Character Design for Animation

An 8-week course designing characters with an industry-experienced character designer; develop a strong understanding of the elements that make strong, compelling characters

Intermediate 8 weeks

New

Creating Comics and Graphic Novels: Visual Storytelling between Comics and Manga

An 8 week course of visual story telling between comics and manga

Intermediate/Advanced 8 weeks

Dynamic Sketching 2

An 8-week continuation course from Dynamic Sketching 1, utilizing observational drawing to understand how to see the world from a design perspective

Intermediate 8 weeks

Experimental Digital Painting

An 8 week course that will teach students cutting edge techniques of painting in order to create expressive paintings that tell a story.

Intermediate 8 weeks

Intro to Blender for Concept Art

An 8-week overview of Blender’s main tools for building 3D scenes to create dynamic concept art

Intermediate to Advanced 8 weeks

New

Key Frame Illustration for Production

An 8-week course where students will learn about the essential elements of what goes into a cinematic illustration: composition, storytelling, mood, lighting, & color

Intermediate to Advanced 8 weeks

The Art Of Color And Light

An 8-week course developing an eye for color and studying fundamental color theory knowledge

Intermediate 8 weeks

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Student Gallery

Check out some incredible work from the next wave of passionate and skilled production-ready artists.

Miguel Membreno

Andrew Prasetya

Bruce Wang

Steffi Kick

Adam Zis

Teo Mathlein

Rita Alfred

Elvira Mikhralieva

Cornelius Cockroft

Simon Tipper

Teo Mathlein

Tai Le

Jack Frischer

Ekaterina Yakovleva

Alexander Dudar

Bruno Galuzzi

Anvit Randeria

CGMA Alumni

Andrew Widjaja

Joshua Esmeralda

David Joyce

Orpaz Zamir

Corinna Gordo

Teo Mathlein

Tasha Pajarillo

Charles Choo

Meredith Cooney

Dan Rogers

David Joyce

Nick Harran

Miguel Membreno

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