Coming in September, an opportunity to take great workshops with Peter Han, Carlo Arellano, James Paick and Even NICO MARLET, renowned character designer for Dreamworks ONLINE!!!!. Coming in September to http://www.cgmwonline.com/

Ian Worrel talks about working at Jibjab and his road to working in the animation Industry.

Ian Worrel Art Director at JibJab comes to the Art Institute Inland Empire from santosh oommen on Vimeo.

Hi Everyone,

Steve Jung is coming to CDA for a 1 day workshop on the topic of “Film Production Illustration” this coming Saturday.

Date – July 17th

Time – 2~7PM

Price – $120

Steve’s past projects include “Tron Legacy”, “Transformer 2″, “Gatchaman”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle” and “Darkwatch”

This is a great workshop for anyone interested in concept design for film or the process of creating a digital illustration for pre-production.

To sign up, just e-mail us at contact@conceptdesignacad.com to reserve your spot.

Space is limited, so sign up soon while the seats are still available~!!

Best,
Concept Design Academy
www.conceptdesignacad.com

This is an incredibly informative and intense workshop for anyone who wants to improve their understanding of composition. This workshop is extremely helpful for fine artists and entertainment artists. Nathan will discussing how to create a mood and how to organize complex scenes through color and value.

Lecture and Slideshow: 12pm-3pm- $69
Demo 3:30pm-5pm- $30
Lecture and Demo- $99

Hi Everyone,

Stephan Martiniere’s 2 day “Sci Fi & Fantasy Design” workshop is coming up next weekend on June 26 & 27.

There is still 3 spots remaining, so sign up soon while the spaces are still available

To sign up, just e-mail us at contact@conceptdesignacad.com to reserve your spot.

Best,

Kevin Chen

Concept Design Academy

http://www.conceptdesignacad.com/

Jordu Schell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jordu Schell is a renowned American sculptor and concept artist who has been working in the film and television industries for over twenty years.^[1]

[edit] Career

Jordu Schell began his career as a sculptor and Halloween mask maker. He primarily sculpts in clay and other physical materials, rather than in CGI or in 2-D drawings, although he works in those forms as well.^[2]

Schell first started designing FX for Hollywood on Bride of Re-Animator, and went on from there to work with Stan Winston on such movies as Predator 2, Edward Scissorhands, and Batman Returns. In television, he designed aliens for the opening season of Babylon 5.^[3]

From 2005-2007, Schell was instrumental in the design of the Na’vi and other creatures in James Cameron’s movie Avatar, shaping the designs of the characters with physical sculptures when Cameron felt that the CGI designs were not capturing his vision.^[4] Schell sculpted numerous maquettes to help solidify the look of the Na’vi race, often working in the kitchen of Cameron’s Malibu home.^[5]

Films for which Schell has designed creatures and characters subsequent to his work on Avatar include The Mist, AVPR, Prince Caspian, Spike, Creature of Darkness, and Dragonball Evolution, as well as working in various FX capacities on several others.^[6]

Schell also teaches classes in sculpting and design at his studio^[7] and, in addition, sometimes works in the video game industry.^[8]

LAAFA is having their Open House June 19th from 11am-4pm! Come check out our student and teacher work. There will be a free uninstructed model workshop, so make sure to bring materials to paint or draw with. We will be doing a raffel for up to $100 off a class for the Summer Quarter. Aaron Westerberg, Mark McDonnell, and Alex Ruiz will be doing demos. And bring work for a portfolio review!

Recently Chris Ayers visited our campus (Art Institute Inland Empire) to talk about character design. Here is part II with Chris demoing his process

Chris Ayers-Character Designer at the Art Institute Inland Empire from santosh oommen on Vimeo.