Digital Art Portfolio
Grade 11 - Up
Game Concept Design / Character Design / Manga & Comics / Digital Illustration / Animation
Thinking of applying to your dream school, or to that dream job? Our individualized Digital Art Portfolio course guides students through the process of developing a competitive portfolio for top art schools and jobs in the games industry. This course covers all areas of design and is tailored to coincide with the individual’s own story and ideas.
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.
This course is for students with basic knowledge of how to use digital tools. Students will create digital artworks including; Keyframe illustrations, storyboards, digital portrait, environment design, character design, and more.
College Portfolio Prep. - Digital Painting
This course is for students with basic knowledge of how to use digital tools. students will create digital artworks including; Keyframe illustrations, storyboards, digital portrait, environment design, character design, and more.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR GRADE 11-UP
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 4hour long class
• One class Per week / 7weeks
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Art Portfolio Prep. - Digital Game Concept Design
Students will begin their portfolio development by brainstorming an original story. They then begin designing characters, creatures, props, and environments, as well as storyboards. They will receive direction and mentorship from their instructors and will have short presentations throughout the class to show their progress.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR GRADE 11-UP
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 4hour long class
• One class Per week / 7weeks
Schedule & Register
Art Portfolio Prep. - Digital Character Design
In this highly individualized course, students will be guided through step by step of creating appealing characters with depth and personality. Students will be trained in drawing a successful figure with fluent anatomy in dynamic poses, garment and prop design. The goal of this course is to create a quality character turnaround sheet.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR GRADE 11-UP
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 4hour long class
• One class Per week / 7weeks
Schedule & Register
Art Portfolio Prep. - Digital Manga & Comics
The Ashcan Manga & Comic Portfolio course is highly individualized and offers a structured timetable for students to acquire fundamental knowledge and skills as digital and traditional comic artists. This course covers skills from our foundations to publishing for digital/traditional comic arts with a strong focus on the advanced technical skill set and world-building. Students will organize a full-body portfolio on their final session for publishing.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR GRADE 11-UP
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 4hour long class
• One class Per week / 7weeks
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Art Portfolio Prep. - Digital Illustration
The Ashcan Digital Illustration Portfolio course guides students in using digital tools as storytelling. The goal of the course is to create a full body of illustration works portraying each student’s interests in narrative or style and explore the personal theme as an artist by utilizing drawing software.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR GRADE 11-UP
• Remote learning • In-Person Class
• 4hour long class
• One class Per week / 7weeks
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Art Portfolio Prep. - Digital 2D Animation
Through this course, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, animation students learn squash and stretch, follow-through, keyframing, and overlap techniques while creating their own short animation projects. This is one of the first classes future animators take to learn basic animation skills.
COURSE OUTLINE FOR GRADE 11-UP
• Remote learning • 4hour long class
• One class Per week / 7weeks