Do you ever get lost in a book, imagining what the characters and their world look like? This is your chance to bring those ideas to life. You'll design characters for a movie, video game, or animated series, complete with a backstory and a full visual look. If you love movies, video games, or cartoons and are always picturing new worlds in your mind, this is the perfect concentration for you.

Students will come away from this class understanding the process of creating every aspect of Concept Design for film including character development, prop design, environment building and key frame creation. 

After completing this course, students are expected to be able to:

1. Draw volumetrically and in perspective.

2. Paint & draw digitally.

3. Create lighting to suggest mood and direction.

4. Show the evolution of concept ideas through various sketches, brainstorming, mind-mapping, visual mood boards and thumbnails.

5. Create an original character that shows correct anatomy and proportion.

6. Demonstrate an understanding of art & design principles through the use of light, color, proportion, perspective, balance, value and shading in character and environment designs.