Hey Reader,

I'm going to make this newsletter short and sweet — the three courses that we're launching this Spring are now open for enrollment on our website. You can enroll below for the classes individually or save some $ and enroll in all three.

Some Upcoming Classes!

Many of our students have taken our pre-recorded class Figure Drawing & Anatomy, but in the theme of restructuring, we are changing up the course content to also apply the figure drawing knowledge to our own imaginative drawings of characters.

Short Summary of Course:

There will be both weekly figure drawing sets, as well as anatomy-specific exercises to focus on throughout the 8 weeks, but we will also be applying the figure drawing knowledge to character design, and we'll discuss how to improve the posing from your figure drawing when bringing it into the world of animation. Inspired by some of the dynamic posing advice given by Walt Stanchfield in his Drawn to Life books.
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​Format: Mixture of video lecture + demonstrations with 4 LIVE 2-Hour sessions throughout the duration of the course (every other week). Live sessions will be in the evening in the western hemisphere — 6pm EDT.

Start Date: Tuesdays beginning March 24th (completed by May 12th)

8-Week Group Course Cost: $500 CAD | ~$360 USD | ~€310 | £266

Garth's comment: Juan has studied filmmaking in Cuba, and is now studying Animation at Sheridan College, and has an amazing love for filmmaking. When I first tutored Juan a couple of years ago when he was building his portfolio, we would often spend a good percentage of our sessions just nerding out about filmmaking. Now we have found the proper outlet for this buzzing energy!

Here's his description:

This course will take you through a variety of different creative processes surrounding the creation of a (very) short film, so that you can become better acclimatized to many parts of the animation pipeline — not just isolating one skill alone. Our goal with this class is to teach you to become your own filmmaker, that is comfortable exploring each part of the process from storyboarding, to editing, to making a rough sound effects track, to adding finishing compositing touches in After Effects or Da Vinci.

Short Summary of Course:

By the end of the class, students will have a short film to express their creative vision (which also makes an incredible personal piece for a portfolio).
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​Format: Mixture of video lecture + demonstrations with 4 LIVE 2-Hour sessions throughout the duration of the course (every other week). Live sessions will be in the evening in the western hemisphere — 6pm EDT.

Start Date: Day of week TBD, beginning week of April 13th (completed by ~first week of June)

8-Week Group Course Cost: $500 CAD | ~$360 USD | ~€310 | £266

Garth's comment: This is the much anticipated course by Mahi that I've told many of our current students about! Mahi is an incredible background painter that I've hired for freelance projects in the past, and I highly recommend her as an instructor.

Here's her description:

We’ll start by discussing creating concept images based on stories, this will be expressed through various worldbuilding exercises, and then we'll go over basic shape and design fundamentals. From there, we’ll move into designing props and a location for your world, and then finish by refining a story moment with a focus on the environment.

Short Summary of Course:

By the end of the class, students will have some design variations, prop designs, isometric explorations of their world, and a final story-focused environment piece.
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​Format: Mixture of video lecture + demonstrations with 4 LIVE 2-Hour sessions throughout the duration of the course (every other week). Live sessions will be in the evening in the western hemisphere — 6pm EDT.

Start Date: Day of week TBD, beginning first week of May (completed by end of June)

8-Week Group Course Cost: $500 CAD | ~$360 USD | ~€310 | £266

Interested in all three?! Enroll below

That's all for now folks! As I said, short and sweet.

As always, if you have anything you'd like to ask about in this newsletter, don't hesitate to reply — take care everyone!

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Cheers,