Neville Page
Concept Designer for Avatar, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, Prometheus, and Super 8
Foundation in Art & Design
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Gnomon’s Foundation in Art & Design (FIAD) provides essential art education and an introduction to digital production for students aspiring to become digital artists in the entertainment industry. This avocational course of study combines a foundational art and design curriculum with an introduction to 3D software used in VFX, animation, and game production pipelines.
Through hands-on training, students are exposed to key art and design principles with a focus on the entertainment industry—from Life Drawing to Digital Painting—and develop the skills needed to create an art portfolio. FIAD allows students to explore a college-level art curriculum without a long-term commitment, with courses offering transferable credits toward Gnomon’s full-time programs.
Foundation in Art and Design courses are non-vocational, do not lead to a certificate or diploma, and are outside of institutional accreditation.
Foundation Roadmap
Note: This is a sample curriculum and is subject to change.
Term 1
Photoshop for Digital Production
Life Drawing
Drawing Fundamentals
Overview of Digital ProductionTerm 2
Drawing in 3D
Introduction to 3D with Maya
Digital PaintingTerm 3
Introduction to Unreal
Color Theory and Light
Production DesignTerm 4
Storyboarding
Digital Sculpting
Character Sculpture
Campus
Located in North Hollywood, CA, Gnomon's campus places students in the heart of the entertainment industry, surrounded by leading film, game, and television studios. The state-of-the-art facility features custom-built computer labs, a comprehensive library, a dedicated sound stage, an art gallery, student lounges, and more—all designed to foster creativity, collaboration, and hands-on learning. Explore the campus and its amenities below.
If you are setting out to build a skyscraper, the tallest you can imagine, it can only be as high as the foundation will support. This is also true of the heights of artistic achievement you may desire. Without a solid and broad foundation established, you will be limiting the scale of your dreams.
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