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 offers students the opportunity to explore a college-level art curriculum with a flexible commitment, while most courses provide transferable units 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
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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