Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.ecuad.ca/

Perspective Drawing

This course is essential for artists, designers, illustrators, and animators who wish to create convincing images of form, depth, and space. From the Renaissance to the Computer Age, artists have used perspective techniques in their imagery. Whether working in realism, in the compressed space of abstraction, or with a computer, you will improve the impact of your work with an understandi......
 

The elements of drawing, observation, recording, and compositional organization are fundamental to an artist’s visual education. Aspects of this challenging visual thought process include studies in line, shape, value, perspective, proportion, positive and negative space, and the human figure. Using a wide range of drawing materials in hands-on practice, you are introduced to drawing as ......
 

Adobe After Effects is an essential tool for 2D or 3D animation, digital video, web video, broadcast graphics, and film. This course will introduce you to digital imaging and digital video concepts. Through composition and animation, you will learn key-frame animation controls, text animation, compositing with masks and track mattes, rendering and outputting movies; special effects and o......
 

Building on your introduction in After Effects: The Basics, you will continue to explore and experiment with the tools and workflow of After Effects in this course. Through projects and assignments, your ability to use the software will expand through topics such as parenting, including working with null objects, expressions, 3D cameras and camera control, complex transitions, and basic ......
 

As we increasingly use digital media to create original artworks, record factual events, and capture family snapshots we are faced with the challenge of storing, disseminating, and archiving massive numbers of digital images. In this course, you will learn the foundation of digital image management for immediate access and long-term preservation. Keywords, camera metadata, file hierarchies, ......
 

In this intensive studio workshop students and professionals will learn how to design and build a digital portfolio using Photoshop in a Mac environment. The e-portfolio is a fast reliable way to interact with clients, buyers, galleries, and peers using the freedom and low cost of the internet, making it an effective way to communicate your practice, services, and products utilizing the spe......
 

This workshop/course introduces participants to the current state of contemporary arts criticism by examining mainstream magazines such as Artforum and Canadian Art as well as more experimental projects such as dotdotdot and The Journal of Northern Issues. The workshop/course is designed to provide a survey of contemporary arts publications with the aim of helping participants identify place......
 

Designed for photographers, this workshop examines the capabilities of Adobe Photoshop in our Macintosh labs. Using scanned and digital images, you will explore the variety of tools available for image correction and manipulation including colour calibration, layers, dodging and burning, converting colour images to greyscale, toning, and retouching. Time will be available for work on person......
 

This course will introduce Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign as an integrated software tool for design and production for print media. Through presentation, demonstration, assignments and projects, you will learn to use the Adobe Suite in document layout, typesetting, and combining both vector art and raster art to design and produce work for both print and the web. ...
 

Discover the latest tool for page layout and electronic pre-press file preparation in our Macintosh labs. As an Adobe product, InDesign is designed to work together with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat, enhancing compatibility with these programs. In this course you will gain basic experience with the software as you work with page layout creation, create and format text, input and mani......
 

Explore the potential of Adobe Photoshop, the industry standard program for digital image processing, in our Macintosh labs. Learn the basics of image manipulation including simple retouching, applying filters, blending and combining images, and adding text to image. Other topics such as resolution, masks, channels, and paths are also introduced. Final work can be printed in colour. Six hou......
 

Explore the potential of the drawing program Adobe Illustrator in our Macintosh labs. Learn the key features of this program and become familiar with the basics of digital drawing and painting by creating and modifying geometric shapes, drawing with Bézier curves, utilizing gradients and patterns. Small weekly assignments and one larger illustration project will allow the student to use all......
 

In this introduction, you will learn the basics of the Mac environment. You will learn to open, close and save files, to create folders, access fonts, print basic documents, and burn files to disc. This workshop is for students with little or no experience with computers and specifically the Mac environment, and is the prerequisite for our Computer Skills courses. ...
 

This course is intended for those with an understanding of QuarkXPress or InDesign and Photoshop. The program will be fundamental in designing a publication of eight or more pages that will be made ready for the commercial printer. Students are encouraged to bring a project and all its materials for the first day of class. The eight sessions will cover basic design and layout strategie......
 

In this course you will develop your drawing skills and begin to develop basic fashion illustrations. Working from imagination, photographs and the model, you will create fashion figures through the study of proportion, line and silhouette as you work on communicating your fashion direction. ...
 

Explore and develop your drawing and painting of plants in this course. Through demonstration, illustration, and one-on-one guidance, you will develop your abilities in botanical illustration and in design, drawing, colour, perspective, and tone. Choosing from a selection of seasonal plants you will expand your observation techniques while working on tonal studies in pencil and watercolour.......
 

Drawing is an essential process in design. It is a necessary tool for concept development and is used to communicate with clients and other design professionals throughout the design and production process. This course introduces the basic principles of drawing: point, line, form, tone and value, the representation of mass and volume, and composition. Assignments include exercises in d......
 

In this next level workshop, explore creating a letterpress book with mark making and imagery. This class will experiment with the combination of text, imagery, and mark making on the printed page. A collaborative book will be created. We will start with a choice of simple texts and create background texture and imagery using a variety of printing techniques. ...
 

Photo-transfer processes offer the book artist alternative techniques for incorporating text and image in projects. This course explores different methods of transferring images onto a variety of surfaces that may include fabric, wood, metal, 3D objects, and canvas. The processes will be applied to a sampler book as a reference tool and will be discussed in light of personal ongoing pro......
 

Explore the expressive art of letterpress printing in this hands-on workshop. This introductory workshop will suit both those who are new to letterpress and those who wish to try it for the very first time. You will explore typography, metal and wood type, hand typesetting for letterpress printing, embossing and applications for your own books and broadsides. We will discuss typefaces, ......
 

This three-day hands-on course will familiarize students with Motion, Apple’s revolutionary software for motion graphics design. The course comprehensively covers working with Motion’s Real-Time Design engine and interface, behavior-based animation, parameter behaviors, blend modes, advanced particle system design, advanced title animation, working with templates, chroma key techniques, masking......
 

This five day hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Final Cut Pro. In this course you learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarizing yourself with the user interface. Topics include basic setup, adjusting and customizing preferences and settings, capturing video and audio, various editing and trimming techniques, ripple, roll, slip a......
 

This three-day hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic user interface of Logic Pro, and shows them how to create a customized audio and midi configuration that will seamlessly integrate with their own personal production studio. Students will create their own song using Logic Pro’s comprehensive array of software instruments, Apple Loops, and DSP effects. I......
 

Further your 3D animation skills using Softimage XSI through advanced techniques such as character modelling, texturing, and rigging. Expand your animation, compositing, advanced rendering and shading techniques, and focus on your own animated short film project. Breakdown of professional setup, workflow, and pipeline are explored. ...
 

Discover the techniques for creating animations through Macromedia Flash, the standard tool for animation on the web. Through exercises and projects, you will experiment with various techniques including frame-by-frame animation, masks and motion. Limited supervised access to the computer lab may be scheduled between class sessions. ...
 

Through this course, you will be introduced to the concepts, theories, history, and process of animation. You will develop your basic animation skills as you learn to turn your static drawings into moving images. You will study sequential drawing and motion through a series of demonstrations and exercises. By the end of the course you will have produced a short animation work that focuse......
 

This unique program offers a wonderfully diverse range of courses for the inquisitive, beginning artist. Each course provides you with an inter-disciplinary experience while encouraging exploration, experimentation and just plain fun. In each course, you are guided through the fundamentals of art and design as you: Investigate the creative process Experiment with a variety of mate......
 

The Certificate in Fine Art Techniques offers an introduction to contemporary issues in art, visual studies, creative processes, concept development, and the materials, techniques, and skills fundamental to fine art practice. ...
 

The Certificate in 2D Design equips you with a creative and intellectual framework within which contemporary issues in design and the activities of two-dimensional or graphic design principles, processes, and techniques may be understood and developed. ...
 

The Certificate in 3D Design places emphasis on contemporary issues in design, exploration and experimentation through the experience of a variety of design methods, techniques, processes, and materials as they apply to industrial and architectural design. It is strongly recommended that students complete CEID 120 Basics of Industrial Design, common to both the Industrial/Product Design Str......
 

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