Capstone Timeline Updated

Design Boot Camp 

Revised Schedule

• April 15th - Perspective form drawing 
• practice sketches
• April 17th - Intro to vehicle drawing 
• Watch tutorials and practice sketching
• April 22nd - Vehicles & Robots  
• Research robots, cars, industrial machinery. 
• Gather texture materials. 
• Produce idea and more finished sketches.
• April 24th - Vehicle rendering techniques  
• Tutorials on vehicle rendering techniques: Matte, Shiny, Rusty, etc.
• April 29th - Perspective for environments 
• Watch Tutorials again.
• Go through my perspective book which covers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 point perspective. Do the exercises in the book.
• Study how other artists use perspective, do some copies.
• May 1st - Architecture design 
• Study various styles of architecture. Gather References. Do study sketches. 
• Look at architecture in popular fiction (Film, Animation, Comics) 
• May 6th - Art direction
• Watch the Tutorials for environments.
• Watch tutorials on other artist's techniques.
• May 8th - Environment Sketching 
• Sketch and Speedpaint
• May 13th - Set Design 
• Study historical, contemporary, futuristic set designs.
• May 15th - Advanced Digital Painting Techniques 
• Environment matte painting. Environment Rendering techniques.
• May 20th - Dynamic Character Drawing 
• Do some life drawing sketches. Figure drawing for animation and comics. More head studies and portraits; study facial and body expressions.
• May 22nd - Character costume design 
• Includes researching historical and contemporary fashion. Study cultural designs.
• Do a few original character design sketches.
• May 27th - Creature Designs 
• Animal anatomy and dinosaur drawing tutorials and sketching. Digital creature painting techniques for fur, flesh, etc.
• May 29th - Character / Creature painting 
• Tutorials on creature and character digital painting techniques.
• Do a couple character and creature paintings.
• June 3rd - Storyboard Studies 
• Watch a tutorial on anatomy of film / animation. 
• Do some storyboards from my favorite movies, shows, and game scenes. 
• Do some lighting and color studies by doing quick paints of scenes from movies, shows, games. 
• June 5th - Conceptual Storyboarding for Film & Animation 
• Watch tutorial on conceptual storyboarding.
• Try doing a couple original storyboards. 
• June 10th - Final Portfolio 
• Scan in all my sketches and drawings. Organize all products of studies this term and document them in a pdf. Post to blog. Put anything "good" in my portfolio.