Entertainment Art Certificate of Achievement

The Entertainment Art certificate is for students wanting a career as an artist working for a studio in the Film, TV, Animation and Game industries. The focus is on "World-Building" known as Visual Development in these industries. Entertainment artists design and illustrate characters, environments, vehicles and props that form the visual world of stories we see on screen. The program is intended to introduce students to these occupations and give them the skills and methods necessary for them to achieve entry level jobs, and to enable lifelong learning and up-skilling for incumbent workers in the field  to enable them to become  entertainment artists.

Students will demonstrate competency in the skills necessary to design and illustrate worlds (environments, characters, vehicles and props) for stories made for screens, and create a portfolio utilizing industry standard techniques for the purpose of gaining employment and/or acceptance to an art college or university for advanced learning.

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Students completing this certificate will be prepared for entry-level employment in Visual Development and Concept Art in occupations  that include Visual Development Artist, Character Designer, Environment Designer, Generalist, Prop Designer, Vehicle Designer, Background Artist, Matte Painter or Story Artist.

Students must complete a total of 45 units made up of 18 units of required foundation courses, 15 units of elective courses selected from a list, and 12 units of "core" classes, in that sequence. 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
FOUNDATION COURSES
ART A110	Color and Design:  Two Dimensional	3.0	S1
ART A120	Beginning Drawing	3.0	S1
ART A125	Perspective Drawing	3.0	S1
DMAD A181	Introduction to Computer Graphics	3.0	S1
ART A121	Life Drawing 1	3.0	S2
ART A135	Digital Painting	3.0	S2
	Subtotal	18.0
ELECTIVE COURSES	15 Units Selected From the Following:
ART A111	Color and Design:  Three Dimensional	3.0	Y2
ART A122	Human Anatomy for Artists	3.0	Y2
ART A124	Advanced Drawing	3.0	Y2
ART A130	Painting 1	3.0	Y2
ART A135	Story Illustration Techniques	3.0	Y2
ART A220	Figure Composition	3.0	Y2
ART A249	Digital Sculpture with ZBrush	3.0	Y2
ART A269	Cartooning 1	3.0	Y2
DMAD A193	Image Manipulation & Graphics with Photoshop	3.0	Y2
DMAD A280	2D Animation	3.0	Y2
DMAD A281	3D Computer Graphics Animation	3.0	Y2
	Subtotal	15.0
CORE COURSES
ART A251	Character Design	3.0	Y2
ART A252	Prop and Vehicle Design	3.0	Y2
ART A253	Environment Design and Illustration	3.0	Y2
ART A255	Entertainment Art Project	3.0	Y2
	Subtotal	12.0
	TOTAL UNITS	45.0

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This program augments the Commercial Art program as an addition to existing Narrative Illustration Certificate and Digital Media Art and Design certificate and degree programs.

East Los Angeles College; LA Mission College, Long Beach City College; Pasadena City College; Santa Monica College; Cypress College; Santiago Canyon College

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