Life Drawing

Course Mission

This weekly class is taught by industry animators with professional models posing in our life drawing classroom. This course offers a comprehensive coverage of figure drawing ranging from short poses, and long poses to anatomy studies. Figure drawing being a crucial component of the animator’s tool kit when it come to understanding movement and dynamic posing. Whether you are looking to get started with life drawing or to elevate your figure drawing abilities, this course has you covered!

Course Summary

Students will be introduced to the importance of design in character animation. Line, shape, negative space, volume, and colour will be studied. The relationships of these elements (proximity, balance, rhythm/repetition, proportion, variety and size) will be emphasised. Three dimensional models will be created to understand structure. Through drawn exercises, students will learn to create strong character poses that communicate effectively with the audience. Students will study various artistic styles in animation and work individually and as part of a team to create effective, original character models.

Classes Info

Term(s): Ongoing
Course Name: Life Drawing
Instructor(s): Rotation
Studio Classroom: Rmd
Scheduled Days: Sundays 9:30am – 12:30pm
Weekly Hour(s): 3 studio hours *
Total Projects: 4
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*Access to portfolio students only
Course Format: In person w/ all access Discord online support

Student Learning Outcomes

Analysis of the difference between strong and weak poses.
Understand the components of a dynamic life drawing
Understand and utilize the tools of figure drawing proficiently, including charcoal pencils, contes, newsprints, blue pencils, etc…
Draw short-duration poses involving the figure, line of action, and basic structure
Draw long-duration poses involving detailed anatomy, portraits, and lighting renders
Utilize different drawing techniques to construct strong structures and poses

Required Materials

Hardware
Hardware Newsprint
Charcoal
Various Color Conte

*Access to portfolio students only

Course Content with Time Allocation

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Figure Drawing – 2 Week

Understand the basics of figure drawings, life of action, head proportions, basic anatomy shapes, body structure, and dynamic movements.

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Bean Study – 2 Weeks

Start with teaching the bean as a basic structure to the torso, and utilize the Loomis method for the head. Help learners get comfortable with dynamic poses.

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Short Poses – 3 Weeks

Focusing on quick action poses, instructors are to break down different techniques for drawing convincing short 1-minute, 2-minute, and 5-minute poses.

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Long Poses – 3 Weeks

Focusing on longer timed 10 min, 15 min, 20 min 30 min poses, instructors are to go into the details including portrait, torso, hand landmarks, muscle groups, and shading.

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