Week 4: Fantasy Character Design
Dates: July 13th to July 17th/Instructors: Alyssa Winans and Dennis Chan
Week 4 will explore process and visual development in both 2D and 3D media. Artists will be drawing from personal experience as we work with character silhouette studies, basic pattern design, orthogonal drawings, as well as inspiration/research strategies. The 3D portion will focus on exploration and elaboration of ideas through material and construction methods.
Week Schedule
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 1
- Ice Breaker activity: collaborative creature draw
- Protagonist creature creation and silhouette exploration
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
Day 2
- Texture and Pattern Exploration
- Character Collage
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
Day 3
- Creature Tower Construction
- Skeletal Construction
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
Day 4
- Skeletal Construction
- Cardboard Creature Creation
- Playing with Clay
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)
Day 5
- Evolution Projection/ take your creature on an evolutionary journey through time. Project explores iteration and science as you design your creature to evolve to adapt to changing environment.
- The Triassic Period
- The Jurassic Period
- End of week Showcase
- (camp day photos) (additional photos)