School of Visual Development

You start with life—fast sketches, line of action, volume, caricature. Every stroke building toward fully realized character designs: model sheets, turnarounds, expressions, poses.

Then you take it off the page. Sculpt a completed maquette. Give your character form, weight, and presence

Learn the foundations of environment and prop design—cinematic composition, aspect ratios, atmospheric perspective, and the architecture that holds a world together.

Then take it further. Create full cinematic moments. Draft orthographic drawings. Call out textures and materials that make a scene feel real.

In this advanced course, you’ll tackle both organic and hard-surface assets—designing with precision and intent. Start with thumbnail sketches. Refine into clean line drawings. Develop value and color studies.

Then deliver the final statement: a fully realized 2D or 3D concept image. This is high-level work, demanding strong sketching, drawing, and painting skills—and a mastery of color, light, and perspective.

You’ll design and build functional, game-ready assets—formatted and optimized for mobile and web. Master character design for games, hone graphic optimization, wield vector tools, and work to industry standards.

The result: a complete game environment—user interface, marketing elements, every detail engineered to perform.

You’ll dive into the visual language of story—character development, cinematic composition, color theory, and the principles of perspective.

From there, you move through the painting process: crafting character designs, cinematic thumbnails, value and lighting studies, color roughs, and final production paintings. Each step builds toward images that don’t just tell a story—they are the story.