Studio Arts
Classes in Los Angeles
Studio Arts is a school of fine art located in Los Angeles that offers training for studio artists in the entertainment industry. With a faculty of experienced production artists, state-of-the-art equipment, and a world-class curriculum, Studio Arts aims to enhance the skills of professionals and provide them with the latest technology and techniques.
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Intro to Character Animation (Maya)
Studio Arts See all classes by this school @ 1426 Flower St, Glendale, CA
Breathe life and personality into a 3D character in Maya! This class will have multiple detailed assignments that cover the principles of animation mechanics that provides a basic, but very thorough introduction to CG animation. Learn how to how to approach animation, develop appealing poses, and create both action and acting scenes that have personality. A nice expressive rig will be used for the class and animation and will be suitable to use for...
Maya 101
Studio Arts See all classes by this school @ 570 W Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA
Maya 101 introduces new, beginning or basic users of CG to the world of Autodesk Maya. Each lesson is conducted to acquaint the student with the interface, controls, drawing tools, modeling, animation and graphic toolsets of the latest version of the software. This introductory class is a prerequisite for all other Maya classes, (except where students can demonstrate proficiency equal to that of the Intro class.) The Maya 101 class contributes...
Graphic Novel Workshop
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You have a story you want to tell as a graphic novel, but you need more information to do it successfully. Studio Arts has the solution. Creating a Graphic Novel will not only teach you everything you need to launch your story in graphic novel form, but you will also learn how to print, publish and get it to market. More importantly, you'll also learn what NOT to do, as this class is taught by a veteran comics professional with over 20 years of experience...
SketchUp Pro 101
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This beginning, entry-level SketchUp course teaches students this deceptively simple but amazingly powerful tool. SketchUp PRO was developed for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily combine the elegance and spontaneity of pencil sketching with the speed and flexibility of today's digital media. Developed for the conceptual stages of design, this powerful yet easy-to-learn software is ideally suited for Art Directors, Illustrators,...
Introduction to VR/AR - Immersive Media
Studio Arts See all classes by this school @ 570 W Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA
VR is here and it's going to be BIG! Virtual Reality is expected to be the next wave in entertainment, education, science and architectural visualization according to most of those who follow trends in the industry. This class is designed to be an intro into immersive media, giving both an overview of and a path for those interested in starting to create content for this rapidly growing field. Through a number of hands on demos with 3 or 4 different...
Intro to Vectorworks
Studio Arts See all classes by this school @ 570 W Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA
Vectorworks is an easy-to-use, fully featured CAD program capable of precision 2D drafting and complete 3D modeling. Its intuitive interface and ability to work in both Macintosh and Windows environments seamlessly has made it a dominant design program in the entertainment industry. This introductory workshop will give a solid understanding of Vectorworks as a modeling, drafting, presentation and previz app for the design industry (incl. architecture,...
Avid Media Composer 1
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This introductory editing course will include cutting scenes using Avid Media Composer and to create video for a variety of formats in film, television, the production of DVDs and online video. While it is introductory, this editing course will provide an in-depth look at all of the key features of the AVID interface, its seamless interoperability. Students will be using actual footage in order to gain a firm understanding of the post production...
Adobe Premiere Pro
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Adobe Premiere Pro software lets you work faster, integrate projects with the Adobe Suite, and edit in many different native formats. Get breakthrough performance on workstations and laptops; streamline collaboration; and boost productivity with an efficient, robust, cross-platform editing workflow. As part of the Adobe Creative Suite of products, Premiere Pro could make the ultimate tool-set for video pros who don’t necessarily want or need other...
Toon Boom Harmony 1
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Update your traditional 2D animation skills with the industry standard in digital animation software, Toon Boom's Harmony! Toon Boom is a complete, paperless, animation system that can take any 2D project from storyboard all the way through to final frames. This class will provide a hands-on overview of how each step in the animation pipeline uses the software. Topics include an overview of its features, interface, storyboarding, character design,...
Vectorworks 101
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Vectorworks is an easy-to-use, fully featured CAD program capable of precision 2D drafting and complete 3D modeling. Its intuitive interface and ability to work in both Macintosh and Windows environments seamlessly has made it a dominant design program in the entertainment industry, specifically for Art Departments. The introductory Vectorworks class will concentrate on using the program to produce 2D CAD drafting, including essential drawing and...
Maya 201
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This beginning-to-intermediate Maya class is designed as a follow-up for subjects learned in Maya 101. Students will now spend more time with the interface, controls, drawing tools, modeling, animation and graphic toolsets doing projects that make use of each of those Maya features. So you’ve gotten a start with Autodesk Maya but need to refine your understanding and use of the entertainment industry’s premier 3D program... That’s great....
Creature Design (ZBrush)
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Students will learn the latest techniques in CG creature creation, from basic modeling to texturing to advanced finishing techniques. Current pipeline practices will be thoroughly explored. Make your creature designs come alive! Create highly impressive 3D creatures for everything from concept art to finished, rig-ready CG models. Not for the faint of heart, this intensive class is meant only for those with 3D modeling and/or 3D painting and textures...
Comic Book Illustration
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You have a story you want to tell as a graphic novel, you have all the big aspects figured out, and now you're ready to illustrate them. Then Studio Arts has the solution for you. This class will give you the knowledge and practice to bring your stories to life and share with the world. Since landing his first comics job at nineteen years old, Christian Gossett has drawn for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image and IDW. He was one of the first artists...
Lighting (& Rendering with V-Ray)
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Lighting is essential for the creation of compelling scenes in 3d just as in live action cinematography. Maya with Mental Ray lighting and rendering techniques enhance the look and feel of a scene with styles ranging from photorealistic to phantasmagoric. Students will learn about shaping light and shadows, lighting and rendering workflows, depth of field, caustics, ray tracing, image based lighting, shader networks, photorealistic techniques, character...
Cinema 4D - 375
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This is a C4D specific class targeted to 3D artists who aspire to understand and explore some of the multiple facets of creating procedural materials in Cinema 4D, improving their texturing skills as well as using specific illumination techniques to achieve great looking final renders. We will take a tour around the multiple shaders built into the Material Channels using creative approaches to obtain interesting and unique materials. We’ll go...
Intro to Maya
Studio Arts See all classes by this school @ 1426 Flower St, Glendale, CA
Intro to Maya introduces new, beginning or basic users of CG to the world of Autodesk Maya and 3D CG in general. Each lesson is conducted to acquaint the student with the interface, controls, drawing tools, modeling, animation and graphic tools of the latest version of the software. This introductory class is a prerequisite for all other Maya classes, (except where students can demonstrate proficiency equal to that of the Intro class.) This class...
Environmental Design
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This class will focus on creating these worlds, from simple interior office sets to majestic castles in a fantasy landscape, you will learn the tools and theories in creating any environment of your choosing. Environmental Design is the art of creating spaces and worlds from imagination. Students will learn in depth methods and techniques used by notable production designers, concept illustrators, set designers and others involved in creating these...
ZBrush with Photoshop
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So you’ve been sculpting some rad creatures and characters in Z Brush, AWESOME! Turntables are cool, but screenshots are lame. Let’s give our creations a little more love and bring high quality effects and design iterations! In the entertainment industry, digital sculptors use multiple programs to push their designs and final presentations. This class covers several techniques in ZBrush with Photoshop from sculpting to lighting, all the way...
Concept Design 101
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This class will teach the state of the art methods of concept design. Illustrators and artists will augment their digital art skills with the most successful processes used by today’s leading studios. Using Adobe Photoshop and other essential illustration tools, this class is an in-depth exploration of the techniques responsible for the greatest concept designs of today from the disciplines of cinema, videogames, animation, graphic novels and...
UE 175 - Stage Ops with ICVFX
Studio Arts See all classes by this school @ 570 W Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA
Discover the essential techniques and tools used in stage operations for virtual production. Join our one-day workshop to learn how to operate a stage in a live environment using Unreal Engine and other industry-standard equipment. Enhance your skills and solve complex problems to ensure successful shoots in the world of virtual production.
Reviews of Studio Arts
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Color Correction (DaVinci Resolve)
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Cinema 4D - 101
Ricardo was an awesome instructor; friendly, clear, and super helpful; extremely knowledgable of material covered as well as questions that veered further into oblivion. Would recommend! -
Painting with Photoshop