SCAD Summer
Seminars
Savannah Workshop Descriptions
3-D Modeling and Texturing for Games
Students develop an understanding of the principles
of 3-D modeling and texturing as practiced in the
game development industry. They learn to build a
model through additive procedures and create 3-D
visualizations based on real-world observations and
concept drawings.
Animation: Bringing Artwork to Life
Students learn the basic principles of animation and
develop an understanding of character movement,
screen design and storytelling. Students use industry-
standard computer applications to explore a variety of
digital and analog animation techniques while com-
pleting short films.
Architectural Sketching
Students learn the fundamentals of freehand architec-
tural sketching to record and analyze design objects
accurately and rapidly through a variety of basic draw-
ing techniques, including orthographic, axonometric
and perspective.
Digital Photography: Manipulating the Image
This workshop introduces students to digital modifica-
tion of photography through the use of scanners and
other input devices, editing software, and the com-
mercial and aesthetic application of digital imagery.
Students must possess basic computer skills, and
should bring a 5-megapixel (minimum) point-and-
shoot or SLR digital camera, some existing digital
images on a CD and some negatives to scan.
Discovering 3-D Animation
In this hands-on computer animation course, students
learn through step-by-step instruction how to animate
a pre-rigged CGI character using the animation tools
in Autodesk Maya. Workshop participants also explore
walk cycles and other animation.
Drawing Studio: The Figure
Students explore the fundamentals of figure drawing,
beginning with the basics of sighting and measuring,
as well as simple structural anatomy. Students explore
a variety of drawing techniques that allow them to
experiment with both line and value. Clothed live
models are used.
Drawing Studio: The Still Life
As a traditional means of improving observational
drawing skills, the still life has been a favorite of artists
for centuries. Students explore approaches to the still
life with emphasis on sighting and measuring to dis-
cover proportion, scale, structure, foreshortening and
perspective.
Equestrian: Riding (Session III and IV only)
Students receive individualized riding instruction from
award-winning coaches. Daily lessons include riding,
grooming, and the proper way to cool the horse and
return to the stall. The week concludes with a parent
showcase.
Exploration in Fibers
In this workshop, students gain exposure to the work of
historic and contemporary fibers/textile artists and
designers. Students explore basic techniques and pro-
cesses through hands-on demonstrations and select a
method with which to complete a final creation.
Exploration in Furniture Design
Students in this workshop explore furniture design as a
discipline and as a creative activity and process.
Students learn to bring their ideas to reality using a
range of approaches and both new and established
techniques. They employ a variety of materials and hand
processes to express furniture design ideas in scale.
Fashion: Sketching and Illustration for Garments
This workshop introduces students to fashion sketch-
ing techniques. Students explore the ideas, concepts
and details of garments by visually interpreting fashion
apparel. Students create fashion illustrations including
basic fashion figures and color garment illustrations.
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Graphic Design: The Great Poster Tradition
Students come face-to-face with the revolutionary
concepts of poster design, as well as real-life produc-
tion techniques. They learn about Photoshop for image
manipulation and other Adobe Creative Suite software
for page layout and typography.
Jewelry and Objects: Wearable Art
By studying historic forms and participating in studio
work, students gain a broad understanding of metals
and jewelry. Focusing on jewelry and metalwork as an
art form, students explore concepts and materials
through a variety of processes and produce a finished
piece of jewelry.
Level Design Basics (Session III and IV only)
Dynamic environments that respond to player interac-
tions are the core experience of modern games. In this
workshop, students are introduced to the basic tools
used to develop interactive 3-D environments.
Students learn to dress 3-D game levels and create
basic interactive event sequences.
Mixed Media: Mix It Up
This workshop emphasizes decision-making and intent
and stresses formal and narrative implications of
materials so that students learn the value of art as a
means of communication. Experimentation with new
materials and approaches is encouraged, and strate-
gies for articulating concepts through visual means are
introduced. Ultimately, students come away with a
new vocabulary of mixed media techniques and an
improved awareness of visual literacy.
Painters Studio: Acrylic Media
Students are introduced to a number of strategies for
realist painting with a focus on still life. A major empha-
sis is placed on mixing color to create convincing light
and depth. Traditional color theory and limited palettes
are utilized to encourage a stronger understanding of
how colors are created. Compositional structure, brush
economy and processes of layering are also introduced.
In addition to still life, students also experiment with
abstract painting techniques and are given the oppor-
tunity to work from life through self-portraiture.
Performance: Acting for the Camera
This workshop allows students to develop skills specifi-
cally for film and television. Students gain hands-on
experience in acting techniques, including cold reading,
text work, immediate character development and the
basic approach to on-camera acting. The class culmi-
nates in a final project showcasing each students work.
Photoshop for Gamers and 3-D Artists
This course explores critical Photoshop concepts, skills
and techniques that todays 3-D artists and photogra-
phers must know. This workshop also covers essential
skills with cloning, color correction, masking tech-
niques, making tileable textures and other Photoshop
concepts.
Printmaking: Putting the Pieces Together
Students experiment with monotypes, chine colle
(adhering layers of paper within a print), pronto plates
and the use of various colors and textures. Students
should bring a CD with digital images to use during
the pronto plate portion of the workshop.
Sequential Art: Cartoons, Comics and Characters
This workshop examines the application and effective-
ness of humor and gags in the comic strip format.
Students learn approaches to cartooning and short
sequence comic strips, emphasizing the importance
of character, brainstorming, pacing and staging.
Serious Fun: How to Write Literary Humor
(Sessions III and IV only)
Writing humor is not for the faint of heart. Its a critique
of culture, a protest against heartbreak, a declaration
of joy. In this course, participants read, discuss, dissect,
imitate, beg, borrow and steal from the funniest writers
in America (dead or alive), and then write their own
funny stuff: sketches, essays, stories, monologues, rants.
Students learn how to squeeze a laugh out of a status
update and a tiny little tweet, find out what Aristotle
can teach modern writers about inventing humor, and
learn how Shakespeare used rhetorical devices to make
audiences howl. Workshop students look for the funny
everywhere they can find it: in the news, celebrities,
politics, and most importantly, themselves.
Video: Modern Storytelling
Armed with only video cameras, computers and their
imaginations, students in this workshop collaborate to
create unique, entertaining and creative video stories.
A one-week assignment challenges participants to
brainstorm, storyboard, script, shoot and edit in a
compelling and professional manner.
Writing About Place (Session II and III only)
In this workshop, students learn two genres of writing
that encompass the idea of place, our natural envi-
ronment and the environment of culture. Specific
attention is placed on recording details, scene devel-
opment, narrative techniques, dialogue and imagery.
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Seminars
Atlanta Workshop Descriptions
Fashion Seminar
Fashion: Sketching and Illustration for Garments
Through demonstrations, class work and professional
examples, students explore many aspects of fashion
illustration including basic fashion figures, and black-
and-white and color garment illustrations. Students
select on of their own illustrations for exhibition.
Fashion: Textiles for Garments
Through demonstrations and class work, students learn
the qualities and properties of fashion fabrics. By inves-
tigating the fibers, care and finishing of textiles, stu-
dents learn the basic methods of textile design
development. For the closing exhibition, students create
a storyboard inspired by their unique choice of textiles
and color schemes.
PHOTOGRAPHY Seminar
Digital Photography: Photographic Foundations
Students learn to see photographically through an
exploration of the basic tools, techniques and aesthet-
ics of digital photography. Emphasis is placed on the
creative use of camera controls, exposure, digital
imaging software and an awareness of the critical
issues in contemporary photography. Students must
bring a 5-megapixel (minimum) point-and-shoot or
SLP digital camera.
Digital Photography: Photographic Editing Techniques
This workshop introduces digital modification of pho-
tography through the use of editing software and the
commercial and aesthetic application of digital imag-
ery. Students learn to recreate images with an empha-
sis on black-and-white versus color editing. Students
must possess basic computer skills and should bring a
5-megapixel (minimum) point-and-shoot or SLP digital
camera and some existing digital images on a CD.
printmaking Seminar
Printmaking: Putting the Pieces Together
Students experiment with monotypes, chin colle (a
technique that involves adhering layers of paper within
a print), pronto plates, and the use of various colors and
textures. Students should bring a CD with digital
images to use during the pronto plate portion of the
demonstration.
Printmaking: Silkscreen
Students will learn the inns and outs of printing silk-
screen on paper using drawings or photographic
sources. This accessible process is capable of incredible
color and transparent layers. Students in this class
should bring sketches and or photographic images to
work from.
painting Seminar
Painters Studio: Acrylic Media
Through this class, students engage in a variety of
painting techniques including glazing and scumbling.
Using this quick drying media, students create small
works on paper as they explore color,composition and
paint application unique to acrylics.
Painters Studio: Encaustic Techniques
Students learn the techniques of encaustic painting, in
which hot wax is mixed with paint before application.
Students review various examples of work created using
this technique, then choose a technique to create work
of their own.
Painters Studio: Watercolor Techniques
This workshop offers an overview of traditional water-
color materials and medium. Examining its history and
how watercolor is used in contemporary art today,
students complete painting projects.
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print design Seminar
Graphic Design: The Great Poster Tradition
Students come face-to-face with the revolutionary
concepts of poster design as well as its history and real-
life production techniques. They learn about Photoshop
for image manipulation and InDesign for page layout
and typography.
Illustration:
Pencils to Pixels with Digital Color and Effects
Students create drawings that combine the best of both
traditional and digital media. They learn the illustrative
process and enter the digital realm of scanning tech-
niques, file preparation, and Photoshop drawing and
painting techniques. Finished works are printed and
mounted for the closing exhibition.
character design Seminar
Animation: Character Development
Participants will explore processes and techniques for
quality character design including character turn-
arounds and basic maquette construction.
Sequential Art: Cartoons, Comics and Characters
Students learn approaches to cartooning and short
sequence comic strips. The importance of character
brainstorming, pacing and staging is emphasized. The
application and effectiveness of humor and gags in the
comic strip format provides the overall theme.
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elective workshops
Drawing Studio: The Figure
Students explore the fundamentals of figure drawing,
beginning with the basics of sighting and measureing
and simple structural anatomy. Students explore a
variety of drawing techniques that allow them to
experiment with both line and value.
Sculpture: Portrait Modeling in Clay
By studying the basic principles in observational clay
modeling, students observe a model and learn propor-
tion and accuracy for sculpture design. Students learn
how to create an armature for a bust.
Storytelling: Exploring the Creative Preocess
Students explore and experiment with storytelling and
create a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction stories.
Students learn by exploring the creative process and
examining different approaches to storytelling.
Television Production
Students step into the SCAD digital media center and
experience first-hand what it takes to run a live TV show
by learning how to prepare a script for the studio, how
to recruit and organize talent and how to prepare the
set for camera. A script is brought to life onstage as
participants rotate through various positions in the TV
control room and onscreen. Students leave class with a
DVD of their live recorded show. Participants should be
somewhat familiar with viewing live action television
programs before attending the workshop.
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