Tuesday, June 25, 2013

"Story Illustration" with John Watkiss - coming up this Saturday~!!

Hi Everyone,

We are a few days away from John Watkiss's "Story Illustration" workshop on Sat, June 29th (10AM ~ 3PM).

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to see John's amazing paintings and to learn from one of the best in the field.

Sign up soon and hope to see you at the event:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/products/1455718-story-illustration-with-john-watkiss

Thanks for your time~!!

Best,
Kevin

PS - Here are some of John's amazing visual development art from Tarzan. Enjoy~!!

Friday, June 21, 2013

"Story Illustration" with John Watkiss~!!


Hi Everyone,

We are a week away from John Watkiss's "Story Illustration" workshop on Sat., June 29th (10AM ~ 3PM).

This is a great workshop for anyone interested in creating narrative illustrations for visual development, book illustration or key frame illustration for movie pitches.

During the event we will have many original paintings from John on display, including John's epic 13 panel "Millennium Project" Mural will be on display for the first time in over 10 years~!!

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to see John's amazing paintings and to learn from one of the best in the field.

To sign up, visit our school online enrollment store at
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/products/1455718-story-illustration-with-john-watkiss

Thanks for your time~!!

Best,
Kevin

PS - Here is a sneak peak of a portion of the mural that will be fully displayed on the day of the workshop :)

Friday, June 14, 2013

"Pardon My Dust" Book Kickstarter by Peter Han~!!


Our good friend and instructor, Peter Han have just launch his Kickstarter for his new book, "Pardon My Dust".

It is a great book filled with wonderful illustrations and demos all done with the use of color chalk and blackboard surface.

This is a great book for any starting artists learning to draw and for any artist who are a fan of the unique beautiful line and texture a chalk drawing creates.

Make sure to check it out~!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/444273000/pardon-my-dust-the-chalk-drawings-of-peter-han

Hawken Design Contest~!!


Hawken is hosting a design contest sponsored by Toshiba, Nvidia, Logitech and Wacom with some great prices. Make sure to check out the link for details and test out your Mech designing skills~!!

http://www.welovefine.com/contest/46-hawken-design-contest


THE PRIZES
Grand Prize: Our top-rated Grand Prize winner will receive a new Toshiba Qosmio laptop and up to $1,500 in cash!

Khang Le's Judges Pick:
Khang's pick will receive a new NVIDIA Shield portable handheld player and $400 cash!

John Park, Darren Quach & Dan Stapleton's Judges Picks:
Our remaining three Judges' Pick winners will receive $400 cash each!

Art Print Special Design Pick:
We will also choose a top-rated finalist from among the entries which is deemed to be a great design for high-quality art prints, and that artist will receive a Wacom Intuos5 pen tablet!

*All winning designs will be put into consideration for printing (Subject to Licensor Approval)


Deadline to submit: 7/5/2013 11:59PM PST

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

"Environment Design for Animation" with Nathan Fowkes this Sat~!!


Come join us this Saturday, June 15th (2~7PM) for an intensive, one day workshop on "Environment Design for Animation" with Nathan Fowkes.

(*** Update, thanks for signing up everyone, we have just sold the last spot and is starting to take on waiting list for any last cancellations openings. Please feel free to take a waiting list ticket on our enrollment store if you are interested. Thanks~!! ***)

To sign up, visit our online enrollment store at:
http://conceptdesignacad.storenvy.com/products/1455716-environment-design-for-animation-with-nathan-fowkes

Thanks for your time :)

Best,
Kevin