ANIM 212 Visual Development for Animation

3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course

Students of this course will learn the fundamentals of character design, creature design, environmental design, and art direction for animated media. Students will learn to pitch a project to a design team using reference material, written descriptions and visual aids such as mood boards. Based on the style and medium of the project, a series of design goals will be set, including, but not limited to: character sheets, environment designs, color keys / color script and motion studies. They will complete an Animation Style Guide and be able to articulate an understanding of iterative design process and pre-production necessary to create animated series media.

Prerequisites IMAG*102

Priority enrollment to Animation majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.