Pre – College
Get a
head start
Course Information
4-week summer program
Thursday, July 30th will be an Open House highlighting student work from the Pre-College program.
Get a head start on your art + design education.
We offer summer courses that enable prospective students to explore the foundations of LCAD’s curriculum, build fundamental skills valuable in the development of your admissions portfolio, and even earn transferable college credit at a fraction of the cost of standard tuition!
technical
skills
FD150:
Drawing + Perspective
(3 credits)
This course is an introduction to drawing, covering the basic technical skills and materials necessary to create convincing representations of simple or complex still-life forms. Students are introduced to composition and the concepts of creating volume and space utilizing lines as measurement, construction drawing, and value systems. Materials include graphite and charcoal.
The Human
form
FD151:
Figure Drawing
(3 credits)
This course is an introduction to drawing the human form. Students work from the draped and undraped model. Emphasis is on accurate representation of the figure utilizing observation with the elements of gesture, measurement, construction line, volume, proportion, and surface anatomy. Materials include graphite and charcoal.
telling
the story
FD155:
Fundamentals of Story (Animation)
(3 credits)
This course is an exploration of story structure and the incorporation of classic visual storytelling techniques / archetypes in the medium of film, television, and music videos.
The course will explore the basics in creating short scripts and storyboards.
Motion
graphics
GD200:
Design in Motion
(3 credits)
Create an original motion graphic using your imagination, visual design techniques and strategies. This hands-on design course uses creative visual design strategies and techniques to build an original motion graphic. Students will practice and apply Sketching, Ideation, Image creation and manipulation in combination with Motion Design. Techniques and strategies will be demonstrated, practiced and applied in LCAD’s Graphic Design + Digital Media studios. You will learn to use Cinema 4D and the Adobe creative suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects. Alongside accomplished faculty, your final outcomes will follow a proven creative process that you can use again in the future. This exciting course will be taught by LCAD Graphic Design + Digital Media faculty. Some familiarity with either program may allow for more advanced outcomes but is not required.
Illustrated
narratives
IL200:
Illustrating Comic Books + Characters
(3 credits)
This course is an introduction to creating, drawing, and writing your own illustrated narratives. Students will learn how to ideate and concept illustrations under the guidance of LCAD Illustration faculty. Within Illustrating Comic Books + Characters students are encouraged to bring their ideas and characters to life through visual storytelling. Traditional and Digital Tools are encouraged as a means of creating unique narrative works that take the form of sequential drawings, comic books, and character illustrations.