Dates:
- Session 1A (June 21-25, 2027) @ DigiPen
- Session 5A (August 16-20, 2027) @ DigiPen
Early Bird Price: $999 $799
Location: DigiPen (Redmond, WA)
Concept artists imagine entire worlds before they exist – sketching magical creatures, designing alien landscapes, and visualizing stories that guide teams of creators. This skill translates ideas into images faster than any other art form, making it essential for communicating creative visions across games, films, animations, and design.
Innovators will learn to rapidly visualize and communicate their ideas through professional illustration techniques. Students develop digital painting skills while designing unique characters, environments, and props – transforming rough concepts into polished artwork that expresses their personal creative vision. Their ProjectFUN designs showcase worlds and characters born from their boundless imaginations, allowing them to share their rich inner worlds with the people around them.
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- Principles of environment and character design
- Illustration core skills (composition, color, value, etc.)
- Art research and design processes
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- Designing a fully realized fantasy environment
- Creating a complementary hero/villain pair
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- iPad
- Apple Pencil
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- This workshop’s curriculum has been reviewed by a panel of college-level faculty from DigiPen Institute of Technology to ensure its relevance and appropriateness for students aged 14–18.
- As with every Open World workshop, a special visit by an industry guest has been arranged to help students see the connection between their workshop and real-world careers.
It is so fun!
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