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GA304: Advanced Drawing and Perspective for Games
Prerequisite(s): GD340

In this course students will build upon their traditional drawing skills and apply them to the design of vehicles, environments, and props.Topics covered will include the techniques and materials relevant to generating game design concepts. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to develop final concept art for 3D environments, vehicles, and props.


 

Game Design Concepts

The Designer's Notebook
Website maintained by Ernest Adams, a game industry veteran

GameDev.net
Online community for game developers


Drawing Media

Categories of Wax-Based Drawing Media
Includes history, ingredients, and characteristics of drawing media, Stanford University Preservation Department's website

Drawing and Sketching Media
Art materials information and advice from About.com

Drawing Media
Basic information about most common art media from Michael's.com


Elements in the 3D Environment

3D Artists
Art gallery, interviews, links, and tutorials

3D on the Cheap: A Tutorial
Explanation of some of the fundamentals relevant to the technical elements of 3D animation from Strange Attractors

What is a 3D Environment?
Tutorial from Ryerson University's School of Image Arts

Perspective

General Rules of Perspective
Art site with PowerPoint presentation for teachers and students

Introduction to Perspective
Resources on perspective drawing from About.com

Perspective Drawing
From the Math Forum at Drexel University


Composition

Art Composition
Introduction to composition from The Artists Web

Drawing Composition
Resources for picture composition and design from About.com

Image Composition
Tutorial for 2D and 3D image composition from Worldforge.org


Textbook Companion Website

A Guide to Drawing
Flashcards, glossary, internet exercises, and more

Additional Sites of Interest

10 Second Club
Monthly animation competition

3DArk.com
Art, models, articles, tutorials, and links

3DBuzz.com
Community of 2D and 3D artists, programmers, and aspiring game designers

3DLinks.com
Provides links to sites on various topics related to 3D

Animation
Resources from About.com

Animation Arena
Resources for 2D, 3D, Flash animation, and video game design

Animation Factory
Animated clip art gallery

Animation Meat
News, model sheets, templates, and links

Animation Nation
Directory of animation sites

Animation World Network
News, resources, directories, and more

Anime and Manga
Tutorials from About.com

Builder.com
White papers, trialware, and online book library

Communication Arts Network
Site for Communication Arts, a trade journal for visual communications

Computer Arts Magazine
Tutorials, and tips for web design, typography, 3D, animation, motion graphics, and multimedia

Computer Graphics World
Graphics, 3D modeling, CAD, and visual computing

Creative Cow
Community for media professionals

Dynamic Graphics
Magazine that presents design ideas and how to apply them to projects

A Digital Dreamer
Graphic designer career information

fontBROWSER
Preview active fonts on your system

Gamedev.net
Leading online community for game developers

Graphis
Site for the International Journal of Visual Communication

Highend 3D
Articles, downloads, gallery, and other resources

How TV Animation Works
Article from HowStuffWorks.com

I.D. (International Design)
Graphic design, product design, and architecture

Kaliber10000
The Designers' Lunchbox

MacWorld
Resources for Mac users, including a help desk

P-O-P Times
Official news publication of the in-store marketing institute

Print
Graphic design magazine

STEP Inside Design
Publication that explores the impact of design in our lives

 

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