I will be teaching again this Summer at Chabot College in Hayward CA for the Kids on Campus summer program.
Cartooning: Monsters & Critters
Whether it’s a graceful unicorn, a slithering dragon or a more modern beast, we have been telling stories of fanciful creatures of all sorts since the beginning of time. This class will feature lessons on drawing classic beasties, the structure and construction of four- legged animals, and designing original creatures as well as a technique for presenting a final drawing.
Kids on Campus – Summer Camp 2011
Weeks of June 20-24 and June 27-July 1
I will be teaching again this Summer at Chabot College in Hayward CA for the Kids on Campus summer program.
Cartooning: Star Wars Art (and beyond)
This class helps you to create your own Space characters by learning to first draw characters from the Star Wars universe. The class will teach skills like constructing figures with 3D shapes, facial expressions, costumes, action poses, and how to take the knowledge and use it to create characters that are all your own.”
Kids on Campus – Summer Camp 2011
Weeks of June 20-24 and June 27-July 1
Cartoon Art Museum Classes:
Cartoon BOOT Camp – Summer 2011
June Cartooning Classes: Monday through Friday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Cost: $100 per week for Cartoon Art Museum members, $135 for non-members
It’s time for our sixth annual Summer Cartooning Classes! Cartoonist Brian Kolm will teach students how to storyboard, the basics of traditional animation and stop motion, and how to create their own cartoon characters, super heroes and more!
Ages: Intermediate level artists from 10-14 years old.
Time: All sessions run Monday through Friday from 2:00PM to 4:00 PM at the Cartoon Art Museum
(For past students: please note the time of these classes is different.)
Number of students: The class size is limited to no more than 14 students. The class is filled on a first come, first served basis.
Cost*: $100 per week for CAM members, $135 non-members – per student for each session. Fees must be paid in full to secure a seat in the class.
Sign up as a member and save! ( http://cartoonart.org/join-support/membership/ )
Supplies: Basic Drawing Materials will be provided. Students are welcome to bring in their personal sketchbooks and materials.
To enroll: click on the links below for each class you are signing up for. Online reservations are sponsored by Guestlist.
Please also fill out and submit the waiver and emergency contact form. Mail or hand-deliver the completed waiver and emergency form to: Cartoon Art Museum; 655 Mission Street; San Francisco, CA 94105 attn: Cartoon Boot Camp, email to: office@cartoonart.org or fax to: 415-243-8666. For any questions, please call: 415-227-8666 x300.
*Cancellation: All participants must be pre-paid prior to the first day of the session. Full refunds given with 2 weeks cancellation notice prior to the first day of the session. 50% refund given within 7 to 13 days of the first day of the session. No refunds given within 6 days prior to the first day of the session.
Stop motion is one of the earliest animation techniques, but it remains one of the most vibrant and challenging forms of animation. Films like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, Wallace and Gromit, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Chicken Run and James and the Giant Peach have led to a resurgence in this amazing genre. This class will explore the basics of stop motion films, and teams of students will create their own short animation as a final project.
Skills featured: Teamwork, Frame by Frame Animation, Digital Video Editing, Storytelling
Samples created by previous classes can be seen here:
Great stories begin with great characters! Through storytelling and design techniques, students will create their own original characters, developing the character’s personality and appearance, resulting in a final piece of presentation-ready artwork.
Skills featured: Drawing, Basic Anatomy, 3d Visualization, Storytelling, Penciling, Inking
Storyboards have been used since the early days of animation, evolving into a way to pre-visualize a film before time and money was spent on a project. Animatics combine storyboards with sound to create a “real time” film.
This class will teach the art of pre-visualizing a film project through the storyboard stage. Teams of students will visualize a short scene with pre-recorded audio.
Samples created by last year’s class can be seen here:
Skills featured: Teamwork, Storytelling, Digital Video Editing
I will be teaching Cartoon Boot Camp for the 5th year in a row at the Cartoon Art Museum June 6-10, June 13-17, and June 20-24. More details coming very soon.
I am going to be teaching 3 classes at the Cartoon Art Museum over the winter holiday break the week between Christmas and New Years Eve. December 28,29 and 30th 2010. Click on the links to sign up for the class on-line.
Start off the new year right with these fun classes at the Cartoon Art Museum over the winter holiday break December 28-30. All classes includes materials and admission to the museum.
Drawing Fun for Parents and Kids – Family Fun Class
December 28 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Cost: $10 per-person (only 1 to 2 kids per adult please)
About: What a better way to finish off the year then a cartooning class for an adult and child to have fun learning how to draw together. The class will feature many short creative challenges and drawing exercises that will both delight and stimulate creativity. Reserve your space: http://guestli.st/38694
Intermediate level drawing classes for ages 10-14. These classes are aimed at young artists who already are drawing and cartooning all the time.
December 29 (Wednesday) Crazy and Cute Creatures
Ages: *intermediate level/ages 10-14
Time: 1pm – 3pm
Cost: $20
About: Students learn the basics of cartooning while making up their own original creature characters who are cute and/or crazy. The class will work with drawing construction, design, expressions and attitude. Reserve a seat: http://guestli.st/38703
December 30 (Thursday) Happy Heads and Fierce Faces
Ages: *intermediate level/ages 10-14
Time: 1pm – 3pm
Cost: $20
About: This class will focus on learning to draw the face and expressions and using them to tell a story. It will touch upon visualizing the head in 3D, showing different ages, emotions, exaggeration and using reference. Reserve a seat: http://guestli.st/38712
All classes are taught by instructor Brian Kolm (Atomic Bear Press) atomicbearpress.com.
I just confirmed that there are still spaces available in the Cartoon Boot Camp Classes at the Cartoon Art Museum this Summer in which I will be the teacher.
The classes are aimed at students ages 10-14 who are looking for something that goes beyond the basics. The classes move fast and they are designed for kids who are all ready working on their craft to start with (i.e. intermediate)
The classes are going to be lots of fun and really exciting I think.
June 7 – 11: Character Creation and Design
Learn the engineering of character design: Construction, Costume, Store, and more! This class will focus on learning the structure so that you can draw what you imagine.
June 14 – 18: From Storyboard to Animatics
Students learn to draw storyboards that will be ‘filmed’ into a animatic with sound and posted on the web. Here is the one we did last year…
June 21 – 25: Fantasy Creatures and Mythical Beasts
Gryphons, unicorns, and dragons, oh my! Students learn to draw mythical beasties from around the world and even make up their own. Some of the highlights will be: drawing creatures on all fours, drawing simplified fur and scales, and setting the scene and mood.
June 28 – July 2: Animation and Motion Comics
Thanks to modern technology we have seen a new art form, the motion comics. This class will allow students to learn how to take their own comics and artwork and animate them in both traditional and digital methods. The final video will be available for the world to see on the internet.
Today was the last day of Cartoon Boot Camp: Storyboard to Animatic at the Cartoon Art Museum. I had a class of 10 kids who all work hard to create storyboard drawings which I then made into an animatic. An animatic (or Lycra Reel or Pre-Visualization) is a technique that was first used by animation studios like Disney to create a simulation of what a finished film would look like before spending time and money to produced finished footage. Now most productions do storyboards and animatics too so they can get an idea of what their production will look like. Some even go so far as to do simple computer animations in 3D to figure out complex action scenes.
You can see all the museums videos on YOUTUBE here.
I will be teaching at the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA this July 6-10. There will be a week long class as well as a one day Superhero on Monday July 6th.
Taste of ‘Tooning, July 6 – 10, 9am – 12:30pm:
Students will get their feet wet learning everything from the basics of
cartooning to putting their comics into motion with stop-motion and
other animation techniques. Join Brian Kolm, creator of Beyond the Great
Chimney, for a week of hands-on cartooning.
Superheroes and Side kicks, July 6, 1 – 4pm–no class description.
