Hello Everyone!
This Spring 2025 semester, we will continue to offer some of our in-person classes at our CDA Campus in Pasadena, CA.
Besides the in-person classes, we will continue to offer our online courses as options as well so our out-of-state and international students can continue to study with us in the future.
To help ensure a comfortable and safe learning environment for everyone, we welcome students enrolled in the "in-person" classes wear a surgical mask for indoor class sessions to help ease the transfer of flu during the flu seasons.
We would like to thank you all for your support over the years and are looking forward to continuing serving your educational and portfolio-building needs in the future~!
SPRING 2025 IMPORTANT DATES
EARLY ENROLLMENT DATE: Saturday, Jan 18th, 2025 at 12 PM PST (noon) (E-mailing list subscribers only. Password Required)
**If you are interested in early enrollment, please visit our “Contact Page” to sign up for our E-mailing list.
PUBLIC ENROLLMENT START DATE: Sunday, Jan 19th, 2025 at 12 AM PST (midnight)
SEMESTER START DATE: Saturday, Feb 8th, 2025
SEMESTER END DATE: Monday, Apr 21st, 2025
** Please allow 1~2 weeks cushion time for the end of the semester.
School Holiday: NONE
SPRING 2025 10-WEEK ONLINE CLASSES + IN-PERSON CLASSES
All CDA class days/times listed below are based on the Los Angeles PDT & PST time zone.
* = Field trip required classes
** = 8 or 9 week class
*** = Portfolio review required for enrollment
SATURDAY
[SATURDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#100 10:00 AM - 1:00PM
Animation Character Design with Tom van Rheenen / $840
#101 09:30 AM - 1:30 PM (4 hrs)
Storyboard for TV Animation with Monica Davila / $860
#102 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Vis Com 2: Vehicle Sketching Techniques with John Frye / $840
#103 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Intro to Figure Drawing with Edward Chang / $800
#104 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
3D Storyboarding Techniques with Alan Wan & Max Collins / $860
(Alan Wan will be teaching week 1-3, Max Collins will be teaching week 4-10. Storyboard Pro and Blender required for this class.)
[SATURDAY] HYBRID CLASS (IN-PERSON / ONLINE)
#105 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sketching for Environment* with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - CDA CAMPUS) / $800
* = Field trip required classes
#106 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sketching for Environment with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - ONLINE - ZOOM) / $800
( For the online students during the 4 field trip weeks, Ed will be uploading videos with short demo lectures, supplement drawing reference materials and explanation of the field trip drawing assignments that he wish the online students to practice during the field trip weeks.
On the Friday before field trips, Ed will meet with the online students (Friday, 5PM-6PM PST or times TBD) to go over the previous week HW crit, review the lecture for the week and kick off the online field trip assignment for online students. During the field trip weeks, Ed or his TA will be on Discord during set time to work together on the field trip assignment and to help answer additional questions.)
SUNDAY
[SUNDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#107 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (4 hrs)
Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching with Andrew Cano / $840
[SUNDAY] HYBRID CLASS (IN-PERSON / ONLINE)
#108 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Costume Gesture Drawing with Gregory Weir-Quiton (HYBRID COURSE - CDA CAMPUS) / $800
#109 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Costume Gesture Drawing with Gregory Weir-Quiton (HYBRID COURSE - ONLINE - ZOOM) / $800
(The lecture and demo portion of the course will be concentrated in the first 1~1.5 hr of the weekly course. When the in-person students are drawing from the live model, the online students will be provided photos to work from during the drawing exercise time. Once the drawings are completed, the students will be asked to share their drawings on the class Discord where Gregory can view and discuss feedback with the class together.)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Uninstructed Figure Drawing Workshop / $15 cash payment per session due at entry
(First uninstructed workshop starting on Sunday, Jan 26th. Last workshop date for Spring term to be updated.)
MONDAY
[MONDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#110 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Perspective and Cinematography with Mike Hernandez / $840
#111 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Character Design for Games with Alex Chen / $840
#112 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM (4 hrs)
Storyboard for Filmmakers with Phil Langone / $860
(First day of this class will start on Feb 17th)