Toronto
Ontario

PHOTOGRAPHY
A Max the Mutt Animation School - College West education teaches you how to express yourself, and bring your ideas to life.

Program Overview:

Illustration for Sequential Arts: Comic Books & Graphic Novels is a three year diploma program created by leading artists in the field, the only program of its kind in Canada!

Designed with input from leading Canadian artists in the field, our Illustration For Sequential Arts program has been structured to give students a broad skill base which will enable them to work in graphic design, advertising and publishing. They will have skills valued by the game industry, and the potential to gain employment in the comic book and graphic novel industries. Visual Arts Literacy? is the first year of the three-year Diploma Program. Since many of the courses in Illustration For Sequential Arts are also part of our Classical & Computer Animation Basics Diploma, students will have the prerequisites for, and may choose to take, some animation-related courses such as Storyboarding.

Program Length:

This is a three year diploma, the first year of which is Visual Arts Literacy (VAL). For direct entry into year two or three, students may apply for advanced standing. Please contact our Admissions Department for advanced portfolio review requirements.

Curriculum Overview:

First Year

Term 1

Beginning Life Drawing 1A & 1B
Perspective 1
Structural Drawing
Design & Composition
Representational Painting 1
Principles of Drawing 1

Term 2

Beginning Life Drawing 2A & 2B
Perspective 2
Colour & Water Based Media
Representational Painting 2
Principles of Drawing 2

Second Year

Term 1

Intermediate Life Drawing 1
Cartooning 1
Comic Book Layout and Composition
Inking 1
Drawing backgrounds, Props and Structures for Comics
Cinematic Storytelling and Story Development
History of Sequential Art
Drawing Heads & Features

Term 2

Intermediate Life Drawing 2
Artistic Anatomy
Cartooning 2
Intermediate Comic Book Composition: Penciling & Inking
Computer Colouring and Lettering for Comics
Traditional Colour Illustration for Comics and Covers
Scripting for Comics

Third Year

Term 1

Advanced Life Drawing 1
Drawing Hands and Feet
Character Design for Comics and Graphic Novels
Advanced Page Composition and Penciling 1
Illustration for Children? s Books Part 1
Animal Drawing

Term 2

Advanced Life Drawing 2
Digital Media for Artists
Advanced Penciling and Inking 2
Portfolio Development
Illustration for Children?s Books Part 2
Graphic Novel Writing & Illustration