Courses

Concept Art
The art of painting new worlds

This course allows to develop practical skills in character and scenery drawing for video games conceptual art.

At the base of entertainment industry, there is a need for artists who can define concepts from thin air or basic ideas, for all the elements that compose games and movies we appreciate so much. Artists with the skill to incorporate aesthetic, cultural and technical elements to create characters, adversaries, backgrounds, machines and creatures for diverse media.

By concluding this training, you will have the possibility of participating in our European Mobility Project ERASMUS+.

ETIC_Algarve provides the possibility of attending a 320h Internship, for the trainees that fulfill the requirements of JUMP – Support to Professional Integration.
1 Year
320 hours
Classes from October to July
Monday, Tuesday & Friday, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm/11:00pm

Participant Limit

Min: 8
Max: 16
12 x 268,00€
+180€ Application fee

Professional Opportunities

  • Artists for the Video Game industry
  • Artists for Cinema and the Television industry

Course Content

DRAWING

  • Fundamentals of drawing: anatomy, perspective and composition
  • Basic shapes of the human body and some animals 
  • Perspective and landscape for the construction of environment sceneries 
  • Sight drawing
  • Perspective and distortions
  • Vanishing points
  • Planes/angles and framing.

DIGITAL ART

  • Work with digital environments, formats, systems and resolutions
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Drawing techniques in a digital environment
  • Selections, layers, typography, fills and effects

DIGITAL PAINTING TECHNIQUES

  • Fundamentals of Painting
  • Composition
  • Light and shadow
  • Colour Theory
  • Techniques, processes and methodologies
  • Materials and textures

CONCEPTUAL ART I

  • Conceptual Art and the industry
  • Organization processes and Methodology
  • Thumbnailing
  • Character, Story, World and Concept

Teachers

Teachers

Facilities and Equipment

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  • Classroom equipped with one computer per trainee, in a macOS or Windows environment
  • Graphic Drawing Tablets with display Huion Kamvas and Graphic Drawing Tablets Wacom
  • Software: Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, etc; Blender.

Facilities and Equipment

AnteriorSeguinte
  • Classroom equipped with one computer per trainee, in a macOS or Windows environment
  • Graphic Drawing Tablets with display Huion Kamvas and Graphic Drawing Tablets Wacom
  • Software: Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, etc; Blender.

Portfolios

Portfolios

Pricing ​​

Monthly Fees:
9 x 357,33€
+120€ Application fee
12 x 268,00€
+180€ Application fee
Special Discounts (not combinable):
-7,5%
save 241,20€
Application until 31/05
-10%
save 321,60€
Full payment until 31/05;
Former Trainees - Instalments;
(+120€ Application fee)
-5%
save 160,80€
Application until 31/07
-7,5%
save 241,20€
Full Payment until 31/07
(+ 120€ Application fee)
-2,5%
save 80,40€
Full Payment until 30/09
(+ 120€ Application fee)
-12,5%
save 402€
Full Payment - Former Trainees
(+ 120€ Application fee)

Application Process

The applications take place between the months of March and October, until the beginning of the school year and classes, as long as there are vacancies in the courses. 

These can be done after the verification of the admission conditions, upon the payment of the registration and submitting the following documents: 

  • Curriculum vitae / Biography
  • 1 passport photo (digital or printed)
  • Qualifications Certificate 
  • Documents from the Candidate and the Responsible for the payment (National Identification Card + Taxpayer Identification Number + Proof of Address: water, electricity or telephone bills or driving license) 
  • Completing and Signing the application form and the training contract

 

Schedule a personal interview at:

  • info@eticalgarve.com
  • 289 823 359 / 960 309 550

Optional - send an email answering the following questions: 

  • Why am I applying for this course? 
  • What are mdisk utiltyy motivations? 
  • What are my professionals aspirations? 

Attend the interview previously scheduled by the Pedagogical Director:

  • Present your portfolio
  • Await for the results of your application

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