Animation Portfolio Summer Camp
This is our most popular summer camp! In it, you’ll learn how to design great characters and backgrounds to bring your stories into reality. Much of the exercises and assignments are directly applicable for the entry portfolios for studying animation at Sheridan, Seneca, or CalArts. You will also be learning crucial drawing skills such as perspective and figure drawing, which are applicable to a wide array of different fields within art (especially for the college portfolios). This course really acts as an intense one-week simulation of what it would be like to work at an animation studio.
This is our most popular summer camp! In it, you’ll learn how to design great characters and backgrounds to bring your stories into reality. Much of the exercises and assignments are directly applicable for the entry portfolios for studying animation at Sheridan, Seneca, or CalArts. You will also be learning crucial drawing skills such as perspective and figure drawing, which are applicable to a wide array of different fields within art (especially for the college portfolios). This course really acts as an intense one-week simulation of what it would be like to work at an animation studio.
This is our most popular summer camp! In it, you’ll learn how to design great characters and backgrounds to bring your stories into reality. Much of the exercises and assignments are directly applicable for the entry portfolios for studying animation at Sheridan, Seneca, or CalArts. You will also be learning crucial drawing skills such as perspective and figure drawing, which are applicable to a wide array of different fields within art (especially for the college portfolios). This course really acts as an intense one-week simulation of what it would be like to work at an animation studio.
Variation Differences
Just the Day Camp: 7 days of day camp (2 classes per day)
Just the Evening Camp: 7 days of evening programming — can be added to the Day Camp.
Day Camp + Evening Camp + Meals: Provides access to both the Day and Evening programming as well as lunch at the studio and dinner at the student residence but no accommodations. This option suits families who are travelling with the student. Use this option when the Overnight Camp is sold out.
The Full Deal: Provides access to both the Day and Evening programming, as well as accommodation, meals, and transportation to and from the camp.
Details
Dates: Sunday Aug 11 (check-in) to Sunday August 18 (check-out)
Format: IN-PERSON!
Location: Guelph, Ontario. Camp location is 10C Shared Space, 42 Carden Street, 4th Floor.
Feedback: Tons of professional feedback throughout duration of camp from all of our instructors.
Materials: Preferred drawing materials, sketchbook, and option to bring a laptop or tablet for digital drawing (not required).
Duration: 7 days
Skill level/pre-requisites: Beginner to intermediate. Just bring your interest in drawing and telling stories and we will help you develop the skills to bring your stories and characters to life! Designed for ages 15 to 20.
Variations:
1) Full deal - Includes both the 2 day workshops and evening programming, accommodations, meals, and transportation to and from the camp in downtown Guelph.
2) Just the Day Camp - No evening programming or accommodations, just the 2 workshops in the day.
3) Just the Evening Camp (or add as updated to day camp) - Just the evening programming with no accommodations.
Who should take this course?
This camp is specifically designed to prepare students who plan to apply to animation programs like Sheridan, Seneca and Calarts.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll learn how to create stories and design great characters and backgrounds to populate them. Much of the exercises and assignments are directly applicable for the entry portfolios for studying animation at Sheridan, Seneca, or OCAD. You will also be learning crucial drawing skills such as perspective and figure drawing, which are applicable to a wide array of different fields within art (especially for the portfolios required to be accepted into them!). PortPrep has proudly been helping students get into their top art Colleges and Universities, feel free to check out our testimonials page to see our track record.
Daily Workshop Schedule
Arrival Time: 9:30 AM
Morning Workshop: 10 to 12:30
Lunch: 12:30 to 2 PM
Afternoon Workshop: 2 to 4:30 PM
Pick Up: 5 to 6 PM
Dinner Break 5 to 7PM
Evening Programming: 7 to 9 PM
Subjects Covered
Monday to Thursday: Garth Laidlaw, Lead Animation/Illustration Instructor and Scott Mooney Illustrator - Story Creation, Character Design, Background Design, and Storyboarding.
Friday: Karen Kesteloot, Illustration Portfolio Coach & Drawing Fundamentals Instructor - Hands and Perspective Drawing.
Saturday: Guest Professor from Seneca Animation, Werner H Zimmermann - Hand and Figure Anatomy with Live Model and Skeletal Models.
Sunday: Guest Professor from Sheridan Animation, Mark Thurman - Figure Drawing with Live Model.
