Advanced Digital Painting: Fantasy Art

About this class

Enter the enchanting world of digital fantasy art! This course is designed to unleash your artistic potential and develop the skills needed to create captivating and imaginative fantasy artwork using digital drawing tools. Through a combination of hands-on projects, live demonstrations, and personalized guidance, you will discover how to bring fantastical creatures, landscapes, and characters to life on your digital canvas.

Course Objectives

• The primary goal of this course is to provide students with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to create visually captivating digital fantasy art pieces. By the end of the course, you will have the confidence to conceptualize, sketch, and bring your unique fantasy visions to life, while understanding the fundamental principles of lighting, depth, anatomy, and narrative storytelling that are integral to this genre

Class Outline

Due to the AFC Asian Cup Qatar schedule, some classes might be impacted. On 3 Feb the class will be online, a link will be shared with the participants a day before the class.

Week 1: Navigating the Digital Fantasy Realm

• Overview of digital fantasy art and its evolution
• Introduction to digital drawing tools and software
• Harnessing the synergy between technology and imagination

Week 2: Envisioning Fantastical Creatures Digitally

• Exploration of mythical creatures in the digital space
• Mastering digital techniques for creature anatomy and form
• Crafting original and imaginative creature designs on your tablet

Week 3: Characters That Breathe Pixels

• Crafting multi-dimensional fantasy characters with digital finesse
• Infusing character traits into visual elements and expressions
• Designing costumes, accessories, and details that resonate digitally

Week 4: Crafting Digital Fantasy Landscapes

• Principles of composition in the digital realm
• Using scale and depth to construct immersive digital landscapes
• Infusing mood, ambiance, and magic into your digital scenery

Week 5: Architecting Digital Magic and Realms

• Designing awe-inspiring digital fantasy cities and architecture
• Balancing realism and creativity in your digital architectural constructs
• Adding intricate digital textures and finishes to your architectural wonders

Week 6: Wielding Digital Enchantment – Tools and Techniques

• Mastery of digital painting tools, layers, and effects
• Adapting traditional artistic skills to the digital canvas
• Incorporating digital wizardry to elevate your digital fantasy creations

Week 7: Weaving Digital Tales of Fantasy

• Crafting visual narratives through your digital artworks
• Symbolism, visual cues, and compositional storytelling techniques
• Showcasing your magnum opus – your final digital fantasy art portfolio

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

Participants are required to buy their own materials beforehand and bring them to every class.

• Tablet, laptop or iPad
• Digital pen, such as Apple pencil
• Download a digital drawing program on the device that will be used for drawing

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:

• Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
• Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
• Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
• Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
• Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Mon, 22 Jan, 2024
End: Mon, 11 Mar, 2024
Lessons: 8
Days: Mondays
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: VCUarts Qatar Campus
Cost: QAR 950

Instructors