The GameStart team is organizing masterclass workshops for artists. They are also offering a voucher code for students which entitles them to S$25 off the original price of S$120. The voucher code is studentmasterclass and the ticketing link is https://gamestart.asia/ticketing/#carlo & https://gamestart.asia/ticketing/#jax.
Here are the details for the masterclasses.
“Character Design: Introduction to Visual Storytelling”
Date: 10th October 2018
Time: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: The Treetop, *SCAPE Level 5
Power supply will be provided during the workshop
This masterclass is an overview of concept art process & pipeline, successful visual communication, creating iconic & memorable characters.
About Jax Jacson
Jacqueline Jocson is an Art Director & Concept Artist specializing in design and storytelling. Originally from Houston, TX, she moved to Los Angeles to work in the Entertainment Industry. She graduated from University of Southern California with a Masters of Fine Arts in Digital Art & Animation.
Over the past decade, Jacqueline has worked in film, game, VR/AR, television, advertising, and IP creation with clients such as Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, SyFy Channel, Digital Domain, Super Evil Megacorp, and Psyop. Projects include Capcom’s Lost Planet, Super Evil Megacorp’s MOBA Vainglory, Supercell’s Clash of Clans advertising campaign with Psyop, and creating and pitching IPs for Stan Lee.
Jacqueline teaches & writes courses for the BFA & MFA programs in the School of Game Development at the Academy of Art University San Francisco. Some her courses include Monsters vs Mechs, Character Design, Digital Painting, & Digital Figure Painting.
“Archetypes in Advanced Character Design”
Date: 12th October 2018
Time: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: The Treetop, *SCAPE Level 5
Power supply will be provided during the workshop
This masterclass will cover the use of symbols and archetypes to express recurring themes in human storytelling to create powerful and provocative characters for film and games.
About Carlo Arellano
Carlo Arellano is the Art Director of Super Evil Megacorp. His career spans over 20 years in the entertainment industry. He began in movies working on such films as Spiderman , Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, and Van Helsing. His video game credits include Artist on World of Warcraft and Warcraft 3, Lead Artist on God of War and Principal Artist at Insomniac games.