Hello Everyone!
This Summer 2026 semester, we will continue to offer some of our in-person classes at our CDA Campus in Pasadena, CA.
Besides the in-person classes, we will continue to offer our online courses as options as well so our out-of-state and international students can continue to study with us in the future.
We would like to thank you all for your support over the years and are looking forward to continuing serving your educational and portfolio-building needs in the future~!
SUMMER 2026 IMPORTANT DATES
EARLY ENROLLMENT DATE: Monday, May, 4th, 2026 at 12 PM PDT (noon) (E-mailing list subscribers only. Password Required)
**If you are interested in early enrollment, please visit our “Contact Page” to sign up for our E-mailing list.
PUBLIC ENROLLMENT START DATE: Tuesday, May, 5th, 2026 at 12 AM PDT (midnight)
SEMESTER START DATE: Friday, Jun., 5th, 2026
SEMESTER END DATE: Saturday, Aug., 15th, 2026
** Please allow 1~2 weeks cushion time for the end of the semester.
School Holiday: Saturday, July 4th, 2026
SUMMER 2026 10-WEEK ONLINE CLASSES + IN-PERSON CLASSES
All CDA class days/times listed below are based on the Los Angeles PDT & PST time zone.
** = 6 week courses
*** = 8 week courses
SATURDAY
[SATURDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#100 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Intro to Perspective with Polina Hristova / $800
#101 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Storyboard for TV Animation with Monica Davilla / $820
#102 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Vis Com 2: Vehicle Sketching Techniques with John Frye / $820
(This class will be off 1 week on Jun 13th)
[SATURDAY] HYBRID CLASS (IN-PERSON / ONLINE)
#103 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sketching for Environment* with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - CDA CAMPUS) / $800
* = Field trip required classes
(This class will be off 1 week on Aug 1st.)
#104 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sketching for Environment with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - ONLINE - ZOOM) / $800
(This class will be off 1 week on Aug 1st.)
(For the online students during the 4 field trip weeks, Ed will be uploading videos with short demo lectures, supplement drawing reference materials and explanation of the field trip drawing assignments that he wish the online students to practice during the field trip weeks.
On the Friday before field trips, Ed will meet with the online students (Friday, 5PM-6PM PDT or times TBD) to go over the previous week HW crit, review the lecture for the week and kick off the online field trip assignment for online students. During the field trip weeks, Ed or his TA will be on Discord during set time to work together on the field trip assignment and to help answer additional questions.)
SUNDAY
[SUNDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#105 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching with Andrew Cano / $800
#106 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Intro to Figure Drawing** with Edward Chang / $560
(This is a 6-week course. First day of class starting on June 7th.)
#107 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
ZBrush Creature Design with Kyle Kane / $800
(First day of class starts on June 14th. ZBrush license subscription need to be purchased separately.)
[SUNDAY] HYBRID CLASS (IN-PERSON / ONLINE)
#108 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Vis Dev for Animation & Games with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - CDA CAMPUS) / $820
(This class be off 1 week on Aug 2nd.)
#109 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Vis Dev for Animation & Games with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - ONLINE - ZOOM) / $820
(This class be off 1 week on Aug 2nd.)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Uninstructed Figure Drawing Workshop / $15 cash payment per session due at entry.
(First Summer uninstructed figure drawing workshop will start on June 7th, 2026.)
MONDAY
[MONDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#110 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM (4 hrs)
Analytical Figure Drawing with Kevin Chen / $840
#111 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Composition & Layout Design with Mike Hernandez / $820
(This class will be off 1 week on June 22nd.)
#112 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Character Design for Game Production with Alex Chen / $820
#113 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (2 hrs)
Intro to Animation Storyboard*** with Sam Szymanski / $800
(This is a 8-week course. First class starts on June 8th. This class will meet on both Monday and Tuesday nights with a total of 4 hrs per week.)