Hello Everyone!
This Summer 2025 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.
To help ensure a comfortable and safe learning environment for everyone, we welcome students enrolled in the "in-person" classes wear a surgical mask for indoor class sessions to help ease the transfer of flu during the flu seasons.
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 2025 IMPORTANT DATES
EARLY ENROLLMENT DATE: Monday, May 5th, 2025 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 6th, 2025 at 12 AM PDT (midnight)
SEMESTER START DATE: Friday, June 6th, 2025
SEMESTER END DATE: Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
** Please allow 1~2 weeks cushion time for the end of the semester.
School Holiday: Friday, July 4th (Independence Day)
SUMMER 2025 10-WEEK ONLINE CLASSES + IN-PERSON CLASSES
All CDA class days/times listed below are based on the Los Angeles PDT & PST time zone.
* = Field trip required classes
** = 8 or 9 week class
*** = Portfolio review required for enrollment
SATURDAY
[SATURDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#100 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Intro to Perspective with Polina Hristova / $800
#101 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Intro to Animal Drawing with Polina Hristova / $680
(This is an 8-week course.)
#102 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM (4 hrs)
3D Human Anatomy in ZBrush with Kyle Kane / $840
(10 students Max. ZBrush license subscription needs to be purchased separately.)
#103 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM (4 hrs)
Figure Invention for Animation with Kevin Chen / $860
(First day of class will start 1 week later on June 14th.)
[SATURDAY] HYBRID CLASS (IN-PERSON / ONLINE)
#104 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sketching for Environment* with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - CDA CAMPUS) / $800
* = Field trip required classes
(First day of class will start 1 week later on June 14th.)
#105 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sketching for Environment with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - ONLINE - ZOOM) / $800
(First day of class will start 1 week later on June 14th.)
( 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 PST 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)
#106 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (4 hrs)
Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching with Andrew Cano / $840
#107 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Intro to Figure Drawing with Edward Chang / $550
(This is a 6-week course.)
[SUNDAY] HYBRID CLASS (IN-PERSON / ONLINE)
#108 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Costume Gesture Drawing with Gregory Weir-Quiton (HYBRID COURSE - CDA CAMPUS) / $800
#109 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Costume Gesture Drawing with Gregory Weir-Quiton (HYBRID COURSE - ONLINE - ZOOM) / $800
(The lecture and demo portion of the course will be concentrated in the first 1~1.5 hr of the weekly course. When the in-person students are drawing from the live model, the online students will be provided photos to work from during the drawing exercise time. Once the drawings are completed, the students will be asked to share their drawings on the class Discord where Gregory can view and discuss feedback with the class together.)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Uninstructed Figure Drawing Workshop / $15 cash payment per session due at entry.
(First uninstructed workshop starting on Sunday, May 25th. Last workshop date for the Summer term to be updated.)
MONDAY
[MONDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#110 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Composition & Layout Design for Animation with Mike Hernandez / $840
(This class will be on break on July 14th & 21st.)
#111 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Character Design for Game Production with Alex Chen / $840
#112 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (2 hrs)
Intro to Animation Storyboard with Sam Szymanski / $680
(This is a 6-week course. This class will meet on both Monday and Tuesday nights with a total of 4 hrs per week.)