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Comic Dept.
Complete Comic Course [ 3 Year Course ]
Complete Comic Course – Job Opportunities
You Will Make Use of Cartoon and Illustrating Techniques, And Aim to Become a Creator Who Can Work in All Kinds of Fields.
Today Manga is not only used in Manga magazines or comics, but various other fields too.
It can be seen in magazine columns, or used to simplify the explanation in the instruction manual for home electric appliances, and even in business magazines to illustrate the mechanism of a certain history or society.
In this course, not only will you learn how to respond to this broadly based Manga and illustration industry, but will also learn graphic design and equip yourself with the knowledge of advertisement, printing, script writing and 3D design in order to become a creator who is able to work in a wide range of fields.
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Complete Comic Course - Curriculum
Year 1
□ Basic Sketching I
□ Basic Sketching II
□ Basic Sketching III
□ Basic Sketching IV
□ Practical Manga
Production I
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅱ
□ Introduction to Anime Comics
□ Perspective
□ Character Expressions Ⅰ
□ Character Expressions Ⅱ
□ Digital Comic Expressions Ⅰ
□ Comic Expression Techniques Ⅰ
□ Comic Expression Techniques Ⅱ
□ Script Writing
□ Color Design
Year 2
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅰ
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅱ
□ Design Work
□ Illustration Work
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅲ
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅳ
□ Digital Comic Expressions Ⅱ
□ Color Techniques
□ Comic Expression Techniques Ⅲ
□ Advanced Flash Anime
□ 3D Design
□ Practical 3DCG
□ Background Drawing
□ Presentation
Year 3
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅲ
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅳ
□ Digital Work Ⅲ
□ Illustration Work Ⅲ
□ Design Work Ⅲ
□ Presentation
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅳ
□ Graduation Production Ⅰ
□ Graduation Production Ⅱ
□ Graduation Production Ⅲ
Complete Comic Course – Example Schedule for Year 1
  MON TUE WED THU FRI
1 Comic
Expressions		 Sketching Introduction to
Anime Comics		 Manga
Production		 Character
Expressions
2 Comic
Expressions		 Sketching Color Design Manga
Production		 Character
Expressions
3 Practical Work
in the Lab		 Sketching Digital Comics
4 Practical Work
in the Lab		 Sketching Digital Comics
Comic Dept.
Story Comic Course [ 2 Year Course ]
Story Comic Course – Job Opportunities
You Will Have the Opportunity to Become a Cartoonist With Evident Ability to be Able to Express Oneself and be Equipped With Fresh Ideas
In this course you will learn how to be able to grab the reader’s heart, making them cry and laugh, through the story construction, layout of frames and pages. You will also learn how to improve basic skills such as sketching and techniques to produce the screen effectively. Additionally you will also acquire skills to use Manga Production software.
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Story Comic Course - Curriculum
Year 1
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅰ
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅱ
□ Design Work
□ Illustration Work
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅲ
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅳ
□ Digital Comic Expressions Ⅱ
□ Color Techniques
□ Comic Expression Techniques Ⅲ
□ Advanced Flash Anime
□ 3D Design
□ Practical 3DCG
□ Background Drawing
□ Presentation
Year 2
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅰ
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅱ
□ Graduation Production Ⅰ
□ Graduation Production Ⅱ
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅲ
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅳ
□ Digital Comic Expressions Ⅱ
□ Color Techniques
□ Comic Expression Techniques Ⅲ
Story Comic Course – Example Schedule of Year 1
  MON TUE WED THU FRI
1 Comic Expression
Techniques		 Sketching Introduction to
Anime Comics		 Manga
Production		 Character
Expressions
2 Comic Expression
Techniques		 Sketching Color Design Manga
Production		 Character
Expressions
3 Practical Work
in the Lab		 Sketching Digital Comics
4 Practical Work
in the Lab		 Sketching Digital Comics
Comic Dept.
Character Design Course [ 2 Year Course ]
Character Design Course – Job Opportunities
Become a Designer Who Can Work in Advertisement and Publication and Even in the Game Industry
The Character Design industry is an expanding industry. It includes designing characters in a novel, or illustrations within the book or on the cover. Fancy or realistic, you will be trained to handle a wide range of designs for characters such as designing character merchandise.
You will have the opportunity to learn how to make use of digital technology such as using coloring materials, and acquire skills to design web-pages, and discover the fields that most suit you such as advertisement, publication, character-merchandising and games.
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Character Design Course - Curriculum
Year 1
□ Basic Sketching Ⅰ
□ Basic Sketching Ⅱ
□ Basic Sketching Ⅲ
□ Basic Sketching Ⅳ
□ Practical Manga Production Ⅰ
□ Basic Flash Anime
□ Introduction to Anime Comics
□ Perspective
□ Character Design Ⅰ
□ Character Design Ⅱ
□ Digital Work Ⅰ
□ Comic Expression Techniques Ⅰ
□ Comic Expression Techniques Ⅱ
□ Design Work Ⅰ
□ Illustration Work Ⅰ
□ Production Development
Year 2
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅰ
□ Advanced Sketching Ⅱ
□ Graduation Production
□ Illustration Work Ⅱ
□ Design Work Ⅱ
□ Presentation
□ Digital Work Ⅱ
□ Color Techniques
□ Comic Expression Techniques Ⅲ
□ Advanced Flash Anime
□ 3D Design
□ Practical 3DCG
□ Background Drawing
Character Design Course – Example Schedule for Year 1
  MON TUE WED THU FRI
1 Comic Expression
Techniques		 Sketching Introduction to
Anime Comics		 Illustration
Work		 Character
Expressions
2 Comic Expression
Techniques		 Sketching Color Design Illustration
Work		 Character
Expressions
3 Practical Work
in the Lab		 Sketching Flash Anime
4 Practical Work
in the Lab		 Sketching Flash Anime
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