Academy of Art University

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Development

Graduate students will meet the following student performance criteria:

MFA Thesis Project

• Present an original thesis concept worthy of the MFA degree
• Demonstrate the feasibility of their thesis project
• 制作具有专业水准的项目，内容贴合行业主题，展示艺术能力

Artistic Ability

• 展现出强大的绘画和构图能力
• 创建价值研究，展示对照明、构图和空间的理解

研究与批判性思维

• 应用视觉研究来设计解决方案
• 通过在中期评审中展示有效的时间表来展示对生产流程的理解（仅限 MPR）

Collaboration

• Collaborate effectively to produce creative projects

Visual Development

• 应用与影片整体外观一致的颜色和设计元素。
• 设计元素来支持叙事
• 展现视觉叙事的连续性

Presentation Skills

• Create visually compelling, professional-quality presentation materials
• 清晰、专业地表达想法

Professional Readiness

• 制作适合在行业内求职的专业级数字和印刷作品集
• 展示规划复杂项目、确定任务优先级和实现项目里程碑的责任感。

Academy of Art University Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Academy of Art University will demonstrate the ability to:

• Produce a body of work suitable for seeking professional opportunities in their chosen field of art and design.
• Solve creative problems within their field of art and design, including research and synthesis of technical, aesthetic, and conceptual knowledge.
• Communicate their ideas professionally and connect with their intended audience using visual, oral, and written presentation skills relevant to their field.
• Execute technical, aesthetic, and conceptual decisions based on an understanding of art and design principles.
• Evaluate work in their field, including their own work, using professional terminology.
• Recognize the influence of major cultural and aesthetic trends, both historical and contemporary, on art and design products.
• Learn the professional skills and behaviors necessary to compete in the global marketplace for art and design.

Academy of Art University offers some of the best training and hands-on experience to help accelerate your career. We pride ourselves in doing an exceptional job preparing you to excel as a future visual development artist. Our degree programs are designed to equip aspiring artists and designers with a comprehensive toolbox of marketable skills that lead to success in the visual development industry.

Art Director

The job of the art director is to oversee and unify the visual look of a project. You'll control the overall look of the project, and make creative decisions based on mood, style, and target audience.

Character Designer

As a character and creature designer, you'll help create the standard appearance for a character including poses and gestures.

Concept Artist

Collaborate with creative and art directors to generate images that clarify their vision and create visual representations of the ideas that will be realized in films, animated movies, comics, and video games.

Matte Painter

As a matte painter, you'll create paintings to be used in photography and special effects to combine disparate elements into a single final image.

Production Artist

Working with art directors and designers, production artists are responsible for creating assets across various marking initiates in keeping with the visual style of the product.

Vector Artist

Using standard tools, a vector artist recreates images for high-resolution output for billboards, printing, and 3D modeling.

单位要求

学位要求

• 成功完成毕业论文项目
• 所有必需的63个单元的最低C级
• 最低GPA 2.0和以下学术学习要求：
  • 1艺术历史意识与审美课程
  • 1门跨文化理解课程

课程

第一学期

• ANM 610：形象概念（主修）
• FA 602：头部绘画（选修）
• FA 630：色彩理论（主修）
• GLA 624：视觉发展史（研究生文科）

第二学期

• ANM 685：故事板原理（主修）
• ILL 610：衣着人物素描（主修）
• ILL 625：人物与环境视角（主修）
• ILL 660：数字绘画（主修）

第三学期

• ANM 633：动画绘画与设计（主修）
• VIS 660：环境与道具设计基础（主修）
• VIS 670：投资组合开发（主修）

第四学期

• GLA 617：现代世界的神话（研究生文科）
• VIS 611：故事的视觉元素（专业）
• VIS 800：指导学习（指导研究）
• VIS 900：实习（指导研究）

第5学期

• FA 605：风景画（选修）
• VIS 800：指导学习（指导研究）
• VIS 850：小组指导研究：论文项目的视觉开发（指导研究）

第6学期

• GLA 679：视觉发展的专业实践（研究生文科）
• VIS 800：指导学习（指导研究）
• VIS 850：小组指导研究：论文项目的视觉开发（指导研究）