Spring 2023 SUNY WCC Peekskill Newsletter

Center for the Digital Arts Non-credit Classes SUNY Westchester Peekskill • 27 North Division Street Peekskill NY 10566 • 914-606-7300 8 New! Youth Comic Illustration This class focuses on the fundamentals of sequential storytelling in comics and graphic novels. Discover how to move stories forward using the power of compositional flow. Students will develop short stories, create character sheets, environments, scripts, and professional comic pages. In our journey industry-standard software will be used as well as traditional tools to design content across multiple mediums. The objective is for students to produce a portfolio piece at the professional level that can be used to secure freelance or industry-based opportunities. This class will have bi-weekly critiques. For ages 11-17 . CE-ART 2354PE, $425. IN-PERSON Sat., Feb. 11-Apr. 29 (skip 3/11 & 4/8), 10:00 am-1:00 pm. #20304 TinkerCAD for Kids – 16 Hrs TinkerCAD is a free web-based software that allows students to create 3D forms. These forms may be extruded, replicated, and combined to created elaborate shapes and works of art. Students will build in TinkerCAD and then output their artworks in our Makerspace as 3D prints. For ages 7-11 . CE-DGART 2112PE, $190 (+ $50 materials fee). IN-PERSON Sat., Feb. 25-Apr. 29 (skip 4/8), 9:00-11:00 am. #20305 Teens Game Design You play games on Playstation, Nintendo Switch, and your mobile devices but did you ever wonder how to build an interactive game? The gaming industry is an exciting, burgeoning field that requires both technical ability and creativity. Students will work with a game designer to construct board games, design characters, build terrains, and interactive user experiences. For ages 12-17 . CE-DGART 2111PE, #300. REMOTE M/T/W, Feb. 27-Mar. 29, 4:00-6:00 pm. #20306 Coding for Kids Give your child the edge and have them engage in coding sequences of instructions that empower them to control robots and gaming interfaces. Students need to be able to write commands in the right sequences in order to communicate their instructions to others. Computer coding is what makes this possible and is a key 21st century competency for children today. Students will code stories, animations, and games. For ages 7-11 . CE-COMP 2127PE, $190. IN-PERSON Sat., Mar. 4-Apr. 29 (skip 4/8), 9:00-11:00 am. #20307 3D Modeling and Printing for Adults – 12 Hrs Explore new technology that enables the design of everything from car parts to jewelry. Use a free software package, TinkerCAD, to create 3D forms that you can realize through 3D printing. Learn block coding to animate your 3D models. Our MakerBot studio is equipped with multiple 3D printers, and an array of filament colors. CE-DGART 2069PE, $181 (+ $50 materials fee). IN-PERSON Sat., Feb. 25-Apr. 1, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm. #20302 Animation 1 In this 6-week course, the student will gain a solid understanding of the art of animation; which can be used in any kind of moving art such as 2D animation, 3D animation, stop-motion, and motion graphics. The course will be focused on traditional animation since it provides a hands-on understanding of the basic techniques of animation. Students will learn how to determine timing and spacing of a drawing and how it affects the outcome of an animation by studying different kinds of subjects such as a bouncing ball, falling leaves, and walk-cycles. Animation 1 is for those who want to start a career in animation or just want to sharpen their skills. By the end of the course, students will have created a short animation 15 to 30 seconds long. CE-DGART 2107PE, $419. IN-PERSON Sun., Feb. 19-Mar. 26, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. #20308 Animation 2 In this 6-week advanced session, students will dive deeper into what brings animation to life adding to what they have learned from Animation 1. This course will have students look into pre-production animation techniques such as layouts and backgrounds, character design and acting, sound and special effects. As the course progresses, students will move from pre-production to post-production including editing, color and visual effects, and rendering final projects for presentation. Using the tools given to them, students will create their own short animation 15 to 30 seconds long. Prerequisite: Animation 1. CE-DGART 2108PE, $419. IN-PERSON Sun., Apr. 16-May 21, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. #20309 Ed2Go Online Career Certificate Courses Our partnership with Education to Go offers high-end training and certification with the ease of distance learning access. Classes begin whenever you are ready. Visit www.ed2go.com/sunywcc ESL English as a Second Language in Peekskill Level is determined after a placement exam. Please call 914-606-6656 or email ESL@sunywcc.edu for information, or to register over the phone. Register Early to Get the Classes You Want! www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill