SCAD Concept Art Club

Hey everyone for a long time we’ve talked about traveling, playing games, reading and all the ways you can enhance your visual library but now! We are finally doing a bit more to help guide your research, Presenting: Enhancing Your Visual Library Episode One: Armor! Come learn about how to enhance your armor and character designs by looking at practical uses and history! A fun and loose talk before signing off until Spring 2020. Tomorrow (Friday) at 6pm, Hayman’s Hall room 111. Same ol’ song and dance as normal. Thank you all for being fantastic this quarter and we’ll be looking forward to some more action-packed meetings in the Spring.

Hey everyone! It’s gonna be a.... kick-butt.... DEMO WEEK!! *sirens* Let's get into the nitty gritty of creature design and anatomy. Bring along some desired supplies if you want to work along! Tomorrow, 6PM, Hayman's Hall RM 111.

Hey everyone after a long day at career fair we WILL still be meeting our normal time and place. Come detox with us and have some fun drawing and generating some new concepts! We're changing things up this quarter and are really hoping you can get some portfolio pieces and put the time spent at the contests into even BETTER use. Hope to see you there!

Hey everyone, this week we’ll be getting some time with the concept artists that will be here IN SAVANNAH! LIVE AND IN PERSON! for Comics Art Forum. Kristine Houston, who you may remember from our previous interviews will most certainly be there to answer questions about photobashing, portfolios, concept art and life at EA Games! We’re hoping to have some other familiar faces and we’ll be keeping you updated! It will be our normal meeting time of Friday at 6:00, and we’ll be announcing the room as soon as it’s confirmed, for now: plan for Haymans! Keep checking back within the day tomorrow for more info and please please please plan on attending this week! This is a super special opportunity for us to have industry pros here with us to chat!

This week we are talking CAREER FAIR and PORTFOLIOS. We want to make sure you all are as prepared as you can be, that you’re on the right track and that all your questions get answered. Which means we’ll be doing a small presentation but most of the next meeting we want to spend talking to you. Bring your portfolios, print or digital. Bring business cards, leave-behinds, anything you want to talk about! Need font suggestions? Logos and resumes isn’t your strong suit? Don’t kn...ow what to show first and what to leave out? We got you! Also to our underclassman, even though the career fair won’t necessarily mean too much to you, this is still a GREAT meeting to attend to get a headstart on what kind of portfolio to start building and we’ll look at anyones/everyone’s work so no fear, bring it all (or none!) it'll be a casual atmosphere amongst pals to just see what you all need! See more

This week we will be collaborating with SCADs Sculpting Club! It's going to be a super beneficial week with lots of information for both clubs! Using work our club members have submitted via Discord we're going to learn a bit about what happens down the pipeline once we turn in our concepts (and what we do to make the modelers job easier or a nightmare), then we're going to swap and share a bit about what it means to design and what goes into having a successful one! It's going to be a great time! Tomorrow, Hayman's Hall room 111 at 6pm!

Hey everyone and welcome back! We’ll be kicking off the season with a demo you won’t want to miss! We have not one, but TWO of our fantastic officers collaborating to teach you some insider info on environmental concept art. From ideation, thumbnail generation, a little bit of AI algorithmic photo bashing techniques and then how to bring it on home to the final painting! We will be meeting in our home of Hayman’s Hall room, 111. It’s the room in the back by the stairs (you can’t miss it- Hayman’s is just one big circle!) with the big sign that says Concept Art Club. We will be meeting as per usual, Fridays at 6pm so there ya have it! Excited to see you all!

Hey everyone! Tomorrow is our last meeting, and also our final contest of the quarter. Same ordeal as the last time, we have an awesome pool of art books that you have a chance to take home with you tomorrow November 8th Just like always, we’ll be in the Student Center Lobby which means you’ll be required to pack up that laptop, sling that tablet, drag out those sketchbooks, harness your sickest etch-a-sketch and bring your own supplies. Any supplies work, there is no discrim...ination against tradition media. That being said, you will be dismissed after the prompt is revealed to use the rest of time and the student center, as long as you’re back to show us before time’s up! However we only have the lobby reserved, which means while they’ll be there, we can’t guarantee anyone an upstairs workspace. Please keep this in mind, our digital artists, and consider a backup sketchbook. Our prompt follows the same format as last time, but after some of the critique we got last time, we'll be sure to spend a little more time thoroughly explaining the process at the beginning of the meeting: so please be on time! Hopefully ya'll have a bit of time to come take a break with us and work on something funner than finals :slight_smile:

Howdy-ho everyone! Tomorrow November 1st, I am going to be giving my Illustrative Wizardry: How to Design demo thanks to your votes and suggestions. This talk is very much based on a talk from Lightbox Expo given by Riot Games splash Artist Esben Rasmussen. The topics discussed changed my perspective on a lot of things, it was a skull stretching experience and I hope to deliver the same kind of knowledge that was presented to me. I am incredibly excited to be able to share this talk with you guys, its going to be a big one.

Tomorrow October 24th we will be meeting in the Student Center Lobby at 6:00 for our second interview of the quarter with Kristine Houston! It’s been a quarter welcoming back and getting some insight from our in industry alums! Please be prepared to act in the most professional manner as Kristine is very kind to be dedicating some time to us and has a lot of good information to share. She is currently working at EA as a concept artist and has previously interned at Bungie, he...lping out on games like Destiny 2! Check out her artstation! kannehouston.artstation.com Just to echo what I said the other week, we want to remind everyone of some of our interview etiquette at this time. While it is open forum due to the nature of the Student Center, we *really encourage* you be punctual and prepared, just as you would for a job interview or an in-person presenter. If asking a question, always be sure to thank the presenter for their time, and as a curtesy to the speakers, be it another student or the professional, please keep noise to an absolute minimum. Basically: be cool, be kind, be professional.

Additionally this Tuesday, Oct 15, as a collaboration with the ITGM department, Boundary Bears and ResLife, we are having a *second meeting* being led by professor Parrish Baker. You’ll get a good overview and introduction to ZBrush, a modeling software which is a huge asset to us as Yanni had mentioned last meeting. Learning 3D software as a concept artist can help speed up your process, influence your understanding of form and light, and help you to make sense of the pipeline if you plan on going into animation or games. This meeting will be held in Montgomery Hall Room 204, at 8pm. Although it is a schoolday, we can not emphasize enough how much we endorse making it out for this great opportunity.

Hello everyone! We at concept art club have a really eventful week lined up of you! The first announcement I’d like to make is that tomorrow October 11th we will be meeting in the Student Center Lobby at 6:00 for our first interview titled, Game Art, Portfolios and Life After SCAD with in Industry Alum Alyson Adams. Please be prepared to act in the most professional manner as Alyson is very kind to be dedicating some time to us and has a lot of good information to share. Sh...e is currently working as a game artist for NetherRealms and the Mortal Kombat series! We always recommend that you do a bit of research on the presenter, and come prepared with some possible questions should we have time for a Q&A after the interview. While she is a games artist, not a concept artist, this would be a great time to get some insight on the pipeline, industry and how to better utilize your time here at SCAD to prepare for things you might not expect after graduation. Here is her website: https://www.akaart.net/ We also want to remind everyone of some of our interview etiquette at this time. While it is open forum due to the nature of the Student Center, we *really encourage* you be punctual and prepared, just as you would for a job interview or an in-person presenter. If asking a question, always be sure to thank the presenter for their time, and as a curtsey to the speakers, be it another student or the professional, please keep noise to an absolute minimum. Basically: be cool, be kind, be professional.

Hello everyone! The time has come for our first meeting! While some of our older members remember, we typically meet at Hayman’s Hall but due to the expected size of the first couple meetings, tomorrow’s meeting will be held in the Student Center Lobby! If you haven’t been in awhile, the student center is located at 120 Montgomery St, and is part of the silver route! This is just to allow breathing room, and hopefully we’ll be able to soon find some accommodation for this bac...k in our home of Hayman’s. Going forward this quarter, just keep your eye on the page for weekly announcements. I promise, there will always be an update the day before a meeting! But for now, we hope to see you tomorrow, **October 4th, Student Center Lobby at 6:00!** We’ll be sharing some info about the club, officers, the industry and going over some fun things like Inktober prizes. Typically, this initial meeting does not last too long, so the officer’s will also be staying after to answer absolutely any questions ya’ll may have.

Hey guys! I hope your Summer is off to a good start. This is just an announcement to let everyone know we will be beginning the sketch dailies again this Monday. As it is Summer, there is not a prize for those participating- though we will reward whoever does the most sketch dailies starting in the Fall quarter. So until school starts back up, there will be no count on who does what, it’ll be purely for fun and (hopefully) some personal growth. We began this challenge as a wa...y to start helping you (and us) in forming a habit of pulling out the ol’ sketchbook at least once a day. Drawing daily (even if just for a couple minutes) is super healthy for ideating and a great practice to be in. It’s always a goal for us, and it’s a lot more fun and motivating to have a good group tackle it with. And as a bonus, our sketch daily channel acts as a great resource to refer to if you ever need some ideas or prompts to gotcha moving in the future! We really want to take this time off to really start reeling it back down to the basics. A lot of the weekday prompts will be exercise based, and we’ll be pulling from Drawabox.com which is a great resource full of advice and lessons that take you from learning how to draw good lines all the way up to applying construction to vehicles. Otherwise, there will be one prompt per weekend. Like last quarter, the weekend prompts will consist of a franchise where, like mini versions of our contests, you’ll have a chance to redesign or reimagine a prop, environment or character from said franchise. Unlike the contests however, we will be choosing some old and obscure franchises that are desperately in need of some redesigns- so you may have to do a bit of research. This is a great exercise to participate in as students because it really has you familiarizing yourself with different studios, and developing small portfolio pieces should that studio ever be looking to hire. People that are hiring love to know your familiar with their work, new and old, and that you’re capable of working within their world. The sketch daily prompts will be posted on our Discord server in the designated channel beginning Monday, June 17th. See you guys then!

Hello everyone! Come join us today for the last meeting of Concept Art Club this quarter. I am going to be doing a demo about lifting linework in photoshop, we are going to be giving out the Into the Spiderverse Art Book for our sketchdaily winner, and Amanda made some really awesome resources on organizing your portfolio and is going to be talking about LinkedIn and networking. We hope everyone had a wonderful time with concept art club this quarter, and if you have any feedback or suggestions about what we could do better. We will be staying around after club to talk for a bit! See you guys today at 6pm Haymans Hall Room 111.

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having an awesome weekend, as we announced yesterday at the meeting we are looking for two new officers to join the team next year. Both an additional Secretary and a Treasurer position will be open. If you are interested please email us at [email protected] - it should come up in the directory. Please include your name and your class standing (sophomore, junior, senior, ect) as it applies to the 2019-2020 school year. For any questi...ons about what the job would entail, feel free to message the page or drop some questions in the comments section. Thanks guys!

Hello everyone! Please come prepared because TODAY, May 10th, at 6:00, Hayman’s Hall rm 111, we will be hosting our second contest for the quarter. Win a free art book, knock out a portfolio piece, or just hang out! It can be in the medium of your choosing, as always, so just bring along what you’re comfortable with. Everyone has been killing it these past couple competition and it’s been incredible watching the improvements- so we’re very excited for tonight. See you soon!

Join us for another lecture/demo hosted by the officers tomorrow, April 26th at 6PM, Hayman’s Hall room 111. We have a really awesome presentation ready to share with you guys!

We're excited to announce tomorrow at 6pm in Hayman Hall, we'll have our very own Tanney Liu in to do a short, highly requested photoshop demo! If you have any questions about layers, digital painting or all of the tips and tricks involved Tanney's process, tomorrow will be the time to ask! Additionally, a huge congratulations to last week's contest winners! The work we receive each contest has continuously gotten more and more impressive. If you are one of the winners, we have received your art book and will be bringing it to the following meetings. See you then!

Hi Everyone! Our first art competition will this be tomorrow! Friday, April 12th at Hayman's Hall Room 111 from 6 pm - 8pm. As always, bring stuff to draw with in order to participate in the contest, whether it is your Cintiq pen, iPad and Apple pencil, or pencil and sketchbook. It can be any medium of your choice. There will be 2 winners and each will take home a concept art book of their choosing. You are also more than welcome to hang out without participating and see the final submissions while working on projects. We are expecting a large turn-out and lots of new portfolio work coming our way. Have fun, good luck and see you soon!

Hello everyone! We’re pleased to announce that our first meeting for Spring quarter is TOMORROW! It’s all going down Friday, April 5th at 6:00 in Hayman’s Hall Room 111. If you aren't that familiar with the building, we'll be on the first floor with a big whiteboard outside of the room to guide you. Come check out what’s on the agenda for the following quarter, hang out with your peers and meet the officers! We’re really excited for what’s coming up and I hope you are too!

Welcome back for another action-packed quarter in SCAD Concept Art Club! Just as a reminder we will NOT be meeting today, we kick off next week, April 5th for our introductory meeting. It’s going to be a busy quarter, and we’re all very excited. In the meantime to stay fully up to date with us, we’d like to announce both our instagram and Discord sever. We’re aiming to really create a community that you can refer to, ask questions, and create connections/network with. And to... do that- we want to be accessible on as many platforms as we can for your ease of use. Links below. Thanks everyone! Have a great weekend. https://www.instagram.com/scadconceptartclub/ https://discord.gg/mQ4ejAg

Hello everyone! Just as a reminder, we will not be hosting a meeting tomorrow due to finals. We wish you the best of luck with your projects and feel free to message us with any questions. Until next time, have a great spring break and we will see you next quarter!

Due to Career Fair, there will be no meeting today! Have a great weekend!

Hey, guys! Our meeting this Friday will be a workshop on creature design! Come join us at 6PM in Hayman's Hall, Room 111.

Hello Everyone, Just a reminder there will be no meeting today due to the makeup classes. Have a fantastic weekend and see you guys next week!

Hello, everyone! We made a Discord for SCAD Concept Art Club! For those who don't know what Discord is, it is basically a place where we can all chat with each other, share art tutorials, videos, and images! It's a great way for everyone to interact outside of club meetings. Link to Join Below:... https://discord.gg/SDT3ZYG See more

Hello, everyone! Sadly, we won't be able to meet this week either because of the hurricane makeup classes. Our room reservation was cancelled again. We will be meeting next Friday though! Have a great weekend, guys!

Hey, guys! Unfortunately, because of the hurricane makeup classes, we will actually be unable to meet this Friday. Our room reservation was cancelled as it will be occupied by classes. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Hey, everyone! We just wanted to thank everyone who attended the Matt Rhodes talk. You guys asked great questions, and it was a fantastic experience all-around. This Friday we will be having a relaxed, study/critique hangout session. You can bring your homework or questions about course sequencing at SCAD, concept art, and the industry.

Professor John Lowe will be coming to the club tomorrow to talk about how to draw interior spaces. Bring paper or a tablet pen to follow along in the workshop. It is on Friday, Hayman's Room 111 at 6PM.

Great first meeting, guys! So many of you attended, and we hope to see you again next Friday. A quick overview for those who couldn’t make it or those who want a reminder: Our first contest is on September 28th at Hayman’s Hall, Room 111 from 6PM - 8PM. Bring stuff to draw with to participate in the contest, whether it is your Wacom tablet pen, pencil and sketchbook, or laptop. It can be any medium you want. The winners receive a concept art book of their choosing.... We meet every Friday at 6PM in Hayman’s Hall, Room 111 (the room might change depending on the capacity). Matt Rhodes (art director and concept artist at BioWare) will be speaking to us on on October 12th in Hayman’s Hall, Room 118 from 6PM - 7PM. So, think of questions for him! If anyone has any questions for us, shoot us a message.

Remember, meeting today at 6pm in Hayman's Hall, Room 111! Can't wait to see everyone

For those who are new to this page and the club, we will have a table at SCAD's Fall Fest, which takes place on Saturday, September 15th between Apiary and Bumble at the Hive from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. If you're going to be there, feel free to come say hi!

Hey, everyone! Hope you all had a great summer! Our first meeting will be on September 21st at 6pm in Hayman's Hall, Room 111. We have some exciting events planned this quarter and look forward to seeing everyone!

Hey all Concept Art Club will be meeting tomorrow at 6pm in Haymans room 111! Hope to see you guys there!

Due to Editors Day and Illustration Expo we will not be meeting today.

Hey guys! We are meeting today at 6 pm in Haymans room 111. Hope to see you there!

Hey all here are the rules for this quarters contest! All submissions are due May 18th!

Hey all, Warren your president here, I regret to inform you that do to illness and scheduling conflict that we will be unable to meet today. I tried to hold off on the decision as long as I could to see if I would be feeling better but unfortunately I am still not feeling well. Our other officers have class related engagements and therefore cannot run the meeting in my stead. We will be pushing back this weeks demo to next week. Again I am deeply sorry and want to assure you that this is not going to be a recurring occurrence it is just an unfortunate combination of circumstances.

Don't forget to come see us tonight at 6 pm in Haymans room 111 for our first meeting of Spring!

Hey all our first meeting of Spring will be this Friday, April 6th, at 6 pm in Haymans Hall room 111. Hope to see you all there to start another great quarter!

Hey All, We will, unfortunately, not be able to meet again this week to another cancellation but rest assured we are all working tirelessly to reschedule so we can do at least one more big event for you guys before the quarter is over. In the the mean time we at CAC are hoping you all have a great week and success at the Career Fair!

Here are the rules for the Winter '18 Contest! We've also included some reference and tips. Have fun!

Don't forget to meet us tonight at 6pm in Haymans Hall room 111 for our first meeting of the quarter!

Hey all! A new quarter starts in a week! We want to know if you guys would prefer Saturday or Friday for our meetings this quarter. Vote down below and we will announce the winner as well as our first meeting date next weekend.

Hey all, we would like to announce that the winners of the raffle are Elena Sanchez and Teresa Lee! Please contact us and we will get your prizes to you as soon as possible. Congratulations!

Just a friendly reminder to join us this Saturday November 4th at 4:30 in Haymans Room 118 for a fantastic interview with Concept artist and Illustrator Bobby Chiu. Remember to also have a few questions planned before hand. For inspiration check out his Youtube channel by searching his name. Look forward to seeing you all there.

Hey concept artists! Don't forget we will be having a meeting tonight at 6pm in Haymans room 111. We will be doing a preview of what's coming next week and in the coming quarters.

Hey all, I want to inform you that we will NOT be meeting this week due to make up classes, midterms, etc. We hope to see you next week. Good luck this week!

Don't forget about tommorows meeting. We'll be in Haymans Hall room 111 from 6pm to 8 pm. If you draw along with the demo you'll get an entry into our end of the quarter raffle to win a prize!

Here's the poll I promised last weekend! Have fun!