Doodle Lab - VISCOM LIBRARY + Ongoing Zoom Workshops

Sick of your hospital or school life - and that BORING urinal, foam cup, or school notebook? Let's make them LIT.

Grab some Sharpies! Let this seasoned concept artist show you battle-proven drawing secrets that turn mundane hospital or school items into fun masterpieces!

In this quirky, engaging, eye-opening STEAM visual arts club, learners will have a chance to brighten their lives and their environment by turning mundane, often overlooked everyday objects and materials, such as urinals, paper towels, cardboard boxes, and boring plastic mugs, into great expressions of art and functional design.

PLUS - you'll have access to my growing library of industry-tested drawing tutorials - most of which I never published onto YouTube!

In this program, I'll walk you through my battle-proven visual design techniques that can be applied under any physical surroundings and materials. You'll be exposed to professional-level art skills that are forged from his years of rigorous education and professional experience as a concept artist.

TOPICS & SCHEDULES

Our sample breakdown of club meets will look something like below (orders may change):

Block One: Having Fun With Materials!

Session 1: The Do's & Don'ts of Designing Urinals

Session 2: Foam Cup Re-Design!

Session 3: Drawing On Cardboard Boxes

Session 4: How to Draw on IV Bags

Session 5: Napkin Sketches (Paper Towels Works Too!)

Session 6: How To Develop A Sketchbook

Session 7: Free Draw Lounge Time + Q&A

Block Two: Deep Dive on Manga!

Session 8: The Do's & Don'ts of Drawing Manga Character Faces

Session 9: Deep Dive on Manga Eyes, Nose, Mouth

Session 10: How To Design Manga Hair Style

Session 11: Simple Fashion Design Sketches

Session 12: Building Story Tension - The Japanese Manga Way!

Session 13: Story Layout - How To Use Cells to Build Tension

Session 14: Free Draw Lounge Time + Q&A

Block Three: Basic VISCOM Skills

Session 15: You Can't Go Wrong With Contour Drawing!

Session 16: Dynamic Sketching - With Pens

Session 17: 3D Perspective, Simplified!

Session 18: Marker Rendering Do's & Don'ts

Session 19: Basic Color Theory

Session 20: Why Composition?

Session 21: Free Draw Lounge Time + Q&A

Block Four: Innovate With Industrial Design

Session 22: Intro To Design Thinking & Product Design

Session 23: How to Draw Cars In 2D - Like A Pro

Session 24: Simple Ways to Draw 3D Cars

Session 25: How to Design Hand Tools

Session 26: On Designing Shoes or Gears

Session 27: Design Lab Challenge - R&D, Brainstorming, Initial Ideations

Session 28: Design Lab Challenge - Final Ideations, Informal Presentation, Q&A

Block Five: Digital Painting Mastery

Session 29 - 30: Painting digitally using Procreate - Cover The Basics

Session 31 - 32: Fundamentals of Coloring & Shading on Procreate

***Disclaimer: The order of topics covered in our live meetings listed above may be altered at the Mr. Dan's discretion, to allow for flexibility and adapt to address present learner's curiosities and artistic hurdles. Although our lessons are organized into "Blocks", learners may join and leave at any time. Learners are encouraged to, but are not required to "follow the program" and practice what they learned at home. During our live Q&A times, they may opt to work on their own art projects - if they wish to do so!

WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

Our Doodle Lab time is normally structured as follows:

Part 1: Warm Welcomes, Warm-ups, Expectations and Updates - Mr. Dan will briefly welcome the students, review simple class rules, and maybe start learners off with a quick warm-up sketching drill.

Part 2: Live Demo - The instructor will teach, via live demo, the week's unique lessons (see above).

Part 3: Lab Time / Hang-out Time / Q&A - The student, following the teacher's demo, will be encouraged to create something cool based on what they saw. Learners can also chill with us and work on their own projects, as well as ask Mr. Dan for input and support.