Continuing Education

Figure Drawing for Cartoonists
Cartoonist
When you're a graphic illustrator, understanding human anatomy is only part of the skill set you need to successfully compose vivid and expressive figures. This course will survey key concerns such as solidity, movement, body language and stagecraft, in an effort to coordinate what you can learn about the figure with what you can see and imagine. Sessions will alternate between life drawing from the model, and figure construction from memory and imagination. This is a good course for people who draw well and would like to draw better.
NOTE: Please bring drawing paper and pencils to the first session, and be prepared to present your best cartoon character or figure drawing. Students must have access to a scanner or digital camera (such as a cell phone camera). All students with an active registration in this course will be given free access to the Adobe Creative Cloud. This section of CIC-2218 is fully online and offered through a combination of regularly scheduled sessions during the listed course hours, as well as asynchronous material that may include prerecorded lectures and media, and interactive discussions.
Technical Requirements The School of Visual Arts online courses are hosted in Canvas, our College-wide learning system. Most computers (5 years old or newer recommended) can access the course(s) without a problem. The courses work with Windows (Windows 7 and newer), Macintosh (Mac OSX 10.10 and newer), and Linux (chromeOS). Participants will need a minimum screen size of 800x600 (the average size of a netbook) and good broadband (Minimum of 512kbps) Internet connection to participate in the online courses.
Accessing Your Online Course One business day after completing registration, you will receive a confirmation email from the Registrar's Office which includes a schedule, username and password.
Didn't get the confirmation email?
- Search for an email with subject line: "Your SVA Class Schedule" - sometimes the email goes to spam or junk.
- Search an alternate email address that you might have used to register.
- Reach out to registrar@sva.edu to request for the confirmation email to be resent.
Steps to Access Your Online Course
- Login to myid.sva.edu
- Select the Canvas LMS icon
- The Canvas application is your online classroom. Here you can find your Zoom links and course materials such as supply lists, discussion boards, recorded lectures, etc. You will use Zoom for live video meetings. Your instructor will show you around how their particular course is organized.
- For more information on Canvas, please visit the online courses section of the SVAIT User Guide.
Don't see your course in Canvas?
- You should see your course on your Canvas dashboard by 5:00 PM one day before the first class session.
- If you are still having trouble finding your course through Canvas, please reach out to olt@sva.edu
Issues logging in?
- Reach out to helpdesk@sva.edu .
Trying to access the Adobe Creative Suite?
- Please reference the SVA User Guide here for further instruction.

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