Students flock to Singapore for Illustration Courses

Pursuing Illustration Courses in Singapore
 

Students have never had it so good. In this day and age where creativity, innovation and accessibility  has been given a boost due to the advancement of technology—students are spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing the best education. With its modern facilities and state-of-the-art infrastructure, Singapore has seen a constant influx of international students in recent years as it stakes its claim to be the region’s premiere educational hub.

The Creative Technologies faculty in particular has seen demand rise in recent years, with many businesses moving away from the use of traditional media to propagate their products and services. A quick peek online for example, will bring out the names of many reputed institutions offering the best illustrations courses in Singapore. These courses are designed to arm students and prepare them for the industry in the most efficient way possible.

With illustration courses ranging from Basic Illustration to the more advanced illustration courses and other related courses such as the 3D digital sculpting courses, character game design, as well as courses for graphic design in Singapore.

Why study Illustration?

So why take up illustration courses? After all, is it not simply the refinement of one’s god given talent to draw? Does one really require a certificate to prove that one can illustrate?

Well, the answer is yes and no.

While it is true that one’s creativity and proficiency in illustration can be (and should be) refined through constant practice on one’s own time, institutes do more than just provide aspiring illustrators with paper qualifications. The first and strongest argument one could make, is that institutions can provide aspiring illustrators with a handle on industry practices and standards. An illustrator after all, is often involved right from conceptualization, to pre-production, production as well as post-production. As such it is imperative that prospective students look for an institution with established connections to the industry, and are able to provide them with internships or job placements. 

Of course, there are other arguments that make first-class institutions in Singapore attractive for aspiring illustrators. The schools would also be responsible in certifying quality candidates; those who have mastered the art of illustration and attained a level of proficiency in the tools widely used by industry professionals. 

Make a mark, and take your first big step into world of film, animation, visual effects, gaming or even the media at large. Check the details out today, and join one of the best Illustration courses in Singapore.

What’s in it for me?

A creative mind is a beautiful thing – but it needs the right tools, and the know-how to use these tools, to help turn an abstract idea into something tangible. Here’s a brief outline on some of the illustration courses on offer in Singapore

Basic Illustration

• Introduction to Illustration

• Basic Perspective, Light and Shadow and the 5 Value System

• Human and Creature Structure

• Basic Human Anatomy, Facial Features and Rendering

• Story and Concept Development Stage

• Development of an Illustration – 1 Simple Character

• Illustration 2 – Book Cover Image

• Final Illustration – Complex Scene

    Advanced Illustration

• Thumbnail Creation

• Rough Selection

• Rough finalization

• Value Compositions

• Colour Selections

• Final Rendering

  Digital Painting Courses in Singapore

• Introduction to the tools on Photoshop; Basic creation of characters through silhouette and thumbnails

• Proportion of human figures and creature structures

• Colour toning and application on characters; Basic lighting effects

• Introduction to environment and character animation

• Application materials and paint to models

• Sculpture techniques

Networking and Portfolio Preparation Talk- Gaming and Animation Industry

Get Industry insights from some of the most experienced Professionals of the Creative Technology Industry. Seats are limited, so reserve one right now! Register at the following link:

http://www.mages.edu.sg/e2i/e2iGamingTalk.html

Game Programming & Animation Courses

This post I am writing now is the result of an inspiration that I got from my nephew seeing him fastened into his favorite animation show. The never ending charm of animation has seized our flight of fancy and made infancy reverie. So if you are a kind of person who has a charm for games and if you have a talent to prove yourself in the gaming industry then go for it. But indeed, don’t join “any” school. Go for the school which really will help you exploring your talent, attend the college where you will get the proper knowledge. Except this, join the institute that will help you landing up with real opportunity to get the job…..

Mages Institute is the best game programming and animation institute in Singapore offering job oriented animation and game programming courses. An amazing institute with a perspective to offer you high quality education and that is why connected with a network of multimedia companies. It also provides a wide range of career oriented courses such as gamedeveloping, game designing, graphic designing and many more.

Course highlights

• Build up strong programming skill
• Mages offers wealth of education online i.e. you can get tutorials, videos, blogs, forums etc online   which help you learn the concepts thoroughly
•  Regardless of where geographically you are situated, you’ll learn and teach yourself helping your skills to get improved.
• Inculcates in you the competitive skills.

If you really have the desire and the passion for learning game programming skills, do not limit yourself….

Once you get connected with Mages, you will have more opportunities waiting outside. Though it is tough for a beginner to land up with a good job but indeed, as Mages is connected to a network of companies, you’ll end up your course with a good job opportunity in your hands.

Basic Illustration – Produce Character from Your Imagination

Clear and correct thinking is what we call logic and logical thinking is the only requirement of Illustration course. Real and original thinking, problem solving, and conceptual and narrative skills are the features if you have, will help you become an illustrator. Visual effects and illustration is an ambidextrous amalgamation which focuses upon offering high end media and entertainment to the user as well as to the developer itself.

Our visual effects industry is prospering at a faster pace as it has become a destination for outsourcing for the people around the world. And this is all because visual effects courses are playing a crucial role in today’s animation videos, television commercials or serials, and film making industry. Today around 41 out of 50 films are visual effects driven and all these films are box office hits. The success behind every film is the use of visual effects.

Most of the institutes impart only basic skills that will help you get a good job. Getting good job is not the only motive of our students but to get the best is what is inculcated in our students. We not only make them aware of software and technologies but we impart artistic emotions in our students so as to see them prospering day by day. Though there are a number of institutes who impart knowledge of visual effects and illustration courses making you specialized in one prospect but at Mages, you will get through all the aspects of animation from a very basic sketching to digital animation including illustration and visual effects.

Field trips to professional studios, proper knowledge of software and latest tools and technologies getting good placements are some of the learning outcomes at Mages. Put your best foot forward and get connected with Mages to make your future best and blossoming. 

MAGES offers the Specialist Diploma in Game Design & Entrepreneurship

The Specialist Diploma offered by MAGES Institute of Excellence and supported by Singapore Workforce Development Agency(WDA), is well-designed to coach the students to Excel in Game Design and Development with Entrepreneur Mindset while they are working in the Industry. 5 Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) Statements of Attainment (SOAs) will be issued to students who graduate successfully. Based on a Place and Train (PnT) format, students will undergo an on-the-job training in the sponsoring company for the entire duration of the course, besides classroom training at MAGES premises. The course is conducted over weekday evenings while the apprenticeship occurs during the day.

Course fee and Training Allowance Subsidy

Supported by

In this Game Design and Entrepreneurship course, both technological and economic acumen come into play. Consequently, students have to train on that dual requirement to run the gaming business successfully. Students will gain a strong foundation in the key areas of designing, creating and publishing the interactive games. Combined lectures and working in discovering and developing entrepreneurial skills in the game industry.

This programme will give students a holistic approach to an enriching learning experience. Assessments will be conducted via coursework as well as paper examinations and projects so that students are well-versed in the required skill-sets through realistic coursework and practical programming projects.For more details click here

Awarded by:

MAGES Institute of Excellence

Duration:

1 Year

Programme Structure:

Full Time – 5 days a week and 5 hours a day

Part Time – 3 days a week and 3 hours a day

Note – International Students can only opt for Full Time programmes (without Industrial Attachment)