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artists use otner p rograms to hool' 0 Massive Black launches major new
create th eir work I .ove ZB rush
too, bU7 I rea lise I haven't eve',
training sc 001- the ConceptArt artist's studio
oegun:o t o ucn t he: sur race of ConceptArt.org and art studio Massive "It's deeper than what we use t o lrain
what that prog ra m ca n do " Black have launched a major new rnterns he re at H dSSlveB lac k and
Joen na w o uld love to get h er teaching school, the ConceptArt.org sho uld Yield very ~J o () d result s The
r and s on Arurnestuo ro p ,o a nd Atelier. The Atelier (which student s who 've b eg L,n are elreecv
=o ntLab. beca use "there's a means artist's studio) coing a g reat J08 on t heir t asks, We 'll
constan t co-itroversy about aims to prepare student set E! to r no: I, ing less tnan ~]r'eat~less :'
suitab re comic letteri'1g fonts - so artists in the fields of H ig h ra lent , hard-work mq st udents
I've c ecceo to design my own !" entertainment, fine art ore be ing accepted for the school.
Meanwhile, Doug 's exc ited about and illustration for the commercial located In San Franc 'seo , and whi le
new 3D package M ud b ox; " It' s world - something which art training tu it io n ~e e s m ay seem steep at 5600
o ne o f the few 3 D programs tr-at programs at other universities are a '~10n th, t hrs IS effordacle compa red
doesn' t lOOK very int irn id atinq . It not achieving, says ConceptArt. to o th er p-ivate art sc-ool p rograms.
seerl,s very Intuitive ,. " The curriculum IS i:1 th.ck rdxture of So i youre ser ous abou t :edr'l i'1g
And wh at o ne th ing do they tradtiooe l ar-o ustonce art training yo ur art dl',d wo"k,ng Irl "n tert ZJ,nme n:
most w an t to change abou t t h eir ano cutti ng edge d'gital p roduct.on." dS a concept deSig ne r, chec k o u t
ar c? For D o ug , It' S Simp ly to exolams Jason !'10f'l ey c~ MaSSive B lack www.conceptart.org/school
Im p ro ve overa ll. "I f eel like m o st
ot my art Is al: smoke and mirrors ,
en o I don't want tnat any more,"
tle confesses "I 'm flnaily look ln~J
at anatomy a ne co lou r theory
b o o ks." Joanna's de te rm ined to
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A n d Joel's resolution IS [ust to f.no people, he simply oeoole vIsit ing the pages, prompting
more time for his er r: "I wrote the couldn't afford one. So Drew 0 set up a foru m lor people to
book on At tenton ~)efldt Diso rder he decided to build his shore their own huildlng exoenenccs
and I ttur-k I'll be a lo t more own equivalent, or at least attempt D'ew n ow Intends to reill, e r'ls
p ro d uc tive In 2007 If I c an Just to, by combining an LCD monitor creanon and add furthe r' build no tes,
keep m ine In c heck," he laughs and his standard Wacom tablet, as wel l oS =,tt lfl g In m o re ar t alo ng the
We' ll be wa tchi ng w ith Interest "I wasn't rea lly ce rtem It wou ld work VkJY' "As to fur ther bui-es. does envone
:0 see If these resou tio ns come ulll stripped the m o r-rto r." savs Drew know where lean ge, a lOO-wa tt
to pass , Ana w hy n o t lel i.s krow "Once 1 was su re- al tha . metal co u o stee n . eng ine? "
yo ur owr art - rela ted re so lu t ion s go, that 's when I knew tor sure." A f te r See the fl.- II p rocess o n Dr ew 's s te at
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