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Entertainment Arts: Concept Design
The portfolio you submit for Entertainment Arts: Concept Design should show your interest in storytelling and your ability to visualize it.
Choose an existing story or create your own. Use that story to create original design ideas and present the following requirements:
Submit 15-20 pieces digitally. Use landscape orientation. Save all files into a multi-page PDF.
Include your original ideas for each of these four Subject Areas:
- Environments
- Characters
- Architecture
- Hardware (i.e. vehicles, accessories, props, weapons, etc.)
Include the following for each subject area: early concept sketches, development and inspiration photos along with finished renderings of your design ideas for each subject area. It is important to show your thinking process from rough to finish. This presentation of your process should flow in this order: Inspiration photos-Rough sketches-Value studies or Silhouettes-Final Rendering.
Film Major:
Applicants to the Film major are not required to submit a portfolio. Applicants with a 3.0 Cum GPA are admissible. Portfolios submitted will not be used for determining an admission decision or merit scholarship.
All Other Majors:
The art work you submit with your application should demonstrate original thinking and should be a reflection of you and how you view the world.
It should include examples of work that indicates the type of student you will be at the College for Creative Studies.
It should provide us with an understanding of your interest in and commitment to the field of art and/or design.
Your work may show how other artists and designers have influenced you.
You may also want to show how other aspects of culture – i.e. literature, music, film, politics, fashion, etc. – have helped you develop both intellectually and artistically.
The art work you submit does not need to include examples of your work in your intended major. The work should emphasize your strongest skill sets and show us how you think.
Edit your work. Quality is more important than quantity. Limit your art samples to 5 to 8 consistent pieces. Work completed within the last two years is usually the strongest.
Specific Requirements for the following Majors:
- Entertainment Arts: Animation
- Art Practice
- Illustration
- Transportation Design
Strong drawing skills are a must for these majors. A minimum of 5 drawings from direct observation and/or imagination, in any medium, must be included.
More information can be found at https://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/portfolio-assistance/portfolio-requirements