Preparatory Year in Digital Arts
Are you still hesitating between Animation and Video Games? Your drawing skills are not yet perfect? The preparatory year is made for you!
The preparatory year in Digital Arts is an intensive 7-month training program that aims to discover the professions of animation and video games. It will allow you to acquire a traditional artistic training and to develop technical skills specific to Digital Arts.
It also aims to bring its students up to speed, create a portfolio, a personal project and prepare for competitive exams.
Objectives of the training
7 months – Teaching languages: French/English – Montreal
We are committed to training the creative people of tomorrow.
Download the full programEnrich
your general and artistic culture
Promote
teamwork and interaction
Discover
the fields of animation and video games
Explore
your study project
Acquire
the tools and techniques of artistic creation
Build up
your application + portfolio
Quelques projets étudiants :
Boo les humains
Projet Boardgame Prépa
Les Mystères de Stonebridge
Projet Boardgame Prépa
Celfipiade
Projet Boardgame Prépa
Training details
There are two main areas of instruction in your preparatory year:
Drawing and traditional artistic practices: Drawing a Character, introduction to sculpture and live models, introduction to animation etc…
The discovery and initiation to the mastery of technical and creative software: Introduction to Adobe Suite, programming, introduction to Unity, discovering the board game and
3D graphics etc…
As well as the accompaniment on the creation of a personal project, of your portfolio and preparation for competitions.
During your course, you will also complete two team projects : a 2D platform game and a board game.
At the end of your training, you will be able to choose the training that suits you best
Duration of the training: 7 months
Cost of training: $9250 CAD/year
Entrance exam
2D/3D Animation or Tech-Art
Training
The versatility of this training will allow you to learn and discover essential artistic techniques.
Introduction to Character Design
Introduction to Animation
Set design and staging
Observation drawing
Textures & materials
Theory and practice of color
Introduction to matte painting
Introduction to 2D rendering techniques
Culture générale artistique du film et du jeu vidéo
Outils numériques 2D/3D
Suite Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator…)
Maya Unreal/Unity
Boardgame
Introduction Modèle vivant
Introduction sound design
Training
The versatility of this training will allow you to learn and discover essential artistic techniques.
Introduction to Character Design
Introduction to Animation
Set design and staging
Observation drawing
Textures & materials
Theory and practice of color
Introduction to matte painting
Introduction to 2D rendering techniques
Culture générale artistique du film et du jeu vidéo
Outils numériques 2D/3D
Suite Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator…)
Maya Unreal/Unity
Boardgame
Introduction Modèle vivant
Introduction sound design
Entrance exam
2D/3D Animation or Tech-Art
Your future teachers
Our teachers are active professionals who conveys to you skills from their domain of expertise. This allows us, in other words, to assure you as a future graduate, to be at the cutting edge of technology required by the industry.
Sophie Tholozan
Coordonnatrice Prépa
Jeremy Fassio
Professeur de typographie
Gianni Giuliano
Professeur de modèle vivant
Josselin Viricel
Professeur d’introduction sound design
Marie-Annebelle Hébert
Professeur de sculpture
Thomas De Rego
Professeur de prototypage
Vincent Thavenet
Professeur de couleur
Florian Saugues
Professeur d’Histoire des jeux vidéo
Admission requirements
You are passionate, you have artistic creations and you wish to learn the fundamentals of animation and video games, the preparatory year is the training that suits you.
To enter this program, you need a high school diploma if you are from Quebec and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent if you are an international candidate.
To enter, you will have to pass an entrance exam consisting of a general culture test and a test specialized in animation and video games, a drawing test, an imagination test, a mathematics and logic test and an oral interview.
