DRAWING STREET CLOTHES : FOLDS & COSTUME ● KARL GNASS
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
During this workshop, we’ll start with the 8 major folds and explore clear-cut ideas about how they express action. We’ll cover passive folds, wrinkles, design and costume as character. The goal is to develop the ability to draw with skill and imagination.
Emphasis on: • 8 Folds and Patterns • Order from Chaos • Shape/Volume – Action of the underlying form • Shape/volume – Design • Story and Character
We will cover: • 2 things you must always ask • The Gravity in the situation • 3 simple things to keep in balance • 6+2=8 Folds • Folds vs. Wrinkles: Good folds / Useless folds • The cut and type of fabric • Mass, gravity, tension, direction • Analysis, Concept, and Application • Economy – Making Choices • Costume as a garment • Costume as Character • Costume as its own independent statement • Shape and Silhouette
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Fundamentals ● Intermediate ● Advanced
PRE-REQUISITE
Basic human anatomy & proportions knowledge and some drawing experience.
REQUIRED TOOLS & MATERIALS
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THE TEACHER
Karl Gnass is one of the most sought-after teachers in Los Angeles, whose students include luminaries of the animation and CGI industries. “It’s one thing to learn how to draw,” says Karl, “It’s another to learn how to see and interpret what you see using useful 2D and 3D conceptual tools.” Karl has been teaching drawing, painting, and storyboarding for over 40 years at Disney (for 20 years) as well as at Dreamworks, Sony ImageWorks, Nickelodeon, and Warner Bros. Features Animation, among others. He also storyboarded for Disney Television Animation, for DarkWing Duck, Gargoyles, and Aladdin Prince of Thieves. In film, he developed the character expressions and anatomical breakdowns for Stuart in Stuart Little, and character breakdowns in Harry Potter. He worked with Glen Keane to develop a class to help CGI animators working on Tangled to understand the dynamics of movement. He continues at Disney on such films as Moana as an Anatomical Dynamics Consultant.