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“Smart school has been the best decision I've ever made regarding my art education.“
Adam Benet Shaw @abshaw_illustration
Adam Benet Shaw @abshaw_illustration
GREG MANCHESS & SCOTT FISCHER--Team Teach--Comic Covers, Book Covers & Dynamic Storytelling--Thursdays 2-6pm ET, starts September 12—Special Guest: TBA--Eric Skillman, Art Director at the Criterion Collection
SCOTT FISCHER—Gaming Illustration—Wednesdays 1-4pm ET, starts September 11--Special Guest: Vic Ochoa, Studio Art Director for Dungeons & Dragons, formerly a Senior Art Director on the Worldbuilding team for Magic: the Gathering
GREG MANCHESS—Portrait as Story—8pm-11pm ET Thursdays, Starts September 12—Special Guest: Jim Zulick, Art Director at Easton Press
ERIC WILKERSON--Drawing Skills/Beginning Illustration--Mondays 11am-2pm ET, starts September 9 --Special Guest Artist: Taurin Clarke
DAN DOS SANTOS--Iconic Imagery for Covers, Cards, & Advertising---Tuesdays 7-10pm ET, starts September 10--Special Guest: Adam Auerbach, Art Director at Berkley / DAW / Penguin Random House
WINONA NELSON--Gaming Illustration and Character Design--Wednesdays--3:30-6:30pm ET, September 11--Special Guest: Matt Danner Senior Creative Lead at Wizards of the Coast
SAM WEBER--Signature Style--Wednesdays 11am-2pm ET, starts September 11—Special Guest: Sheri Gee, Art Director at The Folio Society
WINONA NELSON--Gaming Illustration and Character Design—Wednesdays-- 9pm-Midnight ET, starts September 11--Special Guest: Matt Danner Senior Creative Lead at Wizards of the Coast
MARTIN WITTFOOTH--Imaginative Realism—-Tuesdays 11am-2pm ET, starts September 10 --Special Guest: Ken Harman, owner/founder/director of Hashimoto Contemporary Gallery, Harman Projects, and Spoke Art
SCOTT FISCHER—Gaming Illustration— 8-11pm ET, starts September 11--Special Guest: Vic Ochoa, Studio Art Director for Dungeons & Dragons, formerly a Senior Art Director on the Worldbuilding team for Magic: the Gathering
CYNTHIA SHEPPARD--Illustrating the Emotional Narrative--Mondays 3-6pm ET, starts September 9—Special Guest: Forrest Schehl, Art Director, Magic: the Gathering, Wizards of the Coast
CYNTHIA SHEPPARD--Illustrating the Emotional Narrative—Mondays 8-11pm ET, starts September 9—Special Guest: Forrest Schehl, Art Director, Magic: the Gathering, Wizards of the Coast
"This was better than 4 years of art school."
Tom Parsons @tomparsonsart
“You are the best school I attended this far, by far. With amazing cast of mentors, alumni perks and all the work that the great team does behind the scenes - it's just mind blowing."
Kristina WermoongRey @wermoongrey
"Originally I enrolled right after school in the hopes of learning professional practices, and Smart School blew my expectations out of the water."
Ryan Pearse @ryanpearseart
Tom Parsons @tomparsonsart
“You are the best school I attended this far, by far. With amazing cast of mentors, alumni perks and all the work that the great team does behind the scenes - it's just mind blowing."
Kristina WermoongRey @wermoongrey
"Originally I enrolled right after school in the hopes of learning professional practices, and Smart School blew my expectations out of the water."
Ryan Pearse @ryanpearseart
Full list of mentorships
- ERIC WILKERSON--Drawing Skills/Beginning Illustration--Mondays 11am-2pm ET, starts September 9 --Special Guest Artist: Taurin Clarke
- CYNTHIA SHEPPARD--Illustrating the Emotional Narrative--Mondays 3-6pm ET, starts September 9--Special Guest: Forrest Schehl, Art Director, Magic: the Gathering, Wizards of the Coast
- CYNTHIA SHEPPARD--Illustrating the Emotional Narrative—Mondays 8-11pm ET, starts September 9--Special Guest: Forrest Schehl, Art Director, Magic: the Gathering, Wizards of the Coast
- MARTIN WITTFOOTH--Imaginative Realism—-Tuesdays 11am-2pm ET, starts September 10 --Special Guest: Ken Harman, owner/founder/director of Hashimoto Contemporary Gallery, Harman Projects, and Spoke Art
- DAN DOS SANTOS--Iconic Imagery for Covers, Cards, & Advertising---Tuesdays 7-10pm ET, starts September 10--Special Guest: TBA
- SAM WEBER--Signature Style--Wednesdays 11am-2pm ET, starts September 11—Special Guest: Sheri Gee, Art Director at The Folio Society
- WINONA NELSON--Gaming Illustration and Character Design--Wednesdays--3:30-6:30pm ET, September 11--Special Guest: Matt Danner Senior Creative Lead at Wizards of the Coast
- WINONA NELSON--Gaming Illustration and Character Design—Wednesdays-- 9pm-Midnight ET, starts September 11--Special Guest: Matt Danner Senior Creative Lead at Wizards of the Coast
- SCOTT FISCHER—Gaming Illustration—Wednesdays 1-4pm ET, starts September 11--Special Guest: Vic Ochoa, Studio Art Director for Dungeons & Dragons, formerly a Senior Art Director on the Worldbuilding team for Magic: the Gathering
- SCOTT FISCHER—Gaming Illustration— Wednesdays 8-11pm ET, starts September 11--Special Guest: Vic Ochoa, Studio Art Director for Dungeons & Dragons, formerly a Senior Art Director on the Worldbuilding team for Magic: the Gathering
- GREG MANCHESS & SCOTT FISCHER--Team Teach--Comic Covers, Book Covers & Dynamic Storytelling--Thursdays 2-6pm ET, starts September 12—Special Guest: TBA--SPACES AVAILABLE
- GREG MANCHESS—Portrait as Story--Thursdays 8pm-11pm ET , Starts September 12—Special Guest: Jim Zulick, Art Director at Easton Press