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The Invisible Structure: Composition The Invisible Structure: Composition
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The Invisible Structure: Composition
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Join Nick Leysens for a free, two-hour live class exploring the essential principles of composition and how they can be applied to all aspects of art. From illustration and character design to environments, storytelling, and more, we'll look at the invisible structures that make an image clear, engaging, and effective.

The class is free to attend, with an optional Pay What You Want contribution. If you enjoy the class and want to support what we're building, your contribution will help support The Art Club Kickstarter and our goal of making professional art education more accessible to everyone.

Support The Art Club on Kickstarter

What you will learn:

  • The fundamental principles of composition and visual hierarchy

  • How to use shape, space, balance, rhythm, line, and contrast

  • Applying composition to characters, environments, storytelling, and design

  • Creating images that are clear, readable, and visually engaging

  • Practical ways to analyze and improve the composition of your own artwork

Free to attend! Pay what you want!

This special community class is our way of giving back to The Art Club community while supporting The Art Club Kickstarter. If you'd like to help us continue making professional art education accessible to everyone, consider backing our Kickstarter.

Support The Art Club on Kickstarter

THE INVISIBLE STRUCTURE COMPOSITION

Join Nick Leysens for a free, two-hour live class exploring the essential principles of composition and how they can be applied to all aspects of art. From illustration and character design to environments, storytelling, and more, we'll look at the invisible structures that make an image clear, engaging, and effective.

The class is free to attend, with an optional Pay What You Want contribution. If you enjoy the class and want to support what we're building, your contribution will help support The Art Club Kickstarter and our goal of making professional art education more accessible to everyone.

Support The Art Club on Kickstarter

What you will learn:

  • The fundamental principles of composition and visual hierarchy

  • How to use shape, space, balance, rhythm, line, and contrast

  • Applying composition to characters, environments, storytelling, and design

  • Creating images that are clear, readable, and visually engaging

  • Practical ways to analyze and improve the composition of your own artwork

Free to attend! Pay what you want!

This special community class is our way of giving back to The Art Club community while supporting The Art Club Kickstarter. If you'd like to help us continue making professional art education accessible to everyone, consider backing our Kickstarter.

Support The Art Club on Kickstarter

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Date
Thursday - Aug 27

Time
4:00pm - 6:00pm PST

Location
The Art Club - Discord: <https://discord.gg/TZb8wK292j>
The Art Club - Youtube: <https://www.youtube.com/@dzine555>

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FORMAT

  • Class meets on Discord.

  • Students will be able to participate via text chat, voice chat, and ask questions directly to the instructor.

  • Register for the class to receive a notification email with the class date, time, location, and all necessary links.

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THE FACULTY

Nick Leysens is a designer, storyboard artist, illustrator and animator who has been working for the last 10 years in the tv/film, tech, and commercial industries. His clients include Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, Titmouse, ShadowMachine, Miley Cyrus, Duolingo, Cinemax, Fox, and Adult Swim. Nick studied at the Laguna College of Art & Design. Nick has worked on shows such as Animaniacs, Looney Tunes, BoJack Horseman, Spongebob Squarepants, The Simpsons, Baby Shark’s Big Show, Mike Judge Presents Tales from the Tour Bus, and Clone High.

Nick has taught on the collegiate level for 5 years at the Cleveland Institute of Art and also serves at the School of Visual Arts MFA program as a mentor.

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Nick’s Credits

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The cover of the game 'Animaniacs' featuring the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, in front of the Warner Bros. water tower, with two mice characters from the show on top.
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SpongeBob SquarePants, a yellow sea sponge with big blue eyes, jumps with arms raised, surrounded by bubbles, and animated sea creatures like a snail, starfish, a jellyfish, and a fish, all underwater.
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We’re building The Art Club to make professional art education more accessible and affordable. Our Kickstarter helps us bring more working artists into the community, offer more live workshops and courses, and continue building a space where artists can learn, share, and grow together.

Every contribution helps us keep creating better opportunities for artists.

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The Invisible Structure: Composition The Invisible Structure: Composition
Sold out
The Invisible Structure: Composition
$0.00

Join Nick Leysens for a free, two-hour live class exploring the essential principles of composition and how they can be applied to all aspects of art. From illustration and character design to environments, storytelling, and more, we'll look at the invisible structures that make an image clear, engaging, and effective.

The class is free to attend, with an optional Pay What You Want contribution. If you enjoy the class and want to support what we're building, your contribution will help support The Art Club Kickstarter and our goal of making professional art education more accessible to everyone.

Support The Art Club on Kickstarter

What you will learn:

  • The fundamental principles of composition and visual hierarchy

  • How to use shape, space, balance, rhythm, line, and contrast

  • Applying composition to characters, environments, storytelling, and design

  • Creating images that are clear, readable, and visually engaging

  • Practical ways to analyze and improve the composition of your own artwork

Free to attend! Pay what you want!

This special community class is our way of giving back to The Art Club community while supporting The Art Club Kickstarter. If you'd like to help us continue making professional art education accessible to everyone, consider backing our Kickstarter.

Support The Art Club on Kickstarter

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