Richard
Digital and Traditional Art Instruction
I have been teaching students both traditional and digital art instruction for the last 8 years for ITT Technical and Arts Institute at Pittsburgh. I have a BFA in Computer Animation and Multimedia and an MAE in curriculum design. I am also working on my second Master's in Conceptual Art, of which I only have 7 more classes to take to graduate with an MFA in Conceptual Art. I teach traditional skills such as form, value, color, drawing and painting as well as technical skills such as Photosho...
Adobe Flash
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Dreamweaver
general computer
HTML
Maya
I started using Maya back in 2000 during my BFA in Computer Animation and Multimedia. Since that time I have been teaching 3d using both Maya for the last 10 years as an instructor at ITT Technical and Arts Institute. I teach Maya using small steps and easily understandable steps. I feel that this is the best way to learn such a vast program.
Microsoft Windows
web design
Autodesk Maya
Kimi M. from Green Bay, WI
I thought his way of simplifying and explaining different methods and techniques gave me a better understanding of what I am doing for animation. He taught me many methods and techniques I didn't learn from several of my college courses that I took at MIAD and I greatly appreciated his patience and time for helping me. He also gave thorough constructive criticism that I wish I could have gotten back at my other college. He also taught me different ways of creating character designs and animation that I didn't know before I started having him as a tutor.