ANIMATION: World Building

Age Group: Teens/Seniors (Grades 7-12)
Class Size: 12 max

Every great animated film, game or series begins with a world that feels believable.

In this two-day workshop, students will develop the skills professional animation artists use to create rich, engaging worlds from a single idea. Starting with a concept of their own, they'll learn how to gather visual references, plan their composition, design environments, apply perspective and colour, and bring everything together into one polished, finished artwork.

A key focus of the workshop is learning one of the most valuable skills in the animation industry: finishing a project. While it's easy to dream up ambitious ideas, professional artists need to understand scope, make creative decisions and deliver high-quality work within real production deadlines.

By the end of the workshop, each student will have completed a finished world-building illustration while developing practical skills used across animation, games and film, including visual storytelling, composition, perspective, environmental design, painting and professional creative workflows.

Teacher: Oscar Ramos

Oscar is a rising animation artist with a distinctive, contemporary visual voice shaped by mentorships with leading creators. He trained under Ethan Becker (Voltron: Legendary Defender, The Legend of Korra) and studied with Rad Sechrist (K-Pop: Demon Hunters, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts), and holds a Bachelor of Animation from Collarts (Australian College of the Arts).

He has worked professionally across visual development, character design, and key art on productions in Australia and overseas (currently under NDA). Oscar is a Lead Visual Development Artist on The Mothmen (upcoming), a project helmed by Michael V. Schrayder (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Hotel Transylvania 3; The Emoji Movie) and Tristan Torg (host of The Indie Magazine podcast). He is also directing and co-writing an independent project with collaborator Chelsea Merk.

Dates: Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 September (2-day workshop)
Time: 10am-3pm both days
Age Group: Teens/Seniors (Grades 7-12)
Cost: $300 (incl GST)

What to bring: Please bring lunch, snacks and a water bottle. If you have an IPAD, IPAD Pencil with ProCreate then please bring that with you. If you don’t have one please email us at hello@yasstudio.com.au and we will provide one for you.