136-Digital Storytelling

In this four week hands-on program, we'll learn all about the structure and principles of great storytelling for any form of story, whatever the artistic medium might be. Through weekly in-class exercises, collaborations, lectures and personalized instructor feedback, students will be able to craft a storyboard sequence or comic pages of their own original story in any style they'd like, whether it's anime, manga, webtoons or live action content. The class is taught by storyboard artist Gene Kim who has storyboarded on shows for Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Max and others and was also a former Pixar and Disney CG artist before switching to storyboards.

This class is recommended for 13+ and young adults

    Special Notes

    All students must comply with the Policies and Procedures found on The Center's website. There will be no refunds for students removed from class for failure to observe The Center’s Policies and Procedures.

    Materials

    • Notebook

    • Sketchbook

    • Pencils

    • Colored Markers

    • iPad or Tablet with an illustration app and drawing stylus

    • Highly recommended reading: The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler

    About the Instructor

    Gene Kim

    Gene Kim is a storyboard artist and animator who has storyboarded on Netflix, Amazon Studios and other major streaming platform shows in addition to his own work. Before switching to storyboards, Gene was a CG artist at Disney's Blue Sky Studios and an undergrad animation generalist program intern at Pixar Animation Studios. His own original animated work One Last Monster has been profiled by ForbesThe Korea TimesToon Boom Animation and other major news outlets (for more info visit onelastmonster.com/awards.) Additionally, his previous films have won dozens of international awards and in 2012 he was shortlisted for an Academy Award in the Student Undergraduate Animation category. For more info, please visit genekk.com or @one.last.monster on Instagram.

    REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS

    Class Details

    January 09 - February 27, 06:30 pm - 09:00 pm

    Days: Thursday

    Tuition: $292

    Member Tuition: $267

    Location: The Center for Contemporary Art

    Semester: Winter 2025

    Level: Adult

    Instructor: Gene Kim