C.D.A. 02 - Materials

I received the material list for the classes.

Electronics:
Required: Laptop, wacom and usb drive.
Choice: Now should I go PC or MAC ?  If I ll will stay in visual effects I ll definitely stay on PC because you find all kind of third party programs to tweak a live action shot . But I m going to do concept and the Mac Screen are simply excellent. The software will be restricted mainly to Photoshop (CS series) and if needed there is the possibility to switch to windows.

After looking around I choose to move for a MacBookPro 17" instead of the 15 inch because of the resolution (1920 by 1200) that will permit to have a bigger working aera. The cons are the portability (its huge compared my old ultra-lite Vaio. MacBookPro 17". The mega-con for Brasil resident is the price (I ll buy two Mac in the US for the price of one in Brasil.). This price difference is just due to the huge Taxes. But lets says that brasil offers other immaterial things that are quite appealing instead :-)

Traditional

Traditional material will varies a lot depending on the classes you take. More requested by the instructors are Sketchbooks, Prismacolor/Copic-marker (light, medium, dark), pens (brush pen, ballpoint and ink), kneaded and pink eraser and pencils.
Of course if you take a painting class the weight and volume in your baggage will increase...
Only thing to know as a French are the Inch conversion. French instored in 1799 the metric system. Nowadays all countries around the world exept the U.S. Myamar and  Liberia don t use them so useful if you buy outside U.S. : 

a sketchbook (8 ½ x 11 inch) means (21,59 cm × 27,94 cm). Almost A4 format. 

a Canvas Board (9 x 12 inch) means 22.9 x 30.5 cm Almost A4 format.

a Canvas Board (6 x 9 inch) means 15.24 x 22.86 cm Almost A5 format.

Here some Art-supplies in the US (the first two are close to C.D.A.)

- Art Student Store - 1700 Lida St, Pasadena, CA 91103
- Dick Blick Art Material - 44 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
or
-  http://www.cheapjoes.com/
-  http://www.jerrysartarama.com/