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3.00 Credits
This course continues the practice of professional illustration techniques, interpretations and presentations of books begun in Book Illustration I. Students review the traditional, but not necessarily conventional, approaches of successful book illustrators. Students who appreciate literature particularly enjoy and benefit from the course. Prerequisite: ILLU 306.
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3.00 Credits
The poster has long been an exciting medium for expressing the creative personality of the illustrator. This course emphasizes the visual product and examines the graphic vocabulary of poster communication for various venues such as theater, movies, media and corporations. Prerequisite: ILLU 215.
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3.00 Credits
The artist's perspective in social, political and satirical commentary is examined in this studio course. The history of caricature, from Goya and Daumier through Levine and Hirschfeld, is incorporated into lectures and assignments. Prerequisite: ILLU 215.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on watercolor as a medium for the illustrator. Students are challenged to develop traditional and nontraditional techniques and to explore weights of paper, textures and block-out materials. Assignments are relevant for the working illustrator. Current and historical information is presented to demonstrate the impact of watercolor on the field of illustration. Prerequisite: ILLU 215.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the conception and production of illustrations that use humor to communicate ideas. Students analyze humorous art produced by renowned illustrators such as Seymour Chwast, Ed Sorel, R.O. Blechman, Steven Guarnaccia, Ralph Steadman, Elwood Smith and Gary Baseman. Traditional and digital techniques are demonstrated. Character development, design, stylization, distortion and exaggeration are practiced to develop a personal look. Students explore the many venues that showcase humorous art, including magazines, greeting cards and advertisements. Prerequisite: ILLU 215.
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3.00 Credits
Exploring the role that an illustrator plays in the retail product marketplaces of the entertainment industry, students generate original ideas through use of 3-D drawing techniques followed by design and rendering of products. Students create characters and environments, and they learn the professional expectations and standards of the field. ILLU 200, ILLU 306.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on food illustration in five general areas in the illustration market: cookbooks (covers and interiors), recipe and editorial illustration (magazines), production illustration (packaging), menu imagery (advertising restaurants, bistros, coffee houses) and 3-D food display (inside restaurants, window displays, store displays). Projects are designed with each of these areas in mind. Prerequisite: ILLU 215.
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3.00 Credits
Various traditional and nontraditional skills and techniques are used to produce illustrations. This course addresses the applications of composition and design, color and conceptualization with a variety of acrylic paint techniques. Through set projects, students experiment and gain experience with at least four different methods of working in acrylic paints. Prerequisite: ILLU 215.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an exploration of the use of digital sculpting in scientific illustration. Topics covered include creating digital sculptures, synthesizing various digital sculptures and illustrative materials into a coherent whole, and professional practices regarding the use of digital sculptures in the scientific illustration industry. Students will create innovative and original artwork for inclusion in a professional portfolio. Prerequisite: ILLU 317.
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3.00 Credits
As part of both the verbal and visual communication tools necessary for a successful dialogue with the scientific community, this course covers the specific and highly specialized requirements of accurately depicting 3-D form onto a 2-D surface are thoroughly explored in this hands-on, step-by-step process of applied perspective theory. Prerequisite: ILLU 323.
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