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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course provides an in-depth study of a topic in Illustration. The topic may be selected to take advantage of special events, to allow further exploration of a subject covered in a preliminary way in other courses, or to explore areas not sufficiently covered by the regular class rotation. Prerequisites: Prerequisites will be developed in conjunction with the course description for each topic. Fulfills: 200-Level Illustration Elective (Illustration Students); Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Working from preliminary sketches to finished art, students in this?course create works for professionally modeled assignments. Editorial, advertising, children's book, fiction, poster and sequential?assignments are engaged. Attention to the marketplace, content?concerns, art direction, reproduction, deadlines and other obstacles to the illustrator are addressed and experienced.? Students participate in frequent critiques to develop critical judgment and a better understanding of viewer's perceptions. Contemporary illustration work is examined and discussed. Prerequisites: Illustration II or Permission of Instructor Fulfills: Illustration III Requirement (Illustration students); 300-Level Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Students in this course explore aspects of children's book illustration from traditional book formats to more inventive formats. Course projects lead students through all stages of illustrating for a children's book, including the development of concepts related to the text, creating storyboards, book layout, rhythm and pace, cover art, and the completion of a book dummy. Prerequisites: Illustration I or Permission of Instructor Fulfills: Illustration Elective (Illustration students); 300-level Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Illustrators of fiction interpret and illuminate the visions of other artists, namely, writers. In this course, students create imagery to accompany stories, fables and myths. A variety of sub genres will be explored, possibly including classic literature, horror, mystery, romance and juvenile fiction. The application of this imagery relative to the demands of the marketplace, namely books, magazines and book covers, is surveyed. Examples of historic and contemporary fiction illustration will be examined and discussed. Prerequisites: Illustration I or Permission of Instructor Fulfills: Illustration Elective (Illustration students); 300-level Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In this course students explore the process of designing characters as well as the objects they possess and the environments they inhabit. Students develop characters and environments that are both personally and culturally resonant and imaginative. Particular emphasis will be placed on research as well as the expressive power of facial expression, body posture, color and costume. Through exploring students' own perceptions of good and evil, success and failure, as well as beauty and ugliness, they will aim to create characters that are highly original. Character Creation's application to diverse and emerging illustration markets such as digital game design, children's books, animation, comic books, film, merchandising and marketing will be discussed and explored. Prerequisites: One 200-level Drawing Course, or Permission of Instructor Fulfills: Illustration Elective (Illustration students); 300-level Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Rendered drawings, 3-D projects and expressive studies of animate and inanimate nature create the foundations for this specialized field. Course content prepares the illustrator through investigative research and drawing methods including optical magnification. Prerequisites: Drawing 1, Life Drawing 1 and one 200-Level Drawing Elective Fulfills: Advanced Drawing or Illustration Elective (Illustration students); 300-level Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Students work from models in costumes, settings or poses inspired by readings and oral descriptions from classic literature and contemporary contexts. Students interpret narrative meanings and refine knowledge of the figure in context while exploring different media. This course satisfies the advanced drawing elective requirement. Prerequisites: One 200-level Drawing Course, or Permission of Instructor Fulfills: Advanced Drawing or Illustration Elective (Illustration students); 300-level Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In this course, students will search for and report real stories from the world around them using their illustration artwork. From downtown Beverly, to nearby public places, to work environments (indoors and out) and even in their own residences, students will closely observe, render, document and comment visually on the things they investigate. The class will discuss fine and commercial art examples of visual journalism. On-site drawing will be a major focus of the course. Spatial and linear perspective, anatomy and natural science will all play roles in the successful creation of these site-specific narratives that detail place, action and story. Prerequisites: One 200-level Drawing Course, or Permission of Instructor Fulfills: Advanced Drawing or Illustration Elective (Illustration students); 300-level Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In this course, students will develop series of images in a journal, based directly on their experiences living and traveling in Japan. Students will closely observe, document, and comment on their investigations of various aspects of Japanese life and culture. On-site drawing will be major focus of course. Spatial and linear perspective, anatomy, natural science, and creative writing will all play roles in successful narrative. Prerequisites: One 200-level Drawing Course, or Permission of Instructor Fulfills: Advanced Drawing or Illustration Elective (Illustration students); 300-level Studio Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In this course, students study editorial illustration created for the communication needs of magazines, newspapers and other periodicals. Editorial Illustration emphasizes the conceptual aspects of illustration, and addresses contemporary issues in politics, criticism and culture. In this course, as in the field, the most contemporary content and styles of visual communication are explored and discussed. Attention is paid to professional standards and practices. Prerequisites: Illustration I or Permission of Instructor Fulfills: Illustration Elective (Illustration students); 300-Level Studio Elective
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