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  • 3.00 Credits

    Instructs students in the use of digital medium for the purpose of visual storytelling. Importance will be placed on the creation of visual narratives with reference to style, content and interpretation. Assignments will involve vector and raster-based software applications and a variety of input and output devices. Conceptual strategies, production methodologies, narrative composition, and color systems also will be covered. (2019-311) Credit 3
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will address the wide array of dry media production techniques. Stress will be placed on developing and enhancing drawing skills, appropriate use of media, artist, created photographic reference materials, and use of a structured illustration working process. Further emphasis will be placed on creative thinking, a preliminary view of professional practices and improvement of student portfolios. (Art and design foundation courses) Credit 3
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduces students to an alternative, three-al style of illustration. Emphasis will be placed on planning, preparation, compositional elements in three-al sculptural form and creative problem solving. Students will be encouraged to explore a variety of materials and techniques to complete projects. (Art and design foundation courses) Credit 3
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides students with the opportunity to explore the creative potential presented through the imaginative combination of both traditional and digital media. Students will be expected to utilize and combine skills learned in traditional and digital illustration courses to provide exciting and fresh illustrations unrestricted by a singular medium. (Art and Design foundation courses) Credit 3
  • 3.00 Credits

    Instructs students in the conceptualization and production of illustrated characters. Assignments will challenge students to create characters for a variety of purposes and media. Anatomy, design, and style will take fi nal form as frontal, rear, profi le and 3/4 view representations of characters. Conceptual strategies will be stressed as they relate to character appearance and function. Assignments will involve production methodologies, character diagramming and color systems. (2019-301 or 2019-311) Credit 3 Prerequisite for all 400-level illustration courses: sophomore illustration core or equivalent
  • 3.00 Credits

    The goal of this course is to familiarize students with professional illustration assignments and the integration of typography, symbols, and other forms of graphic visuals. Assignments will include book and magazine covers, advertisements, and posters; i.e. visuals that, although produced by illustrators, effectively function as total design solutions. The ability to interpret typographic and other nonillustrative components in an illustrative context has become a key to potential employment in our profession. In today's market many career tracks demand that illustrators know how to develop these total solution assignments. Credit 3
  • 3.00 Credits

    An in-depth introduction to the fi eld of editorial illustration. Emphasis is placed on brainstorming and concepts. Cultural images and symbols are examined and utilized to express ideas. Students are encouraged to expand in a personal direction while effectively communicating specifi c information from a given article or story. Effi cient and effective time and energy priorities are established. Credit 3
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides students with advanced methods of conceptualizing, organizing, and executing illustrations using the computer. Through the use of methodology worksheets, the course will emphasize problem solving methods while building on a consistent foundation for digital illustration preparation and production. Projects will allow students to explore advanced digital illustration techniques using vector and raster-based software applications, as well as a variety of input and output devices. Alternative color systems, output paper surfaces, and pre-press fi le formats also will be covered. Credit 3
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course emphasizes effectively communicating information in a given article or story, from political themes and news stories to plays and poetry. Students explore the computer's ability to make many variations and subtle changes to the images quickly. Credit 3
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will deal with constructing and illustrating pop-up and mechanical books. Students will study painting, engineering, and illustration for production of pop-ups. The course will be divided into a preliminary section of learning the basic mechanism of pop-up books and a second section that allows students to apply knowledge learned in the fi rst section to the illustration and production of their own book. Credit 3
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