ARTS 250 Digital Methods: Illustration and Compositing
Using both raster and vector based graphic image production and editing software programs, students will gain a working knowledge of digital drawing and painting, photographic manipulation, selection techniques, color correction, special effects, scanning, prepress preparation and print options, and digital photography techniques. With an emphasis on technical skill as well as craft, students will learn to design, retouch, and composite images for effective visual communication and self-expression. Basic computer literacy is required.
Hours Weekly
4
Course Objectives
- Apply and modify the general principles and techniques of conventional photography and traditional art mediums to raster and vector based digital image creation.
- Identify and manipulate the basic tools and techniques of image creation, compositing, and editing programs.
- Define and apply the specialized vocabulary used in the computer graphic industry and user environment.
- Apply the elements of lighting, composition, and design to transform existing images and to create new ones.
- Synthesize images that take advantage of the unique technical, conceptual, and expressive possibilities of digital imagery.
- Analyze, orally and in writing, the effectiveness of digital images in terms of composition, originality, artistic vision, craftsmanship, and emotional/intellectual interest.
- Analyze the extent to which important ethical issues inherent in digital image making, including questions of copyright and appropriation, will impact one's artistic production.
- Demonstrate mastery of digital image creation techniques through a printed and/or digital final portfolio of works.
Course Objectives
- Apply and modify the general principles and techniques of conventional photography and traditional art mediums to raster and vector based digital image creation.
- Identify and manipulate the basic tools and techniques of image creation, compositing, and editing programs.
- Define and apply the specialized vocabulary used in the computer graphic industry and user environment.
- Apply the elements of lighting, composition, and design to transform existing images and to create new ones.
- Synthesize images that take advantage of the unique technical, conceptual, and expressive possibilities of digital imagery.
- Analyze, orally and in writing, the effectiveness of digital images in terms of composition, originality, artistic vision, craftsmanship, and emotional/intellectual interest.
- Analyze the extent to which important ethical issues inherent in digital image making, including questions of copyright and appropriation, will impact one's artistic production.
- Demonstrate mastery of digital image creation techniques through a printed and/or digital final portfolio of works.