VAR-3002 Digital Illustration

This course deals with creating illustrations as a means of effective visual communication. Emphasis is placed on the development of the creative visual concept and its relationship to style, media, technique and method of production. A variety of traditional and computer-generated illustration techniques are introduced. Specific problems are given in the publishing promotion and advertising areas involving books, magazines, posters, newspapers, CD ROMs, the Internet, and other printed and electronic media. The use of the software application "Painter" will be thoroughly explored in this course along with PhotoShop and Illustrator. (Old #: DES3002)

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Complete VAR-2016 and VAR-2017 with minimum grades of D-.