ART 240 Advanced Digital Illustration

Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credits: 3

Offers advanced instruction in techniques and content of digital illustration.

Prerequisite: ART 239 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Repeatable: Course may be repeated for a total of six credits.
Student Learning Outcomes:

Further develop an original illustration based on provided source materials.
Refine all stages of the design process from thumbnail sketches to finished art illustration.
Work with a variety of styles to offer alternate solutions to illustrate challenges.
Locate the style or approach of an illustration within a particular artistic process or within a movement or style in the history of art.
Select and use source material commonly employed to develop an original illustration within copyright laws and ethics of intellectual property rights.

Additional Statewide General Education Outcomes

Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life.
Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.

Content Outline

Developing an Illustration
- Source material provided by client or clients
- Brainstorming, picture libraries and research
- Original photographic reference
- Exploring ideas on paper
- Revision and refinement
Imagery
- Decorative
- Literal
- Metaphorical or analogous
Design and Critique Process: Roughs, Thumbnails; Revisions
- Preliminary drafts or studies for client approval
- Color comprehensive
- Final or finished art
Style and Meaning: Realism and Degrees of Abstraction
- Art historical styles and movements
- Development of a personal style
  - Inspiration or resource material
  - Meaning
  - Terms of reference between artist and client/editor
Reproduction Techniques for Digital and Print Formats