ART 243 Advanced Illustration

Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credits: 3

Continues professional instruction in concept development, process, and techniques for illustration. Course content may be mastered with traditional media (paint, pencil, ink, etc.) or digital illustration software, or a combination of techniques.

Prerequisite: ART 237, ART 238, or ART 239; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
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 illustration in your choice of analog or digital media.
Work with a variety of styles, whether analog or digital to offer alternate solutions to illustrate challenges.
Determine the style 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
Articulate visual ideas verbally and in writing.
Demonstrate an awareness of the inner workings of the current illustration marketplace and avenues for marketing and promotion.

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
- Brainstorming, picture libraries, word lists and research
- Original photographic reference
- Exploring ideas on paper with sketches
- Revision and refinement
- Articulate illustration ideas verbally and in writing
Imagery
- Decorative
- Literal
- Metaphorical or analogous
Design and Critique Process
- Preliminary drafts or studies for client approval
- Color comprehensives
- 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
Professional practices
- Reproduction Techniques for Digital and Print Formats
- Contracts and business practices
- Developing a creative brief
- Working with art directors and clients
- Market and promote illustration work