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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
GD 56 | Title:
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION |
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Full Title:
Digital Illustration in Photoshop |
Last Reviewed:1/24/2011 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 1.50 | Lecture Scheduled | 1.50 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 26.25 |
Minimum | 1.50 | Lab Scheduled | .50 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 8.75 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 2.00 | | Contact Total | 35.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 52.50 | Total Student Learning Hours: 87.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
39 - Total 2 Times
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Catalog Description:
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Demonstration and use of illustration techniques using PhotoShop. Emphasis placed on creating effective graphic communications using PhotoShop.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of CS 70.11A and GD 52
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Demonstration and use of illustration techniques using Photoshop. Emphasis placed on creating effective graphic communications using Photoshop.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of CS 70.11A and GD 52
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:39 - Total 2 Times
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2009 | Inactive: | Fall 2014 |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Use the tools in Photoshop to create illustrations to use for graphic communications.
2. Use the design principles of color, value, proportion, perspective, scale, texture, and motion to create effective illustrations to use in graphic communications.
3. Use the digital tablet effectively.
4. Create finished illustrations and photo montages to be incorporated into graphic design projects for a portfolio.
5. Create effective type effects for logos and headlines using Photoshop tools.
6. Repeating students will be to create digital illustrations at a higher level of professional mastery.
Topics and Scope
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1. Using the computer pen tablet such as the Wacom tablet
2. Creating believable shading and shadows in Photoshop
3. Using Photoshop tools to create:
a. Believable perspective
b. Dynamic scale
c. Type effects for headlines and logos.
d. Textures and borders
e. Dynamic motion effects
4. Drawing in the Digital Age
5. The photo montage: shading, shadows, edges, values, and color
6. Engaging the audience using perspective in the two-dimensional space
7. Scale: a tool for gaining readership
8. Drop shadows for creating type effects for logos and headlines
9. Textures and borders
10. Creating motion effects to create reader interest
11. Repeating students will be shown more advanced techniques
Assignments:
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1. Nine thumbnails using markers for each assignment
2. Illustration for book jacket cover
3. Illustration for a brochures using perspective
4. Illustration for a magazine spread using scale
5. Headline for magazine spread using effective type effects
6. Final project using a set of border, motion, and texture effects in signage prototypes
7. Repeating students will be graded on more advanced projects using a higher level of expertise
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 0 - 0% |
None | |
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 20 - 50% |
Photoshop labs: shadow and shading, perspective, scale, type effects, textures, borders, motion. Design labs: engaging the reader using scale, montage, perspective, shadows, value and color. | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 45 - 65% |
Book jacket cover; perspective illustration; magazine illustration; headline with type effects; signage prototypes using border, motion and texture effects. | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 0 - 0% |
None | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 0 - 15% |
Attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Instructor prepared materials
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