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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
APGR 67 | Title:
COM ILLUSTRATION: BASICS |
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Full Title:
Commercial Illustration: Basics |
Last Reviewed:12/8/1997 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 1.50 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 9 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 18.00 |
Minimum | 1.50 | Lab Scheduled | 4.00 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 36.00 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 54.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 36.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 90.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Demonstration and use of techniques and media in professional illustration. Emphasis on developing and marketing student's personal style through evolution of strong portfolio and knowledge of commercial market(s).
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of ART 7A
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Demonstration and use of techniques and media in professional illustration. Emphasis on developing and marketing student's personal style through evolution of strong portfolio and knowledge of commercial market(s).
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of ART 7A
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
Area: | | |
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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 1998 | Inactive: | Spring 2011 |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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The students will:
1. Develop their individual style(s) by applying techniques,
ideas and principles learned in critique and discussion to
projects assigned.
2. Analyze a wide range of techniques and media through
slides/video/demonstrations.
3. Try new solutions to illustration assignments through
application to creativity and ideation exercises.
4. Improve their techniques by applying illustration principles
taught and by applying modifications suggested in critique
sessions, resulting in portfolio pieces that are more marketable.
5. Acclimate to the critical examination of their work by client
and art director through critique sessions and simulated
artist/client interaction.
6. Develop marketing strategies based on knowledge of the scope of
local and national illustration markets acquired through lecture
and outside reading.
7. Assemble a marketable portfolio by completing three or more
professional quality illustrations.
Topics and Scope
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Demonstration:
1. Basic rendering techniques
2. Pen and ink techniques
3. Colored pencil/pastel techniques
4. Watercolor/Wet media techniques
5. Mixed media techniques
6. Marker techniques
7. Airbrush techniques
Lecture:
1. Illustration markets: What's out there
2. Rendering: Creating 3-dimensional objects in 2-dimensional media
3. Innovative thinking: Great ideas for developing great ideas
4. Composition: The foundation of dynamic imagery
5. Color theory: Creating mood, depth and visual interest
6. Pricing: Determining hourly rates and formulating bids
7. Client contact/Business Forms: Paperwork can make or break you
8. Self promotion/Marketing/Portfolios: Showing them what you've got
Assignments:
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Classwork:
1. Basic rendering techniques: using form, light and shadow,
create realistic illustration of simple object.
2. Use pen and ink to render illustration of a metal or glass
object.
3. Use colored pencil and/or pastel to render illustration of a
human subject.
4. Use watercolor to render illustration of a landscape or
cityscape.
5. Use mixed media to render illustration of using extreme or
dramatic perspective.
6. Use markers to render illustration of a caricature.
7. Use airbrush to render illustration of student's name in chrome
lettering.
Projects:
1. Create spot illustration, in black and white, to be reproduced
smaller than 1/4 page.
2. Create editorial illustration, with dry media in full color, to
be used to accompany an editorial article in a magazine or
newspaper.
3. Create illustration, with wet media in full color, in student's
choice of CD cover, Book cover, or Advertisement use.
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 10 - 20% |
Exams | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 40 - 60% |
Class performances | |
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 20 - 40% |
Outside Projects | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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COURSE SYLLABUS.
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