Digital Arts Certificate
GES 503 -- 420 hours
Course Objectives
- Prepare bitmap images for print or digital media using basic Photoshop retouching and correction techniques, collage, and compositing.
- Develop a basic proficiency in techniques for different kind of digital photoshoot, including still life, portraits, product photography, architecture, and action photography.
- Create vector art illustrations using shape drawing and freehand drawing tools, type tools, and transformation and distortion effects.
- Gain a basic understanding of creative and career options in the digital arts field (optional elective).
- Develop effective color schemes for different projects using the principles of color harmony.
- Create two-dimensional layouts that embody the principles of effective composition, such as unity, balance, rhythm, and proportion.
- Represent form by drawing contours, positive/negative space, and 3-dimensional shapes.
- Create vector-based illustrations from basic shapes, symbols, gradients, fill colors, symbols.
- Identify and discuss important movements in the history of art and their impact on art styles, themes, and techniques.
- Utilize advanced Photoshop tools such as transparency, brushes, and the Pen Tool to create illustrations, collages, and photorealistic art.
Students who complete the program can expect to learn to: