Students will learn about:

1. Digital Media and its Uses in Marketing, Film/TV, Video Games, Design, Etc.

2. A Brief History of Digital Media Throughout the Years

3. Introduction to Photoshop and Alternatives

4.  Introduction to Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Tools via Digital Software

5. How to Draw Digitally and Develop Familiarity with Digital Tablets and Tools

6. Easy to Follow Assignments to Build Confidence and Hand-Eye Coordination

7. How to Utilize Tools Independently and in Combination of One Another

8. Introduction to Perspective and Structural Drawing

9. Learn About Drawing in 3D Spaces and Various Styles of Line Art

10. Introduction to Rendering and Digital Painting

11. Exploration of Tools to Aid in Understanding Light and Shadows

12. Presenting Their Work and Communicating Their Process and Challenges

 

 COURSE WEEK SUMMARIES

What to Expect in Week 1:
Basic Photoshop and Digital Art Fundamentals

✔ An introduction to Photoshop
✔ A look at how Photoshop is used in popular pieces of digital entertainment
✔ Introduced to the basic tools offered and building a familiarity with digital tablets
✔ Homework focused on recreating simple images and doodles through Photoshop’s basic tools

What to Expect in Week 2:
Perspective Drawing and Structural Drawing

✔ Introduction of perspective and structural drawing via basic geometric shapes
✔ Build confidence for hand-eye coordination
✔ Homework focuses on creating own characters and doodles through basic geometric shapes

 

What to Expect in Week 3:

 Intermediate Photoshop
✔ One on one instructional presentations reviewing each student’s homework progress

✔ Introduction to Photoshop’s perspective and transformational tools

✔ Learning to utilize Photoshop’s intermediate tools to enhance homework

✔ Continuation on creating own geometric shapes and simple characters

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What to Expect in Week 4:

Rendering

✔ Introduction to rendering

✔ Lessons on various rendering styles and planar analysis
✔ Tonal rendering exercises focusing on light, shadow, and form using a full range of values

✔ Homework includes taking geometric shapes and characters and rendering them in own styles

What to Expect in Week 5:
Advanced Photoshop

✔ One on one review of completed homework 

✔ Introduction to advanced Photoshop tools for rendering
✔ How to manipulate and adjust homework through rendering tools

✔ Continuation of rendering simple characters in their own styles

 

What to Expect in Week 6:
Photoshop Filters, Smart Objects, Image Manipulation and Digital Workspace

✔ Introduction to filters, and how to alter image colors and tonal values

✔ Introduction to smart layers, vector shapes, and liquify tools

✔ Shown how to take your own digital images and manipulate them 

✔ Use what you’ve learned and apply it to your own drawings