DIGITAL ARTS
Credit: 1/2
Prerequisite: Design
Do you like to use digital media to make art and design or do you want to learn how? In this class students will apply principles of good design to effectively communicate with others in our digital world. Assignments may include the creation of interactive media, web sites, digital illustration, graphic design, photo manipulations, page layout, typography or digital painting. Students will learn to use software (programs, online art storage, digital art sharing sites) and hardware (digital drawing tablets, styluses, computers, cameras, iPads, printers) to bring their ideas to completion. The course will also cover copyright laws, the ideas of the creative commons and intellectual property. We will grapple with the problem of producing exciting and impressive digital art in our age of image “appropriation” while creating unique, personal work.
