Graphic Design Courses

  • Colorful painting of three koi fish swimming in a pond with swirling water and reflections.

    Digital Drawing & Painting

    Translate traditional drawing and painting techniques using digital tools on the computer to create digital art that implements various traditional mediums. Emphasis on concept and personal style development.

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  • A collage of various digital illustrations including portraits of women, a man with sunglasses, a boy by the beach, cats, fox, a military cartoon, animated dog, and other colorful scenes.

    Digital Illustration

    Contemporary styles in vector graphics and drawing. Skill development in logo and character design and information graphics using industry standard software. Application of design principles. Prerequisite: ART 110 or ART 112.

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  • A clear glass sphere placed on rocky ground, reflecting snowy mountains and blue sky in the background.

    Digital Photography

    Creative digital camera operation. Identifying, measuring and controlling light values. Digital darkroom techniques, workflow applications and output processes. Requires a manually adjustable Digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera.

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  • Collage of products and branding materials from Creme Cafe, including a bottle of organic syrup, a branded box surrounded by green leaves, chocolate bars, a to-go coffee cup, colorful chocolate wrappers, and a sign with the Creme Cafe logo.

    Graphic Design

    Creative solutions to problems of visual communication. Skill development in basic advertising layout and design. Basic typography and comprehensive roughs using Adobe Creative Suite Software. Application of design principles.

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  • A person with dark hair sitting on a bench in a vibrant, colorful space-themed indoor setting with pink and purple hues, flower decorations, and large virtual screens showing blue abstract images.

    Adobe Photoshop

    Digital image fundamentals. Technical and creative use of Adobe® Photoshop® image manipulation software. Use of peripheral commercial hardware and software for image capture. Application of design principles.

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  • Website for Second Mile Thoroughbreds displayed on various devices, featuring horse images and information about sport horses.

    Web Site Design

    Introduction to design and production of Web pages for publishing on the Internet using Adobe Creative Suite software. Application of design principles. This course is cross-listed with WEB 130. Prerequisite: ART 137 (may be taken concurrently)

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  • Sunset over a city with high-rise buildings along a beach, with the words "On The Island" written across the image.

    Video Editing

    Basic techniques of capturing, editing, and distributing video content. Hands-on application of techniques for digital video, editing vocabulary, and sharing digital video. This course is cross-listed with ART 139.

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