Syllabus
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Week 1 & 2- Drawing the human form in three styles
- Realistic
- Stylized
- Abstract
- Illustrator vs. Designer Define now what you will be
- Your new skill
- Drawing the human form
- Proportions
- Poses
- Points of reference
- Minimalistic vs. Highly Detailed
- Finding your style
- Reasonable obsession-When is it done?
- Your idea Notebook
- Your Sketch notebook
- Fixatives
Week 3-Inspiration and Mood Boards
- Drawing inspiration
- Composites
- Something Old, Something New
- Color that moves you
- Making an Inspiration board
- Trend Follower-Trend Leader
- Making a Mood board
- Online tools that help you choose color
- Design for the Web-Monitor Calibration
- Sources
Week 4-Pick a Medium
- Papers
- Inks, Pencils, Brush pens, Watercolor, Guoache
- French Curves
- Wacom Tablets
- Software
- Vector vs. Pixel
- Scanning
Week4,5&6-The Detail-This week will be as intensive as the first two!
Week 5
- Accessories
- Stitching
- Interior Design Detail
- Proportions-Rules of Thirds, Divine Proportions
- Center of Focus
- Pattern Strokes-Illustrator
Week 6
- Patterns and Background Detail-Geometric and Organic.
- Structured repeat-Computer aided and by hand
- Minimalistic vs. Highly Detailed
- Ask the Genie-The web and it`s resourses
- Trend Research-Mix up the trend with your flavor
- Animation Basics
- Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator
Week 7
- Color Theory
- CMYK Vs RGB
- Monitors + Huey
- DPI
- Color Scheming
- Genopal is your friend!
- Pantone Color
- Applications in Web Design
- Color Critique
Week 8
- Subject to Opinion
- Classics never die
- This style is mine
- What can you copyright?Trademark?
- Work for Hire
- Gag.org
- Colors that have copyrights
- Idea and its product
- Protect your work
- Photoshop Copyright Plug in
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