An introduction to the principles of color separation and preparation of files for digital output to various media, including an understanding of color modes, fonts, trapping, resolution, preparing files for interactive media, scanning color correction data formats and other related issues. This course focuses on getting digital files ready for commercial printing. This is a studio course designed to expand skills in the translation of concepts into visual form, using a variety of techniques. It investigates both literal and non-literal interpretations of ideas with an emphasis on professionalism of product and presentation. Illustration is distinct from drawing in that it explains something else - a line of copy, an article, a concept.
Drawings are the statement itself and illustrations clarify or illuminate a concept.
Art 410 A course in World Wide Web design for artists and graphic designers with a focus on integrity of design, client satisfaction and technical mastery. This course is senior project experience for Graphic Design students. Students form a design agency in order to produce commercial design products for clients both within and outside the University community under the supervision of a faculty member. Projects include both print and new media.