Digital Art 1

Use the computer to create works of art! Digital Art introduces students to the basics of computer generated graphic design and fine art. Students will work with cutting edge graphic software such as Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe ImageReady, and Corel Painter 8. Projects include digital montage, vector drawing, digital watercolor, simple cartoon animation, and more. A fee of $10.00 is required for this course.

Resources

Available for student checkout:

Photoshop

PS7 Down and Dirty Tricks—Kelby

Creative Thinking in Photoshop—Steuer

Creating Photomontages with PS—O'Reilly

Illustrations with PS—O'Reilly

PS Lighting Techniques—Huggins

The Art of Photoshop—Giordan

PS Masking and Compositing—Eismann

PS Master Class with Maggie Taylor—Standen

Photoshop User's Magazine—NAPP

PS Creative Composting (VHS)

Digital Arts

Digital Cartooning—Hartas

Digital Art Studio—Schminke, Krause, Lhotka

Secrets of Award-Winning Digital Artist—Sutton, Wise

The Artist's Tablet Book—Threinen-Pendarvis

Art and Creativity

Introduction to Art Techniques

The Artist's Way—Cameron

Mega Creativity—Aleinikov

Design Basics—Lauer

Collage Techniques—Brommer

Creative Collage—Leland

Complete Color Harmony—Sutton

Harley Brown's Eternal Truths—Brown

Art News Magazine

The Artist's Magazine

Painter 7

Painter IX Creativity—Sutton

Painter 7 Wow Book

Web Design, Technology, Flash

HTML for the WWW—Castro

Flash MX ActionScript—Hamlin, Hall

Fresh Styles for Web Designers—Cloninger

Learn Javascript—Ford

Bryce 5 VTC Training (DVD)

PC World Magazine

Digital Art 2

This course builds on the techniques learned in Digital Art 1. Students will work with the same software as in the first semester, but they will also learn MacroMedia Flash MX and Bryce 3-D. Projects include tee-shirt design, 3-D landscape design, Flash animation projects, and more. In addition, there will be more time available for independent projects during this semester. A fee of $10.00 is required for this course.

Web Page Development

Tell the world what you think! Students will learn the skills necessary to build and upload their own websites to the Internet. This course will emphasize the html coding and graphic design/layout skills required to construct a functional and entertaining website. Students will also learn to use MacroMedia's Dreamweaver MX software.

Course Policy

Subject restrictions include drug, pornography, and gang related materials. All work must be kept in the classroom folder on the district's network. Students work may be displayed on the department's website. If any student doesn't want his/her work included, he or she must inform the instructor of this in writing.

Students must STAY ON TASK. Work on assigned pieces during class and avoid working on assignments for other classes, please. Also, no off-task Internet surfing or computer games. There will be a 15% grade deduction on the current assignment for any infractions of this policy.

Late work will incur a 15% grade deduction unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor.