Introduction to Digital Art and Design

This course provides the technical and aesthetic foundation to master concepts of effective digital design, layout, and image manipulation while learning Adobe Photoshop, an industry standard digital art software. Students will develop a working knowledge of how two-dimensional bit-map images are acquired, created and manipulated; expand visual communications skills; cultivate an individual artistic style; and gain basic understandings of the creative and technical processes inherent in digital art and design. Students will also participate in digital design projects, individual and group critique, discussion of topics relevant to digital art and design, portfolio development and evaluation, and creative research. Requirements: Hardware: PC or Mac. Software: Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. Since this course requires students to use computer and software intensively, they should have strong interests in using the computer as a design tool and have intermediate computer skills.