DES 502

methodology for creative innovations & color theory for digital technology

Overview
About This Course

Artists and designers analyze and create using traditional and emerging methodologies and techniques to foster innovative thinking and understanding of color theory, guiding them through the process of generating, developing, and implementing creative solutions to create marketable products. Course work emphasizes useful new digital technologies in design and how to use them effectively. (3 semester credit hours)

Prerequisites: No prerequisites.
Materials
Required Software & Books
  • Adobe Illustrator
    Software — Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Adobe Photoshop
    Software — Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Adobe Express
    Software — Adobe Creative Cloud
    • Adobe Firefly or Other AI Image Software
      Software — Adobe Creative Cloud
    • Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors
      by Betty Edwards
      • The Artist’s Way
        by Julia Cameron
      • Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions 
        by Temple Grandin
    • Paint Colors – (Acrylics preferred in any brand)
      Titanium white
      Ivory black
      Cadmium yellow pale
      Cadmium orange
      Cadmium red medium
      Alizarin Crimson
      Cobalt violet
      Ultramarine blue
      Permanent green
      # 8-10 watercolor round brush
      # 12 watercolor flat brush
      A palette (anything you can mix paints on)
      8 in. X 11 in. heavyweight paper like bristol board or tagboard
      X-acto Knife/ Scissors – (If cutting by hand)
      Small metal or plastic palette knife for mixing pigments
      Containers for water to clean brushes
      Paper towels
      Tape (masking tape works great)
      Natural light (it will help with your mixing)
      Brad
      Metal Ring
      Hole Punch
      Optional: Silhouette, Siser, or Cricut Machine
Enrollment
Availability
Available
Spring
Format
Online
Credits
3

Schedule
Session Information
Session Spring, Asynchronous
Number of Meetings No Meetings
Open Class Meetings No Meetings. See Populi Calendar for any changes
Instructor Dr. Carina Gardner, Ph.D.
Tuition $575 per credit hour
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