Digital Illustration

The goal of this course is to give students an introductory-level understanding of the tools and methodology needed to create digital illustrations in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator programs and to teach them to create artistic and creative illustrations using these two programs. Students will learn to digitally create, plan and finish illustrations. They will learn to sketch digitally, use colors and brushes and work with vectors and other tips and effects. The coursework will include exercises for acquiring and practicing the necessary tools for digital illustration techniques. At the end of the course students will create a final project, an in-depth exercise in which they will apply all the digital knowledge learned during the course. This project will provide a good opportunity for students to use their own creativity, composition sense, use of colors and imagination to create something really personal and creative. The course is adapted to beginners and students at an intermediate level in Photoshop.