Illustrator/Photoshop Basics

Introductory, accelerated course that teaches the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, industry standard software used for the development of bitmap imagery and vector graphics. The first half of the course introduces Adobe Illustrator through designing icons and symbols. The second half of the course introduces Adobe Photoshop through conceptualizing and designing digital collages. Through assignment, lecture, and tutorial, this course challenges students’ abilities to develop sensitivity to relationships of form and content through visually dynamic compositions.