Class Digital Illustration I

In this Course, students will learn the basics of digital illustrations' concept and production, processes and working techniques aming the composition and production of artistic images and visual elements with high graphic quality.

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Description of contents Visual grammar Understand the elements and principles of visual language. Know how to articulate the elements and principles of visual language for a visual representation with high descriptive value. Know how to use the tools for creating and editing images in order to produce compositions of high artistic value.   Character Design Conceptualize a Character from a descriptive reference. Know how to analyze the main visual and abstract traits and characteristics of a character and reproduce them according to a process of visual characterization. Produce an illustrated image of high artistic value using digital illustration tools.   Digital Environments Design Learn to analyze the nature of different characteristics of the environment such as light, volume and textures in order to reproduce visual elements that can translate them. Conceptualize a particular environment or landscape from a descriptive reference.  

project based learning

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