Course Duration: Fall Semester 2015: 8-24-15 to 12-12-15
Online Section #19303
The class will work on Moodle. You can access Moodle by first logging into Pipeline, then clicking on the "Class" tab, follow then the link to Moodle on the left-side of the page in pipeline. When you get there choose the name of yoyr class: MAT112, Digital Drawing.
Once you get to the homepage of our class, you will see the basic instructions at the top of the homepage, followed by the content of the class organized in modules. There is a Content, Assignment and Forum link for each module.
Class Description: MAT 112 — Digital Drawing (formerly Illustrator)
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator as a medium for Digital Drawing. How to use the software's tools for developing the best possible artwork and how to export it for web, screen or mobile media.
(TR: CSU)
*SKILLS ADVISORY: Eligibility for English 100, 103.
We will work with Adobe Illustrator CC, although previous version of Illustrator are also accepted. I would agree for you to work with CS4 Ii you agree to take charge of opening sample files in a computer with CS5 (the DAC lab in campus is available to all SOMA students taking classes) and saving them as CS4.
If you don't have Illustrator, you can lease it from Adobe through the Adove Cloud system. Adobe leases software with a year contract and you will pay monthly. This is the best option if you are planning to take more classes in Media Arts in the close future. You should ask for the student price. You can lease the Whole Creative Cloud or just one or a combination of few software pakages. Offers are always coming out.
We will sometimes use a graphic editor to crop/resize and compress bitmap-images. Adobe Photoshop preferred.
Learning
Outcomes
Upon Successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Input, create, edit, enhance and composite, a variety of vector_based media.
2. Optimize and format their files for output to web, screen or mobile media.
The class a book for reference. You should use the book that matches your version of the software, CS5, CS5.5, CS6 or CC.
Adobe Press has book versions for CS5, CS6 and CC of the "Adobe Illustrator..., Classroom in a book"
The book available in the bookstore is "Adobe Illustrator CC, Classroom in a book" from Adobe Press.
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-92949-5
You can buy it at the Bookstore or online (used is OK). Any other version of the book should also be purchassed online.
I am providing links to free training videos of the "Lynda.com series and Adobe TV. If you are a visual learner you should consider signing to Lynda.com for a month.
The class is divided into 15 modules. Each module is dedicated to a certain technique, tool or work-flow that needs to be mastered.
To complete a module you should follow the book lesson according to the reading guidelines, practice with the book materials, consult the free training videos that we link to and find others if you need more practice on a certain subject matter.
Every module has one "assignment due" that you will submit as an Illustrator (.ai) file but you should practice before you work on the assignment.
I also provide some links to guided tutorials that I think you should follow to better develop your abilities.
In some cases, the files resulted from those tutorials can be submitted as extra-credit.
Each assignment is worth a maximum of 25 points.
Every module has a forum where you should participate within the week dedicated to that module. Late posts will not add points.
Forums count as participation in an online class so your presence is important.
In this class, you can participate in the forum by attaching your assignment or tutorial Illustrator file to your post. If you do so, you will have to compress your artwork for web, as a JPEG or gif file. Module 12 teaches you how to compress Illustrator files for web. Only JPEGS or GIFs of your work will count for points in the forums.
The right participation on each forum is worth 10 points in this class.
There are 7 Projects in the course, assigned to different modules. Projects have a more creative and challenging nature and will be an opportunity to use your acquired skills towards a piece for your portfolio. An assignment is considered practice but a project is graded according to original approach, design values (color, formal and composition) and technique adapted to a visual goal.
The last project will have a sight wider scope and will accept blending work from previous ones. It will be considered and graded as a Final Project for the class.
Projects are worth a maximum of 100 points. The Final Project is worth 300 points.
Tentative
Grading
MODULES |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | TOTAL: 1525 points | |
| ASSIGNMENTS | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 375 | ||
| FORUMS | 10 |
10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 150 | ||
| ADVANCED FORUMS | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 100 | ||||||||||||
| PROJECTS | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 300 | 900 | ||||||||||