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Digital Art 1 Curriculum
Note to Parents:
All of the lessons produced in the digital arts lab are intended to expand upon the students understading of the production of art as a creative and unique endever. As such, students are required to produce all parts of the images and animations using original images and ideas. Photographs, graphics and concepts are created as part of the project and integrated into the final piece through collage, computer blending and other forms of imaging.
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Curriculum is linked to titles of each lesson and may be saved as an Adobe Acrobat file. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Ilustrator, Adobe Indesign and Macromedia Bryce are the software packages used for these lessons. |
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Student learn basic techniques for using rubber stamp, dodge, burn and
dust and scratches filter. Rollover graphic to see restoration. |
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Self Portrait | |
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Art and Human Experience | Students experiment with files and filters to create a document of an American Icon |
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Working with selection tools and layers students collage together images
to form a thematic design. Rollover graphic to see back cover. |
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Understanding value and composition are fundamental in all fine arts and are vital to digital designers working in digital arts. |
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Landscape Painting |
Painting landscapes using the computer is explored using Corel Painter software. |
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Working with Painter software, student used contours and shading to create these portraits Rollover graphic to see original image. |
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Many filters and techniques are explored using Photoshop. Working with digital camera, students composed images with unique angles and texture effects. |
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Business Card - Logo Design |
Logos design, typography and corporate branding discussed in this graphics assignement. The design includes three parts- card, letterhead and envelope designs. |
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The art program considers community service as a important part of the curriculum. Advertising, graphic design and the art of advertising toward an audience is studied as studetns produce public service posters. |
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Vector based graphics are created using pen tools from photographs that the students created. Objectives include working with shape as an element in art and design. |
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Students worked with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop to create multi-page document as a culminating activity. |
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One, two or three point perspective drawings are created at location and concepts of surrealism and image distortion are used to produce digital collages.
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Students design a lesson of their own using software of their choice. | |
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Working with 3-D environments and PhotoShop filters, students will create a composite of images from different software including Bryce and Photoshop. Theme development, composition and unity in art are covered in this project. | |
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Students work with color to produce a series of image using Adobe Illustrator. Color Theory Basics - Click Here |
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Illustrated Text |