Emerge Studio, an in-house visual media design studio, provides an environment for students to gain real-world skills creating and producing projects for actual clients. Students will gain practice with client communications, iterative design process, technical problem-solving, and project management for individual and collaborative design projects including websites, posters, marks, brochures, and other communications projects.
Application of visual media design skills and development of proficiency in a supervised work environment. One unit of credit is earned for 54 hours of unpaid or paid work.
Referencing and using traditional storytelling methods, the student will explore multiple ways to generate and script content for digital animation projects. Emphasis on development of skills and techniques of storyboarding.
Instruction in hand lettering tools, materials, and techniques. Practice with various lettering styles, creative exercises in lettering design, and examination of contemporary lettering art and artists.
Continued experience in Emerge Studio, the VMD Department's in-house visual media design studio. Students take on greater responsibilities in project management, client relations, critiques, and overall project planning and implementation. Students will also encounter larger and more complex communications projects and work with greater autonomy and independence.
This is an advanced course focusing on visual media design professional practices such as pricing methods, taxes, copyright, contracts, freelancing, running a small design business, and working with subcontractors.
This course teaches students how to use social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn and YouTube to develop, integrate and leverage social networks. Students will learn how to create personal and professional brands and critique current social media practices.
Portfolio development for visual media design students. The course will cover design strategies, content editing and sequencing, format options for print and interactive media, and portfolio presentation. Students will design and produce an online portfolio, sequenced portfolio, marketing materials and résume. A group of at least 10 high-quality pieces as determined by the instructor for portfolio development are strongly recommended for success in this course.
An advanced course in digital illustration focusing on the development of conceptual and narrative skills as they apply to a range of illustration projects.
This course covers techniques in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator for illustrators. While gaining technical knowledge, students will also begin to explore stylistic options and build a body of work. Sketching and other techniques for developing concepts are also covered.