Electronic Studio Art

Learn the basic components of IBM and Apple computers, hardware and software, DOS, data management BASIC programming, graphics, and sound and word processing.

Learn the foundation of computer graphics with an emphasis on desktop publishing programs.

Study selected IBM and Apple programs to produce presentation graphics for business presentations, organizational communications, image manipulation, and in-depth interaction.

Explore project oriented interaction with a multi-plane computer animation system to create step-by-step storyboard, image capture, image making, recording, and editing.

Explore the use of advanced image processing techniques to enhance the creation of computer graphics using image manipulation techniques.

Integrates photography and computer image process techniques to create a new art forms.

Explore the use of multi-media systems to create text, images, sound boards.

Explore motion cards to create live images and sound boards to create sound effects and music to accompany multi-media presentations.

Explore advanced electronic studio projects to create pre-press copy, video, or other multi-media format.

Examine a variety of art-making genres and multi-media applications from mixed media assemblage and digital processes to alternative modes such as collaboration, performance art or installation art.

Explore various programs used for motion and static imagery to create narratives.

Study under supervision of faculty members to produce creative, innovative, research-oriented, industry-standard projects.

Study under supervision of faculty members to produce creative, innovative, research-oriented, industry-standard projects.

Complete a supervised internship or work experience in a commercial, non-profit, or governmental agency related to Electonic Studio. Practice professional standards, organize conferences, build teamwork skills, and receive written evaluation of performance. Required a least six (6) hours per week and a minimum of eighty-four (84) hours to complete this internship.

Learn advanced skills to produce CG animation and the knowledge of the principles of animation. Study and prepare for design projects including stop motion and traditional animation.

Learn skills to produce CG animation and the knowledge of the principles of animation. Understand how to apply skills learned in this class in other areas including stop motion and traditional animation.

Learn advanced skills to produce CG animation and the knowledge of the principles of animation to be built upon in subsequent courses leading up to the Portfolio course and other areas including stop motion and traditional animation.

Explore theory and practice of the process of designing games and playful experiences. Learn methods, concepts, techniques, and literature used in the design of games.

Study theory and practice of the process of designing games and playful experiences through the exploration of methods, concepts, techniques, and literature used in the design of games.

Examine advanced art-making genres and multi-media applications from mixed media assemblage and digital processes to alternative modes such as collaboration, performance art or installation art.

Study and produce independent research under the guidance of a faculty adviser.

Explore design process and art direction with emphasis on form and content through the selection, creation, and integration of typographic, photographic, illustrative, and design elements.

Study advanced design process and art direction with emphasis on form and content through the selection, creation, and integration of typographic, photographic, illustrative, and design elements.