Illustration: Digital & Drawing
Issued by
Mohawk Valley Community College
This microcredential will create an additional element of employability for individuals who pursue the this path. Students in this microcredential will have acquired skills in perspective, proportion, software use, and basic illustration techniques. Opportunities for crossover include graphic design, marketing, and digital animation where the skills acquired in the Digital and Drawing microcredential would make those individuals more marketable.
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FA210 Digital Painting - 3 Credits This course focuses on introducing students to the concepts and tools of digital painting. Through a series of course exercises and projects students will study the foundations of design and illustration principles. Topics include digital sketching, flatting local color, lasso and gradient painting, principles of lighting and blend modes, textures, tool and brush settings. Course projects are designed to build software mastery and technical competency.
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IL106 Sequential Art 1: Fig Illustration - 3 Credits This course introduces the narrative use of the human figure inillustration. Conceptual and visual communication skills are challengedin producing a series of two-dimensional illustrations in black-and-whiteand color media. Emphasis is placed on the correct use of referencematerial, drapery and costuming of the figure, settings, and staging ofthe complete visual image. Prerequisite: FA103 Figure Drawing 1
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FA103 Figure Drawing 1 - 3 Credits This is an introductory course in drawing the human figure, focusing on the body’s geometric and anatomical structure. Classroom work consists of drawing from the live model and plaster sculpture casts. A hierarchy of form, working from general to specific, is emphasized. Studio work is supplemented by lectures and critiques on the principles of accurate representation of the human form in pictorial space, including gesture, proportion, anatomy, and light on fo
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FA104 Figure Drawing 2 - 3 Credits This intermediate course expands upon the technical skills and aesthetic concepts of FA103 Figure Drawing 1. More complex problems are addressed, including the foreshortened figure, the figure in space, multiple figure composition, extended poses, and large format drawing. Projects explore various drawing media, settings, lighting situations, and approaches to the figure. Classroom work consists of drawing from the live model, supplemented by lectures and criti
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FA101 General Drawing - 3 Credits This course introduces the tools, media, and theory used in the creation of a drawing. It includes the fundamentals of perspective, the theory of light and shade, and a survey of graphic representation. Projects are executed focusing on proportion and placement, volume and structure, and value with tone. Studio laboratory fee: $20