Required Text:
Digital Painting for the Complete Beginner
By Carlyn Beccia
ISBN-10: 0823099369
Major assignments
Grading:
Grading will be based on in-class participation, projects, and homework assignments. Specifically:
| Participation | 10% | Critiques and In-class Exercises |
| 1st assignment | 5% | Vectoral Composition |
| 2nd assignment | 10% | Basic Illustration |
| 3rd assignment | 10% | Dada / Constructivist Collage |
| 4th assignment | 10% | Scanographic Landscape |
| 5th assignment | 5% | Raster Image Vectorization |
| 6th assignment | 10% | Pop portrait |
| 7th assignment | 5% | Silhouettes |
| 8th assignment | 10% | Suspect Sketches |
| 9th assignment | 10% | Digital painting |
| 10th assignment | 15% | Final project |
Further detail regarding the grading rules can be downloaded here:
Grading details
Your Responsibilities:
- Completing all homework assignments —both readings and
graphics assignments.
- Maintaining a notebook / sketchbook.
- Alerting the instructor if you feel you don't understand a concept, or you
feel lost in the class.
- Coming to class consistently and on time.
- Contributing to a positive learning environment free of distractions.
Academic Integrity:
Details regarding policies of academic integrity can be downloaded here:
Ethics details
Disabilities:
Details regarding policies on students with disabilities can be downloaded here:
Disability details
Additional books:
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Practices of Looking by Sturken and Cartwright
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How Computers Work by Ron White
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The Painter 11 Wow! Book (Paperback) by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
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Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter 11 by Rhoda Grossman
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Painter 11 Creativity: Digital Artists Handbook by Jeremy Sutton
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Painter 12 for Photographers: Creating Painterly Images Step by Step by Martin Addison
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Digital Painting in Photoshop by Susan Ruddick Bloom
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