Digital Art and Web Design
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Course description: This course is designed to develop both technical and artistic skills using computers as a creative tool to generate images.  Digital art created in this course will be applied to electronic slide shows, web pages and hard copy prints. Students interested in this class should have a basic working knowledge of computers. Students will work with Photoshop CS3, Corel Painter, Illustrator CS3, and FrontPage 2003 (and/or DreamWeaver CS3).  Students with a particularly strong command of a specific program will be asked to prepare a short tutorial presentations for the benefit of the class; collaboration and peer support is essential.  Ideas and projects will be developed in tutorials, class assignments, and class critiques.  Students should plan on spending at least two hours per week on projects and/or assignments outside of class (computers in lab B and the photography classroom are available at all time).  PowerPoint presentation styles will be used to introduce new material and students will be encouraged to view a wide variety of digital art.  Students must use their original artwork and source material for all projects.  No magazines and/or previously published material may be used.

Objectives: The objective of this course is to achieve proficient skills using Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator, and Flash to generate a broad range of digital images. Finished projects will demonstrate understanding of both the technical and aesthetic implication of the medium. The final objective will be to generate a digital portfolio that can be viewed both electronically (web and/or CD) and as hard-copy prints. Students will create a web project representing the semester’s work using FrontPage (and/or Dreamweaver MX or other approved web authoring system).

Portfolios: Final portfolios will include completed projects and assignments (print portfolios will be distributed in class).  Digital versions of all projects will be saved to designated student folders (accessible via BearInfo -- Intranet -- and the Landon network).

Grading: Grading will be based on the development of work, attendance, class participation, critiques, and homework.  The semester grade will be 50% assigned projects (#1-4), 30% final project, and 20% classroom participation.  Grades will be made available online at: http://www.eclassinfo.com/home.asp?id=zimmer.

Teaching Philosophy

Samples and inspirational images (educational use only!):
(Please note: These images are not approved for publication.  They are intended for motivational and sample use by Digital Art and Web design students only.)

Fine art print	Fine art print	Graphic design (vector image)
Corporate graphics (vector image) business package	Corporate graphic (vector image)	Corporate graphic (vector image)
	We will create: Digitally generated fine art prints (large!) (Photoshop 7 and Painter 8) Business packages  (card, letter head, envelope, etc. -- Adobe Illustrator 10) A professional looking web site (DreamweaverMX, FrontPage, etc.)

Please note: These images (listed above) are not approved for publication.  They are intended
for motivational and sample use by Digital Art and Web design students only.

This course is also offered second semester, sign up early (see Mr. Fullerton)!  FYI -- The class fills quickly, be sure to see Mr. Fullerton at Landon to reserve your spot.