Digital Arts & Design II
Pre AP/CTE: Graphic Design PracticumThis course teaches visual literacy and critical thinking. You will be challenged to push yourself in areas of creativity, technology, and communication as well as expanding your knowledge and understanding of expressive features and characteristics of art/design. Through process, work projects, and activities, you will tap into individual interests, perspectives and experiences to create original, expressive works of art/design as well as be able to communicate an idea to a specific audience.
This course operates at a college level of study. It encourages and expects both the creative and systematic study of conceptual and formal issues relating to 2D design & photography. Highly motivated students will be provided with an environment that fosters artistic growth, work ethic and focus. Students are expected to strive towards mastery and develop a true understanding of the artistic creation as an ongoing process. This will provide vocabulary skills and a foundation for students to discuss and evaluate their own work in a supportive atmosphere. Students will gain work experience by collaborating with real clients to develop design ideas. This course is a suggested prerequisite for the AP programs and is required for CTE pathway in Digital Design Arts. |