DMA104 - Digital Design I
Course Textbook (Required):
Illustrator CS4 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas; Peachpit Press; ISBN‐10: 032156345X
Course Syllabus:
Download a PDF of the Syllabus.
Final Weeks of the Semester
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Continue working on your Final Project. It will be submitted as a multipage PDF
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Both identities will be submitted as a logo file, business card file and letterhead file for a total of 6 PDFs
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All projects for the course include:
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Children's Bookcover (8%)
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Cartoon/Sports Logo Trace (8%)
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Chocolate Bar Wrapper (25%)
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Typographic Brush (8%)
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3D Object (8%)
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Vector Self Portrait (8%)
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Final Project 2 logo package (25%)
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Week 5 (June 9)
- Creating the Template for your Chocolate Bar
- Bring your Chocoate Bar, Scissors, Ruler & a Pencil
- Check out my Delicious links collection on Chocolate Bar Wrappers
- Using Patterns (web link) and the Appearance Panel (video link)
Week 4 (June 2)
Exercise 1: Tracing Techniques
Tracing Bitmapped Images in Illustrator
Homework #2: Select 1 Sports Logo and 1 Cartoon Character from this folder.
Place the file in illustrator and trace it.
- Exercise 2: Offset Path Tutorial & the Open Type/Make With Warp Tutorial.
Week 3 (May 26)
- (Class canceled)
Week 2 (May 19)
- Blob Brush Exercise (View Lesson...)
- Rotate Tool (View Lesson...)
Week 1 (May 12)
- Review Course Syllabus, Grading & Expectations
- A Few Review Exercises
- Homework #1: Using the techniques covered in the lesson, create a Children's Book Cover. It must include a title and "Illustrated By (your name)". Remember to outline all your fonts when the layout is done.
Midterm Project
Design a Custom Chocolate Bar Wrapper. Details will be handed out soon. But you can start sketching your ideas immediately.
Final Project
Part 1: Design an original logo for bottled water.
Part 2: Design your own freelance/designer logo. Details later on, but you can start sketching now :)
