Digital painting-I (Illustrator) (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAP 506
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Student will be able to –

  1. Understand the basics of Adobe Illustrator like tools, effects, colouring.
  2. Develop practice in handling and working in a software like manual painting.

                              COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

 

         Course

 

Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Paper Code

 

Paper Title

VAP 506

Digital painting-I

( Illustrator)

(Practical)

 

 

The students will be able to-

CO105:   Understand the various drawing tools with effects

 

CO106: learn to illustrate the subject into creative way in a software

 

CO107:   Create  compositions with appropriate subjects in a software by using various effects and styles

 

 

 

 

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion on composition subjects, Tutorials, Videos, Demonstration, Reading assignments.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Sketching, layouting , Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical, handling of various material and mediums of art.

 

Semester end examinations, Continuous Assessment Test, Sketching, layouts Viva-Voice on display of artworks, Continuous Assessment Test, Quizzes, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and regular submission of artworks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COURSE CONTENT:

 

      1. Explore proficiency in drawing illustrations in Adobe Illustrator 

2. Interface Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

3. Panels & Workspaces in Adobe Illustrator 

4. Artboards in Adobe Illustrator 

5. Vector basics / Selection & Direct selection tool 

6. Fill & Stroke effects in Adobe Illustrator 

7. Using Colour / Swatches / Pantone’s / Gradients

 

ESSENTIAL PRACTISE 

  1. Creating shape vectors

  2. Grouped vectors & Compounding vector shapes 

  3. Drawing with the Pen tool / Brush tool / Pencil tool & more 

  4. The Blob brush tool & Eraser tool 

  5. Type tools in Adobe Illustrator

 

CREATE A PROJECT

  1. Setting up a document / Placing in a drawing / Sketch 

  2. Image trace tool for sketches in Adobe Illustrator

  3. Tracing a hand drawn sketch & Converting to vector artwork 

  4. Compounding vector shapes & strokes / Pathfinder Tool

  5. Colouring a vector drawing in Adobe Illustrator 

  6. Adding type to a poster design in Adobe Illustrator

  7. Exporting ready for print in Adobe Illustrator

 

Submission: 

4  Compositions using primitives and objects.

4   Conceptual Compositions (landscape, cityscape, environment design)

2   Typography Design

 

 

 

 

Essential Readings: 

    

 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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