ILLUSTRATION III(Practical)

Paper Code: 
25DVAA803
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
10.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to discover and cultivate a personal style, craft narratives inspired by personal experiences and illustrate them, evaluate different surfaces and select appropriate ones for market implementation, and effectively translate written content into visual representations.

 
Course Outcomes: 

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25DVAA803

Illustration III (Practical)

CO74: Analyze self-expression and creativity to produce visual communication expressing the text through sketches

 

CO75: Prepare a portfolio with experimenting techniques and mediums, outlining personal life experiences through story writing and illustration, Design Architectural, Machinery Medical & Fashion illustration to fulfil the market demand

 

CO76: Create an illustration displaying an understanding of form, light and shadow, space interpretation, texture using different rendering techniques for self-story, Architectural, Machinery, Medical & Fashion illustration.

 

CO77: Defend the understanding of composition, concepts, self-expression, creativity and visual communication skills and illustrations developed and establish herself as an artist.

 

CO78: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion,

Ideation, Tutorials, Assignments, Brainstorming, Demonstration

 

Learning activities for the students: Self-Learning Assignments, Giving Tasks, Visualization, Experimenting, Sketching to Learn, Free Exploration, Focused Exploration.

Layouts & Sketches, Continuous Assessment Test, Semester End  Examinations, Daily Assignments, Observation, Student Teacher Interaction and Final Submissions

COURSE CONTENT:

Emphasis is to be placed on the student’s clarity of concepts, self-expression, creativity and visual communication skills

  • Students are expected to write a story talking about them. The story has to be compiled in a storybook form having realistic and typographic illustrations with creative applications.
  • Architectural illustration, Machinery, Medical & Fashion

Submission: Four Project

 
Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings:

  1. Artfile Christmas, Graphics Books International Limited
  2. Julian Seaman, Professional Fashion Illustration, Batsford
  3. R K Laxman, Brushing Up the Years A Cartoonist’s History of India, Penguin Books
  4. Keith Lovegrove, Graphicswallah, Graphics in India, Laurence King Publishing Limited
  5. Ron Tiner, Figure Drawing without a Model, David 7 Charles
  6. Poster Women A Visual History of the Women’s Movement in India, Zubaan
  7. Mark Wigan, Basic Illustration Global, Contexts, AVA Publishing SA
  8. Mark Wigan, Basic Illustration, Thinking Visually for Illustrators, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  9. M V Kamath, Laughter Lines The Cartoon Craft of R K Laxman Part 3, BPI (India)Private Limited
References: 

Suggested Readings:

  1. Ana Benaroya, Illustration Next, Thames & Hudson
  2. McKelvey & Munslow, Illustrating Fashion, Blackwell Science
  3. M V Kamath, Laughter Lines The Cartoon Craft of R K Laxman Part 2, BPI (India)Private Limited
  4. Ziwan Kaalia, Line Shades & Shadow – An Introduction, Panchsheel Prakashan
  5. O V Vijayan, A Cartoonist Remembers, Rupa. Co

E-Resources:

  1. Designer's Guide: How To Create Illustrations Step By Step (designhill.com)
  2. Digital Illustration: How to Create Digital Artwork (wix.com)
  3. The Character Designer (21-draw.com)
  4. Draw Character Design : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  5. The Art of the Storyboard: A Filmmaker’s Introduction (wordpress.com)
  6. How to create FLAT ILLUSTRATION based on photo in Adobe Illustrator - YouTube
  7. How to Turn Photo to Cartoon Effect (with Oil Paint Effect) - Photoshop Tutorial- YouTube
  8. Script Writing and Storyboarding.pdf (voorhees.k12.nj.us)
  9. ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ILLUSTRATION. WHERE TO START?| by Anya Kuvarzina | Medium
Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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