This course builds off essentials learned in A-S 335 (Digital Drawing and Illustration), offering advanced skills in digital drawing and illustration and helping students begin navigating the kind of long-term projects associated with leading industry practices. In addition to becoming familiar with project management, students will learn how to manipulate software and media to reflect current trends in a variety of digital creative fields. This course allows students the opportunity to craft successful large-scale, industry-standard projects independently on a predetermined timeline, which is an essential component for artists working in this field. This curriculum is taught widely at other institutions, including Virginia Commonwealth University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Maryland Institute College of Art, and this course will be a vital part of the School of Art and Visual Studies' new Digital Media Design degree, which combines art studio practices with new digital modes of creating. We have the faculty, equipment, and facilities to offer this course, as well as high levels of student interest.

This course builds off essentials learned in A-S 335 (Digital Drawing and Illustration), offering advanced skills in digital drawing and illustration and helping students begin navigating the kind of long-term projects associated with leading industry practices. In addition to becoming familiar with project management, students will learn how to manipulate software and media to reflect current trends in a variety of digital creative fields. This course allows students the opportunity to craft successful large-scale, industry-standard projects independently on a predetermined timeline, which is an essential component for artists working in this field. This curriculum is taught widely at other institutions, including Virginia Commonwealth University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Maryland Institute College of Art, and this course will be a vital part of the School of Art and Visual Studies' new Digital Media Design degree, which combines art studio practices with new digital modes of creating. We have the faculty, equipment, and facilities to offer this course, as well as high levels of student interest.