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GD121: Digital Illustration
Prerequisite(s): GD100 or GD110

In this class students develop electronic illustration skills. Emphasis is placed on conceptual thinking, composition, creative type effects, and design campaigns. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to create effective layouts and illustrations through the use of digital illustration tools and menu items.


 

Creating Effective Layouts

Color, Contrast, & Dimension in News Design
Tutorial from the Poynter school of journalism

Design and Layout
Web design tutorials, tips, and resources from WebsiteTips.com

Graphic Design Layout Templates
From All Graphic Design

Page Layout Lessons and Tutorials
Page layout techniques from About.com

Page Layout Techniques
Lessons and tutorials for desktop publishing


Creative Type Effects

EsperFonto
Typeface selection system from Will-Harris.com

fontBROWSER
Preview active fonts on your system

Mike's Sketchpad
Font tutorials

Planet Typography
Typography resources


Additional Sites of Interest

ActionFX Photoshop Resources
Tricks and downloads for Adobe Photoshop

Adobe
Official website

All Graphic Design
Graphic design resources directory

Builder.com
White papers, trialware, and online book library

CMYK Magazine
Magazine for graduate work in advertising, design, photography, and illustration

Communication Arts Network
Leading trade journal for visual communications

Design Graphics
Magazine devoted to digital publishing

A Digital Dreamer
Graphic design career information  

Digital Photography Blog
Digital camera reviews, ratings, tips, and comparisons

Digital Photography Weblog

Electronic Publishing
Graphic arts, digital printing, and publishing

Game Developer
Publication written specifically for creators of entertainment software

Go 2 Graphics
Illustrator tutorials

Google Image Search

Graphics.com
Shared resource for creative design

How
Graphic design books, magazines, competitions, and conferences

Kaliber10000
The Designers' Lunchbox

Mike's Sketchpad
Photoshop tutorials, free fonts, QuarkXpress, and graphics tutorials

Open Directory
Directory of stock photo websites

PhotoFoolery Tutorial Links
Photoshop tutorials

Photoshop Cafe
Photoshop tutorials and resources 

Photoshop911
Resources for help with Photoshop

Planet Photoshop

Photoshop Roadmap
Photoshop tutorials

PhotoshopSupport.com
Photoshop tutorials and photoshop plugins

Print
Graphic design magazine

STEP Inside Design
Publication that explores the impact of design in our lives

WebMachine
Guide through Adobe web collection

Composition

Art Composition
Introduction to composition from The Artists Web

Drawing Composition
Resources for picture composition and design from About.com

Image Composition
Tutorial for 2D and 3D image composition from Worldforge.org


Design Campaigns

Top 10 Steps to Getting Your Work Shown
Article written by Carol Pentleton at TheDigitalArtist.com


 

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