2ARTD

Level 2 Art Design

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Miss J. White.

Learning Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to develop a Design portfolio 

This course focuses on developing skills using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to respond to a ‘campaign/clients brief’ or a 'character design brief.'  Students will learn how to follow the Art Design process to develop creative responses to given briefs. This course is designed to prepare students for the creative sector, graphic design, and the advertising and animation sector.

Costs include an art kit of individual items, professional printing of 2 x A1 panels, plus items that will be shared in the class to keep costs down. These shared items will be available over the year as required). Students will also be given a student license to run Adobe Creative Suite on their own laptops or home PC.

If this is a new subject to you, please book in to see the Senior Art Design teacher for more information at [email protected]


Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Students require a laptop capable of running Adobe Creative Suite (no more than two years old).
Course Cost - $90
Trip Cost - $30

Pathway

3D Animatorc, Book Illustrator, Computer Animator, Layout Artist, Motion Graphics Artist, Storyboard Artist, Video Game Director, Web Developer, 3D Modeler, Cartoon Artist, Game Level Designer, Logo Designer, Multimedia Designer, UI UX Designer, Visual Effects Artist, Book Cover Artist, Comic Book Artist, Graphic Designer, Medical Illustrator, Print Designer, Video Game Designer, Web Designer

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

Total Credits Available: 20
Internal Assessed Credits: 8
External Assessed Credits: 12
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91310 v2
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 2.2 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to design


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91315 v2
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established design practice


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91320 v2
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within design


Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 12
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0