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.
External
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.2 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to design
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established design practice
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within design