| Available to Web Design and Multimedia Arts students in Master's Certificate programs.
This concentration gives students a
firm grounding in the visual communication
skills required for graphic design.
Students learn vector illustration and page layout, study composition, and tackle a range of graphic design projects.
Requirements: Students
entering this track must be proficient
in Photoshop and Illustrator or equivalent
applications. Basic proficiency in Quark or
InDesign is highly recommended. Got
a question about this program? Ask admissions@sessions.edu.
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4226
Illustrator Basics
Learn to design with Adobe Illustrator. You'll
start with a tour of important menus, tools,
and palettes, then explore selection tools,
drawing tools, layers, the pen tool (a lesson
unto itself) as well as transformations/
distortions, type tools, and modifying paths
and shapes. Hands-on class projects will include
a robot, a CD cover, photorealistic art, a
postcard, a bus ad, and a visual identity. get more
4228 InDesign Basics
Explore fundamental techniques for Adobe InDesign and develop your print design skills. The course will impart a working knowledge of the main InDesign tools and features, everything from basic features to using master pages, importing and manipulating objects, controlling text flow and style, to graphic effects such as transparency, drop shadow, and feathering. Projects give you practice in a range of desktop publication applications from creating a single-page menu to catalog design, visual identity, promotional design, even a book layout. get more
4228 Design Composition
Discover the principles of effective composition in print design and advertising. Composition, literally the assembly of elements, is the artful arrangement that guides the eye and unifies a design work. Case studies and hands-on projects address closed/open space, negative space, movement, and more. get more
4013
Graphic Design I
Tackle industry-foundation design
projects and establish a basis for your
career direction and creating individual
design work. Students undertake a range
of graphic design projects, taking each
project from conception to presentation.
Case studies and project briefs ground
students in professional design
practices. get
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