Digtial Illustration Class
| Week | Project | Content |
| 1 | Introduce Yourself with a comic character. | body structure, expression, and exaggeration. brush, pencil, and pen tools in digital programs. Linear outline and layout. |
| 2 | Introduce Yourself with a comic character | Color rendering, value scale, color blending/ digital painting techniques |
| 3 | My surprise encounter with a…!
(For example, I encountered a dinosaur at a park) |
How to use pictures to introduce a store; illustration body language.
Outline, layout. |
| 4 | My surprise encounter with a…! | Color rendering, color contrast, and shading.
Supporting colors. |
| 5 | Magic City (concept background art) | Imagine and create a magic city landscape. Introducing one point, two points perspectives. Linear drawing. |
| 6 | Magic City (concept background art) | Apply layering techniques with coloring and rendering. |
| 7 | Action! Fight – Lego Hero v. Villain
(frame 1: the villain overshadows the hero) |
Introduce characters, movements, body gestures, and actions. Body types and proportion. |
| 8 | Action! Fight – Lego Hero v. Villain
(frame 1: the villain overshadows the hero) |
Color rendering with strong, bold outlines. How to use black to create shadows. |
| 9 | Action! The hero prevails over the villain
(frame 2) |
How to create a focal point, visual emphasis, and contrast.
Outline with various qualities. |
| 10 | Action! The hero prevails over the villain
(frame 2) |
Color contrast, emphasis.
Learn how to use monochromatic, analogous or complementary color schemes. |
| 11 | Create your own story:
1 or 2 characters carry out an action with a supporting background. Ex. Mermaid’s birthday party A Super android boy meets a dragon. |
Using learned terms and techniques to imagine and create a comic illustration. |
| 12 | Create your own story:
1 or 2 characters carry out an action with a supporting background. |
Apply colors, with a choice of styles and rendering techniques. |