Visual imagery is everywhere: in advertising, publishing, and even fashion. A person with graphic arts skills who knows how to use the tools to create stimulating images can choose from a wide range of careers. Graphic design, photography, and computer animation are just a few areas. Once you’ve learned what’s available in digital technology and how to express your creativity via the computer, you’re on your way to an enjoyable career, with an online portfolio that can earn you college credit or national certification. Certifications: • Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) Imaging Skills Certificate Program • Adobe Software C.I.B. Certificate Program • Earn college credits at Lyndon State College
YEAR ONE: Digital Design for Print, Web, & Animation I Credit: 3-4 elective credits Eligibility: Students in grades 10-12 Prerequisites: None Schedule: Full year; 2 hours per day You’ll learn how designers are breaking the boundaries of design. Work with an entirely new Digital Design: Foundations of Web Design curriculum using Dreamwaver 8, Flash 8, and Fireworks 8, and pagination software as you produce a portfolio of mixed media. You’ll blend the elements of art and the principles of design while creating original designs for personal and business-oriented projects. You’ll also develop basic photography skills using digital cameras. Bring these concepts to life using image-editing control you crave. Design, develop, manage, and maintain rich interactive experiences for easy delivery to millions of viewers on the web, on mobile devices, and in print using industry standards.

YEAR TWO: Digital Design for Print, Web, & Animation II
Credit: 1 embedded math and 2-3 elective credits
Eligibility: Students in grades 11 and 12
Prerequisites: Grade of 70 or better in Digital Design for Print, Web, & Animation I; or written permission of the instructor
Schedule: Full year; 2 hours per dayThe emphasis in your second year is on creative thinking, advanced computer software programs, and work performance.

You’ll work with clients from throughout the region on actual projects as you learn to manage, estimate, produce, impose, and print a variety of products using digital, print, and wide-format output. In this class, you’ll focus on building specific portfolio pieces that could earn you college credit. You’ll also take a publishing project from concept to completion. Create effects and film techniques using Studio 8. Plan a digital narrative and script. Create a storyboard and learn to maintain consistency and principles of design. combine creative arts with high tech production that will include web posting. Finally, you’ll turn on your mind and dive deeper into the tricks and magic of 2D, 3D, drawing, imaging, motion and sound. Many Graphic Technologies II students choose a cooperative work experience — going to a paid job while still completing classroom assignments using BlackBoard online.

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