Prerequisite: Successful completion of a Studio-level course and Digital imaging, Animation, Digital Video Production, or Video Game Design.
This course is intended for students interested in exploring advanced digital art production and concepts. Students will continue their exploration of their chosen digital media by creating a digital art portfolio through self-driven, independent work and collaborative pieces, developing an individual aesthetic vernacular, and creative problem-solving skills. Students will work on sustained investigations and long-term projects choosing from animation, video production, design, digital video production or work across media.
Sara Vyas | 2023-2024
Sara Vyas | 2023-2024
Joy Hwang | 2023-2024
Projects have multiple turn-in dates for each step of the process - there will be a planning phase, a making phase, and an improving phase it is up to you how and what you choose to focus on during class time to improve and make progress on your work.
Technical assignments will have the criteria that are most relevant to the skill and concept being practiced and learned. These are eligible for resubmission once work has been improved.
Formative assessments will take place every two weeks, these will be routine check-ins, critiques, questions, and informal conversations about work.
Summative assessments will be timed with the school calendar's Grading Timelines.
Planning
Sketches, research, finding inspirations, references, experimentation, and prototypes.
Artistic Voice
Creating something meaningful to you, your story, identity, or community.
Using mediums and techniques that enhance the messaging of your work.
Artistic Intent
The connection between the idea and your final product, piece, and body of work.
Making media, technique, and material choices that support your theme, concept, idea, and work.
Iteration
Adjusting work to feedback given or self-reflections, edit, modify, and improve work and practice.
Connection & Analysis of the Art World
Reflecting on the artwork, research artists, contexts, and histories and connect them to your work. Research and connect your work to the broader conversation and context of art and making.
Feedback and Responding
Giving and receiving feedback, constructive criticism, making meaning, sharing, and communicating your ideas so that other people can get feedback.
Reflecting on feedback received and creating a reason and plan of action.
Audience, Present & Display
Showing work to the public, creating a portfolio to show a theme or point of view, getting a brochure ready for the pitch, and putting work up in a gallery.
Creating a finalized version of your work.