STUDIO ELECTIVES

STUDIO ELECTIVES

Reference these recommendations when you are choosing your Studio Electives. It will ensure that you are extending your portfolio in a way that maximizes its value in the professional market-place.

Many of these courses require prerequisites that you may not have. You can contact the program chairs and request to be enrolled without the prereq.. The chairs can do this with a permission form or by sending an e-mail to the registrar asking them to register you.

Angie Dow, Chair - Graphic Design

AngieDow@ferris.edu

Gayle Debruyne, DS 303 Collaborative Studies Prof. GayleDebruyn@ferris.edu

Jon McDonald, Chair - Illustration

JonMcDonald@ferris.edu

Deb Rockman, Chair - Drawing

DeborahRockman@ferris.edu

Bill Fischer, Chair - Digital Media

fischerb@ferris.edu

Graphic Design

Nearly every application of commercial art and design begins and ends with Graphic Design. It's a great match with any Digital Media focus.

Type Design:

GD 214 TYPE I

GD 220 TYPE II

GD 324 TYPE III

Imaging and Graphics:

GD 222 GRAPHICS STUDIO III (poster & book cover design)

GD 313 PACKAGE DES (illustration, layout, mock-up)

Conceptual & Strategic:

GD 310 CONCEPT DES. (research & strategy)

GD 312 ADVERTISING (strategy & layout)

GD 412 ADVANCED ADVERTISING

GD 311 BRANDING (strategy & identity)

Print Production Processes:

GD 315 PUBLICATION DES. (muli-page-docs)

GD 440 DIGITAL PREPRESS (file prep & print processes)

Group/ Collaborative

It's what employers want and the world needs.

DS 303 COLLABORATIVE DESIGN (cross disciplinary w/ students from many programs)

GD 403 KENDALL KONNECT (graphic design focused)

Illustration

You can learn how to apply your imaging skills to several Illustration specific genres and learning traditional techniques can expand your tool-set.

Applied Courses:

KCIL 120 INTRO. TO ILLUSTRATION

KCIL 310 FANTASY/ SCIENCE FICT PTG

KCIL 326 CONT. FASHION ILLUS

KCIL 330 CHILDREN'S BOOK DES & ILLUS

Technique Courses:

KCIL 222 3 DIM. ILLUS (sculpt & assemblage)

KCIL 252 WATERCOLOR FOR ILLUS

KCIL 291 ILL. PAINTING I (acrylic & oil)

KCIL 323 ILLUS. LIFE DRAWING III

KCIL 336 ILLUS. LIFE IV

Drawing

Some say that drawing is the language of art. It certainly is the foundation of many forms of digital imaging, especially where character and landscape design is involved.

Figure:

KCDR 131 FIGURE DRAWING I

KCDR 222 FIGURE DRAWING II

KCDR 323 FIGURE DRAWING III

KCDR 324 FIGURE DRAWING IV

Concept and Technique:

KCDR 233 DRAWING MATLS & PROCESSES

KCDR 334 STUDIO DRAWING I

KCDR 420 STUDIO DRAWING II

Expand your Digital Media portfolio

Yes, you may use your studio electives in whole or in part with these courses.

Imaging for Game and Animation: