Commercial Art is a course of study that uses art as the basis for practical and creative commercial applications. Such applications studied are the creation of corporate identify and product design. Commercial Art is instrumental in the creation of a wide variety of client’s needs, ranging from print to web design.
Career Opportunities
The career potential produces such jobs as web designer, graphic designer, product designer, packaging designer, typographer and film production.
Faculty
Shuron Taylor
Commercial Art Courses
This course will introduce students to industry standard software packages used in visual communcications. Students will be instructed in the basic use of draw, paint/photo, layout, multimedia, web, digital video, and 3D. Topics covered include: operating systems basics, drawing and painting on the computer, digitizing and editing sound and video and designing for interactivity.
Lecture Hours: 54.00; Lab Hours: 54.00
Transfer: Not transferable
This course covers the fundamental elements of Adobe Illustrator including, design, color theory,typography and appropriateness for specified uses in the graphics industry.
Lecture Hours: 36.00; Lab Hours: 54.00
Transfer: Not transferable
An overview of industry standard software used for creating web pages. This course does not focus on HTML, or scripting language, but is focused on the development of effective communication design. (see cross listing ART 134)
Lecture Hours: 54.00; Lab Hours: 54.00
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only
An overview of Adobe Creative Suite. Students are given the opportunity to sample professional digital design tools while applying the fundamentals of design. Recommended Preparation: Computer Literacy.
Lecture Hours: 54.00; Lab Hours: 54.00
Transfer: Transfers to CSU only