AR 231 - Graphic Design Studio I

An introductory class that prepares students with basic hand skills through drawing and presentations, introduces typography, layout, vocabulary technique, and the process of critique to produce professional graphic design projects. Selected topics in design, i.e. perception, figure/ground; shape, visual dynamics, Gestalt principle; fundamentals of the design process: research, thumbnails/ roughs, comprehensive, presentations. Development and preparation of design concepts for application to the printing process
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): AR 140, AR 143, AR 142, and AR 218
Note:
This course is designed to be taken the same semester as AR 300 - Graphic Design Principles II: Typography & Design.

Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 5 Credits: 3