Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

A grade of a "B" or higher is required for placement into the second year of the program.

At the completion of this course students should be able to:

• Determine appropriate illustration techniques for use in professional communication materials 
• Create scalable, non-degrading vector images for multiple client applications 
• Render 3-dimensional vector art for commercial applications

• Create a photo-realistic illustration from an existing photograph.
• Design and produce a 3-dimensional package that incorporates surface patterns.
• Digital technical skills exam.

Themes

• Technical Proficiency    
• Industry Methods

Concepts

• Critical Thinking
• Process
• Craft
• Detail

Issues

• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Raster/Vector Integration

Skills

• Blend both the shape and color of two digital symbols
• Create the appearance of a blend using gradient mesh
• Create a gradient mesh object starting with a rectangle
• Edit mesh objects and blends
• Distort shapes using envelopes and warps
• Apply raster effects to vector objects
• Solve common printing problems encountered when using raster effects
• Analyze lighting and apply correct highlights and shadows to photo-realistic illustrations
• Create and save symbols in a symbol library
• Use various techniques to apply and edit symbols in digital illustrations
• Create an isometric drawing
• Create a die-line for a box
• Print die-line and create dummy of box
• Apply graphics to a box die-line
• Print box die-line and construct box to create a 3-dimensional package
• Exporting images using various file formats