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Introduction to Imagemaking

Курс от California Institute of the Arts
Начальный≈ 18.6 чАнглийский
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Designed for serious makers and aspiring designers, Introduction to Imagemaking is a process-driven laboratory for expanding your visual vocabulary. Moving beyond basic software tutorials, this course treats imagemaking as a fundamental pillar of graphic design—one rooted in fearless experimentation and the rigorous study of visual semiotics. Through a series of hands-on prompts, you will master the relationship between denotation and connotation, learning how to intentionally drive meaning through compositional contrast, scale, and hierarchy. You will synthesize your experimental research into a professional-grade image-based book, transforming loose investigations into a cohesive narrative. By the end of this course, you will have moved from simply 'making stuff' to orchestrating complex visual relationships that define a unique, job-ready creative voice.

Навыки, которые вы освоите

Layout DesignVisual StorytellingGraphic and Visual DesignDesign Elements And PrinciplesCreativityAestheticsDigital DesignAdobe InDesignDesign ReviewsDesign ResearchGraphic DesignPeer ReviewMultimediaStorytellingDigital Publishing

Программа курса

4 модулей · 101 учебных материалов

01Week 1: Image-based Research26 материалов

About this Course

Course WelcomeВидеоAbout this CourseЧтениеBe daring and adventurousЧтениеSister Corita Kent's RulesЧтение

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Gail Swanlund

Faculty in Graphic Design

Introduction to Imagemaking
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≈ 18.6 ч

4 модулей

Язык: Английский

Субтитры: Арабский, Французский, Бенгальский, Украинский, Китайский (Китай), Греческий, Итальянский, Бразильский португальский, Вьетнамский, Нидерландский, Корейский, Немецкий, Пушту, Урду, Русский, Тайский, Индонезийский, Шведский, Турецкий, Азербайджанский, Испанский, Дари, Хинди, Японский, Казахский, Венгерский, Польский

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About the AssignmentsЧтение
Course ToolsЧтение
Notes on using AI...and not Чтение

Essential Skills

PracticeВидеоForms of PracticeОбсуждениеSome useful termsЧтениеA discussion about denotation, connotation, and “read”Чтение

Giving feedback on images and compositions

Critique and feedbackЧтениеHow to begin: First, focus on what you seeЧтениеThen, begin to analyze what you observeЧтениеObservations for when you’re working on compositions ЧтениеOptional Activity: Look really closely at an artworkЧтениеSpend time with other imagemakersЧтение

Visual Research

What images doВидеоConsidering the book (in a graphic design context)ВидеоVisual researchЧтение

Project: Making a Mood Board

Researching your subject: Mood boardsЧтениеDifferent ways of putting together a mood board ЧтениеProject: Make a Mood Board (Step 1+2)ЧтениеProject: Make a Mood Board (Step 3+4) ЧтениеAn example of associations and connotations for owlsЧтениеModule/Week 1 ReviewЗадание
02Week 2: Making Images24 материалов

Experiment and Improvisation

Making Methods and TechniquesВидеоWays of makingЧтение

Techniques and Materials

Hand Based, Photographic, Digital ProcessesЧтениеPrintmaking, Manipulation/Alteration, 3D and FoundЧтение

Start making!

Working with visual style and moodЧтениеProject: Work with Visual Style and Mood (Step 1)ЧтениеProject: Work with Visual Style and Mood (Step 2+3)ЧтениеProject: Work with Visual Style and Mood (Step 4)Чтение

Sparks

Sparks: More making methodsЧтениеSparks: Frankenstein LabЧтениеSparks: Or...Чтение

Activities

Optional Activity: Poetry of everyday lifeЧтениеOptional Activity: Explain and illustrateЧтение

Conversations with Imagemakers

Conversation with an imagemaker 1ВидеоConversation with an imagemaker 2Видео

Images and Meaning

Optional Activity: Experimentation and ImprovisationЧтениеDenotation & ConnotationВидеоTangible, sensory and expressive quality of materials and lineЧтение

Representation and abstraction

Range of RepresentationВидеоProject: Range of Representation and Abstraction (Intro)ЧтениеProject: Range of Representation and Abstraction (Step 1)ЧтениеProject: Range of Representation and Abstraction (Step 2)ЧтениеRange of Representation and Abstraction ExamplesЧтениеModule/Week 2 ReviewЗадание
03Week 3: Composition is Relational18 материалов

Composition and Arrangement

Composition is RelationalВидео

Hierarchy, scale, space

About HierarchyВидеоScaleВидеоSpaceВидео

More Compositional Strategies

Composition: Figure/Ground (from Introduction to Imagemaking)ВидеоNarrativeВидео

Composing simple spreads and an iteration

PromptsЧтениеInvent a promptОбсуждениеSimple Composition: Creating Page SpreadsВидео

Optional Project: Composing Simple Spreads

Composing with your images ЧтениеProject: Composing Simple Spreads (Intro)ЧтениеProject: Composing Simple Spreads (Step 1)ЧтениеProject: Composing Simple Spreads (Step 2)ЧтениеProject: Composing Simple Spreads (Step 3) Чтение

Optional Project: Composing Iterations

Composing iterationsЧтениеProject: Composing Iterations (Step 1) ЧтениеProject: Composing Iterations (Step 2)ЧтениеModule/Week 3 ReviewЗадание
04Week 4: Designing a Book with Your Images33 материалов

Bookishness

Forms of Practice: Checking inОбсуждениеBookishnessВидеоCreate and plant a “surprise” in your layoutsЧтение

Looking at Books

About this lessonЧтениеLazy Mom: Lazy WowВидеоKatharina Pierini/Sming Sming Books: Night MovesВидеоLaura Owens: Hey WhatВидеоLaura Owens: New WorkВидеоBruno Munari: A Tale of Three Little BirdsВидеоList of Image-Based BooksЧтениеForms of Practice: Show us a bookОбсуждение

Composing Narrative Spreads

Project Overview: Design an Imagemaking BookЧтениеComposing a narrativeЧтениеOther things to consider as you compose your bookЧтениеNotes about using AI for building a narrative (optional)Чтение

Making a Printer's Spreads

Activity: Make thumbnail sketchesЧтениеComplex Composition: Putting your book togetherВидеоActivity: Mock Up a "Printer's Spread" for ReferenceЧтениеMock-Up ExampleЧтениеResources for Designing Your BookЧтение

Final Project: Design An Imagemaking Book

Final Project: Design Your Imagemaking Book (Intro)ЧтениеFinal Project: Design Your Imagemaking Book (Step 1) ЧтениеFinal Project: Design Your Imagemaking Book (Step 2 - Digital)ЧтениеFinal Project: Design Your Imagemaking Book (Step 2 - By Hand) ЧтениеFinal Project: Design Your Imagemaking Book (Step 3) Чтение

Optional Project: Printing and Binding Your Book

If you want to print your imagemaking book for real...ЧтениеComposing in Adobe InDesign or Affinity PublisherЧтениеIf you composed with other digital applications ЧтениеIf you composed your book by handЧтениеTwo simple bookbinding techniques (optional)Видео

Module & Course Wrap-Up

Start your own imagemaking and bookmaking clubЧтениеModule/Week 4 ReflectionsЗаданиеWhat's Next?Чтение