Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ILD 4990 - Illustrative Design Graduation Portfolio


Credits: 3

The illustrative designer’s portfolio of work is the employer’s primary tool for assessing the skills and talents of a prospective employee. The portfolio is the art student’s most important asset in successfully gaining employment upon graduation. Portfolio class explores these issues as well as what constitutes a professional-looking portfolio, who should see it, and how to arrange appointments. Instructors assist the students in selecting artwork for refinement and inclusion in the portfolio and in assembling the portfolio for maximum effect.

Prerequisites: ILD 4980 - Senior Illustrative Design Seminar  

Notes: This course is open to seniors in their last term.


Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Develop a complete personal branding system, a printed portfolio, an exhibition display of illustrative design work, a portfolio book and an online digital presence that includes social media.
  • Exercise crucial time management and critical decision- making skills by planning and implementing the final presentation of design work.
  • Solve communication problems through illustrative design.
  • Apply research, information gathering and analysis to generate alternative solutions.
  • Create prototypes, apply user testing and evaluate outcomes.
  • Describe and respond to the audiences and contexts, which communication solutions must address.
  • Recognize the physical, cognitive, cultural, and social human factors that shape human decisions.
  • Create visual form in response to communication problems.
  • Understand symbolic representation.
  • Apply principles of visual organization/composi tion and information hierarchy.
  • Apply typography properly in its various applications.
  • Use industry-based tools in the creation, reproduction, and distribution of visual messages.
  • Examine their position within illustration and design history, theory, and criticism.

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