Digital Illustration Using a Graphics Tablet

Digital Illustration Using a Graphics Tablet
9 Weeks | $295 | Online

Learn to maximize the drawing and painting tools inside professional art and design programs while using a graphics tablet. Graphics tablets offer intuitive controls over brushes that emulate natural media while increasing precision and speed. This class will cover the desktop/laptop versions of drawing and painting applications including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk Sketchbook and Krita. This class will not cover drawing and painting apps for mobile devices such as Procreate for ipad or Clip Studio for Android.

What You Will Learn:

• How to use a graphics tablet to create drawings, paintings and illustrations
• The ability to navigate using tablet and pen shortcuts
• How to make custom brushes optimized for graphics tablets

What You will Need:

• A pen display or a pen tablet made by Wacom, Huion or XP Pen
• An Apple or Windows desktop or laptop computer that is capable of running Photoshop CC
• A copy of Adobe CC which is available to students for $19.95/month

Quarters Offered: Winter | Online
Course Fee: $295
Prerequisite: none
Materials: Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is strongly recommended. Students will work from home and must possess their own computer, graphics tablet and software.
Note: Class will meet weekly on Monday’s from 6-7pm via Zoom. The rest of the course will be taught online asynchronous using Canvas. Elective course for Art and the Creative Process professional certificate.
Contact: For more information about this course, please email ahl@ucsd.edu

Course Number: ART-40651
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Art and the Creative Process, Children’s Book Illustration

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1/4/2021 - 3/15/2021

$295

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• SECTION ID:

  152571

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Caballes, Carmina, Over ten years of teaching and industry experience.

  Carmina Caballes teaches Digital Illustration Using a Graphics Tablet for the Professional Certificate in Art and the Creative Process . Carmina has over ten years of experience as a teacher and graphic designer using programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. She holds an MFA in photography from the California Institute of the Arts and a bachelor's in fine arts with a concentration in studio art from USC.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No visitors permitted.
  No refunds after: 1/10/2021.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $270 ($295 if enrolled after 12/14/2020).
  1st no meeting date: 1/18/2021.
  2nd no meeting date: 2/15/2021.
  

• NOTE:

  SCBWI and MOPA members can take advantage of our $25 Early Enrollment discount at any time prior to course start date. The maximum discount a MOPA or SCBWI member can receive for one class is $25. Discount is applied upon course enrollment over the phone or in person with proof of membership.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
1/4/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
1/11/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
1/25/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/1/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/8/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/22/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
3/1/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
3/8/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
3/15/2021	Mon	6:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.