ADVANCED STUDIES IN COSTUME DESIGN: Digital Arts 1

1 Unit · Graduate

In this course students are introduced to fundamental digital methods for devising the elements that make a theatrical character: body mass, silhouette, texture and color. Through text analysis, thorough visual research and digital drawing and painting students will create final painted illustrations for the characters of Aurora Leigh (Michelene Wandor’s dramatic adaptation of epic novel Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning). The main component of the design process will be the discovery and application of digital art techniques using Stylus Pen and Cintiq Pen display / Intuos Pro Wacom Tablet in conjunction with computer program Corel Painter.