Comic Arts & Graphic Novels
Create your own cartoon character! This course connects literature with the visual arts.
Students develop visual images from written text; utilizing comics as a format for expressing
opinions, exploring people, cultures, politics, ideas, conflicts, dreams and tragedies. Course
work will include a historical overview of comics, writing storylines, designing characters,
developing drawing styles, and establishing storyboards.
Digital Arts & Animation
This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skill demanded in the
Computer Graphics and Computer Animation fields. In this course students will develop the
concepts for and create the storyboards for various animated pieces. Some study of
professional movies will be included. The movie will be created using a series of still
photographs of the characters with minor movements between each still photo. This course
may be taken more than once to take your mastery to a higher and more complex level.
Directed Independent Art (Senior Course) (Cum Laude Recognition)
Directed Independent Art is designed to provide advanced art students with the opportunity for
indepth study in their field of interest. A course of art projects agreed upon between the student
and the instructor.
Students will be required to:
1. Write a contract with the cooperating teacher outlining the projects to be accomplished
each quarter.
2. Do research appropriate for each project.
3. Keep a sketchbook of ideas, drawings, and notes throughout the year.
4. Complete the work contracted each term.
5. Prepare a portfolio for art school admissions, scholarship competitions or art shows.
Introduction to Digital Photography
In this course students will explore digital photography and related technologies. Students will be
given assigned readings and writings, will be asked to produce work to participate in class
discussion to better understand the physical, conceptual and theoretical characteristics of the
electronic media. Emphasis will be placed on the students' development of an understanding of
the evolution of and the theory associated with art, photography and electronic imaging. Students
will be introduced to the basic technology necessary for the production of their work. Students
will be expected to demonstrate an ability to use the tools competently in the production of their
work; however, the production and analysis of expressive and thoughtful work is the main
objective of this course. Photography as a business (freelance and studio), as well as laws of
photography will also be covered.
*Students must have access to their own digital camera.
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