Digital Art is a University course I designed from start to finish teaching the basics of Adobe Photoshop and design principles. I created and implemented a course outline with numerous exercises, large projects, quizzes and descriptive rubrics. The course is largely made up of pre-recorded step-by-step video tutorials and written step-by-step instructions, to provide students with the option of choosing their desired learning style. Students learn a variety of skills and technical knowledge including the user interface, tools, layers, adjustment layers, filters, smart objects, perspective, colour theory, and more.
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Exercise 1: Selection & Healing Tools | Students must use the selection tools to cut out the model from her background, use the healing tools to remove major discrepancies in the building image and insert their initials with layer style effects.
Exercise 2: Double Exposure | Students must use three images to create a double exposure composite. The focus is on learning and utilizing layer masks and blending modes.
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The Room Project | Students are supplied with a variety of images to insert into a room while considering perspective, colour, luminosity and organization of layers.
Large Composite | Students are given guidelines to create a Photoshop composite of their own design. They must cite the stock images used. The focus is on learning colour-matching, shadows, highlights and perspective.
Ad Project | Students are required to design an ad or design of their choice with guidelines. They must use at least twelve images, texture, and a border. The focus is on selections, masking, shadows, blending modes and more.