Course Description: This course covers concepts and drawing skills related to the use of drawing and visualization in both the studio and digital environment. The course integrates studio drawing and illustration with digital technology, covering hand rendering, scanning, auto-tracing, photo conversion, vector art and bitmap drawing using digital visualization and illustration hardware and software. Included topics are 2D and 3D design, drawing, storyboarding and illustration (traditional and digital). Co-requisite of CST 202L.
Assignments are presented in the order they appear within the class. Various examples of student work for each drawing topic are provided. In-class work is completed as part of the studio lab, with homework being completed outside of class. Portfolios are submitted for the final.
Jump to:
- Introductory Studio
- Collage
- Still Life
- Figure Drawing
- Life Drawing
- Color Relationship
- Drawing from Reference
- Pixel Art
- Digital Adjustment
- Perspective & Foreshortening
- Storyboard
- Digital Illustration
Introductory Studio Exercises: Line, Shape, Form, and Value
Collage
Still Life Drawings
Figure Drawings
Life Drawings
Color Relationships
Drawing from References: Grid method & drawing drills
Raster Art Introduction: Pixel Art
Digital Adjustments
Digital Brush Experiments
Perspective & Foreshortening
Storyboards
Digital Illustration
Joint Student Art Exhibition from 202 Class of 2022
A (remote) joint exhibition of student work from Katherine Green’s CST202 Drawing from Digital Media students at CSUMB and Basma Fouda’s students at the Higher Colleges of Technology. Artwork was printed and displayed at both schools simultaneously April 11 – 15, 2022.
Click on a thumbnail to open a lightbox to explore the artwork in detail. Higher Collges of Technology (United Arab Emirates) artwork first, then CSUMB (California, USA) artwork.