200-Level Courses
VAILL 210 : Intermediate Computer Applications to Illustration.
(2:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to computer software programs specific to illustration. |
VAILL 251 : Illustration 1.
(2:1:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Overview of styles, techniques, methods, and materials. Illustrative concepts and problem solving. |
VAILL 252 : Intermediate Life Drawing.
(3:2:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 131. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Drawing the classic figure from gesture to finished rendering, emphasizing structure, anatomy, form, and medium. |
300-Level Courses
VAILL 350R : Advanced Life Drawing.
(3:2:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 131, VAIll 252. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Drawing the figure in modern or historical costume; developing drawing skills, especially relating to the draped figure. |
VAILL 353 : Narrative 1.
(3:2:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into illustration BFA; VAIll 351. |
| RECOMMENDED: | VAIll 350R. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Narrative problem solving patterns. Use of character, mood, and environment to tell a story or develop conceptual ideas. Study of media, aesthetic principles, and classic story models. |
VAILL 354 : Narrative 2.
(3:2:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into illustration BFA; VAIll 351, 353. |
| RECOMMENDED: | VAIll 350R. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Narrative problem solving patterns. Use of character, mood, environment to tell story or develop conceptual ideas. Study of media, aesthetic principles, and sequential narratives. |
VAILL 355 : History of American Illustration 1 (1860-1930).
(3:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of illustration in visual communication, emphasizing the birth of publishing and "Golden Age" of American illustration, 1860-1930. |
VAILL 356 : History of American Illustration 2 (1930-Present).
(3:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Visual arts core. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of American illustration in visual communication, emphasizing from 1930 to the present. |
VAILL 357 : Sketchbook.
(3:2:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 114, 115, 131; VAIll 250, 350R. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Using a sketchbook in visual thinking process: exploring ideas, recording visual experience, and developing fundamental drawing skills. |
VAILL 358 : Character Design for Illustrators.
(3:6:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | VA 114, 115, 131, VAIll 250, 350R. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Concepts and projects dealing with the interpretation and stylization of human and animal characters applied to children's markets, caricature, animation, and humorous illustration. |
400-Level Courses
VAILL 452 : Senior Illustration Studio 2.
(3:2:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | VAIll 451. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Flexible in nature, featuring various instructors with unique individual skills. Team taught. Advanced assignments in illustration; individual portfolio preparation. |
VAILL 453 : Illustration 4.
(3:2:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | VAIll 351, 352; BFA acceptance. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced assignments in illustration. Various instructors with unique skills and market experience. |
VAILL 497R : BFA Illustration Final Project.
(1-3:ARR:ARR)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | On demand. |
| PREREQUISITE: | BFA advisor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced individual project in illustration with miminum guidance, showing a high degree of competence. |