Track
Digital Designing
Duration
60 hours
Skill Level
Beginner
Language
English
About this Course
Explore foundational illustration skills including shapes, lines, and basic digital tools.
Learning Mode: Learn at ALC or at Home
Detailed Course Curriculum
Hands-on module breakdown aligned with MKCL production standards and industry requirements.
- Introduction to Illustration
- What is Illustration?
- The Art of ‘Visual Communication’
- Illustrations in Education
- Illustrations in Advertising
- Illustrations in Storytelling
- 3 Ways to Use Illustration for Branding
- Minimalist illustration
- Big and Bold illustrations
- 3D illustration
- Typography illustration
- Retro illustration
- Geometric illustration
- Caricatures
- Comics
- Modern era Illustration tools:
- Essential Techniques for Effective Drawing
- Digital Illustration Software and Hardware
- Exploring Digital Illustration Tools
- Introduction to Digital Drawing Tablets
- Artistic Journeys: Animation, Illustration, and Design Careers
- User Interface
- Organizing files
- Saving files
- Understanding Artboards
- Tools Explained: From Selection to Type
- Arc, Spiral, Grid, and Shape Tools
- Exploring Artistic Pencil, Transform, and other tools
- Puppet Warp to Symbol Stainer Tools
- Advanced Toolkit: From Symbol Screener to Zoom Tools
- Logo Design Sample with Basic Shapes
- Logo Design Techniques
- Using the Pen Tool to Draw an Illustration
- Customizing the Illustration
- Using the Pen Tool to Trace an Image
- Using the Pen Tool to Trace Text
- Working with Mesh Tool
- Mastering the Mesh Tool
- Power Techniques for Vector Design
- Power Techniques with Typography Style
- Understanding Hand-eye Coordination
- Developing Precision and Control
- Practicing Daily Sketching Routines
- Introduction to Geometric Shapes
- Exploring Light and Shadows with 3D Shapes
- Draw anything using simple shapes
- Importance of Line Weight and Variation
- Contour Drawing Exercises
- Understanding Light Sources and Shadows
- Types of Shading Techniques (hatching, cross-hatching, stippling)
- Learn the human body proportions
- Exploring Human Body Anatomy
- Exploring Human Body Anatomy with an example
- Gesture Drawing and Capturing Motion
- Balancing Creativity and Constraints for Harmony
- Improving Storytelling through Illustrations
- Mind Mapping for Idea Development
- Mind Mapping for Idea Development
- Visual Storytelling and Narrative Illustration
- Visual Storytelling and Narrative Illustration
- Understanding the Principles of Visual Storytelling
- Understanding the Principles of Visual Storytelling
- Understanding the Principles of Visual Storytelling
- Developing and Designing Characters
- Developing and Designing Characters
- Developing and Designing Characters
- Sequential Storytelling through Illustration
- Sequential Storytelling through Illustration
- Sequential Storytelling through Illustration
- Illustrating Sequential Stories in Comics
- Illustrating Sequential Stories in Comics
- Illustrating Sequential Stories in Comics
- Crafting Sequential Storyboards
- Crafting Sequential Storyboards
- Crafting Sequential Storyboards
- Creating Mood and Atmosphere in Narrative Illustrations
- Creating Mood and Atmosphere in Narrative Illustrations
- Creating Mood and Atmosphere in Narrative Illustrations
- Ethics and Representation in Storytelling
- Ethics and Representation in Storytelling
- Ethics and Representation in Storytelling
- Crafting Art from Thumbnails and Rough Sketches:
- Thumbnail Sketch Exploration
- Thumbnail Sketch Exploration
- Concept Refinement through Rough Sketches
- Concept Refinement through Rough Sketches
- Building Mood Boards for Style and Mood
- A Quick Guide to Creating a Brand Mood Board
- A Quick Guide to Creating a Brand Mood Board
- Introduction to Graphic Illustration
- 10 MUST DOs to Find Your Illustration Style
- Utilizing Layers for Effective Vector Design
- Layer and Layer Options
- Layer and Layer Options
- Merging Layers
- Merging Layers
- Exploring Layer Management and Workflow:
- Exploring Layer Management and Workflow:
- Advanced Layer Techniques
- Advanced Layer Techniques
- Pen, Pencils and Paths
- Path and its Options
- Path and its Options
- Creating A Compound Path
- Creating A Compound Path
- Clipping Mask
- Clipping Mask
- Mastering Advanced Techniques
- Control Curves and Anchor Points
- Control Curves and Anchor Points
- Enhance the final output
- Enhance the final output
- Clipping Mask with Compound Path
- Clipping Mask with Compound Path
- Clipping Mask with Compound Shape
- Clipping Mask with Compound Shape
- Pen Tool Hacks
- Pen Tool Hacks
- Illustration from Sketch to Character Design
- Illustration from Sketch to Character Design
- Pen and Ink Illustration:
- Ink Pen Essentials
- Ink Pen Essentials
- Perfecting Cross-Hatching and Stippling
- Perfecting Cross-Hatching and Stippling
- The Shape Builder Tool- Logo Design
- The Shape Builder Tool- Logo Design
- Overview of stock image platforms
- Understanding Popular Image Types on Shutterstock and Similar Sites
- Understanding the demand for stock image
- Monetizing Illustrations on Stock Platforms
- Tips for increasing downloads and earnings
- Tips for increasing downloads and earnings
- Photography Techniques and Best Practices
- Artists and stock platforms
- Artists and stock platforms
- Editing photos to meet platform standards
- Editing photos to meet platform standards
- Stock Platforms and Job Opportunities
- Stock Platforms and Job Opportunities
- Color Theory Basics
- Color Properties: Hue, Value, Saturation
- Cultural and Psychological Associations with Colors
- Color Symbolism and its Impact on Storytelling
- Color Harmonies and Combinations
- Creating a Mood and Atmosphere with Color
- Complementary Colors
- Watercolor Painting:
- Watercolor Materials and Tools (watercolor paints, brushes, paper)
- Watercolor Materials and Tools (watercolor paints, brushes, paper)
- Wet-on-Wet and Wet-on-Dry Techniques
- Wet-on-Wet and Wet-on-Dry Techniques
- Layering and Glazing to build up colors
- Layering and Glazing to build up colors
- Unique Techniques: Salt, Masking Fluid, and Scraping Effects
- Unique Techniques: Salt, Masking Fluid, and Scraping Effects
- Reshaping Tools
- Working with 1-Point Perspective Grid
- Working with 2-Point Perspective Grid
- Working with 3-Point Perspective Grid
- Using the Graph Tools
- Slicing and Cutting Tools
- Symbol tools
- Symbol Sprayer
Eligibility Criteria
• Basic knowledge of computers and keen desire to build skills in this field.
• Open to students, job seekers, and working professionals.
• Open to students, job seekers, and working professionals.
Official Certification
• Official MKCL KLiC Certificate upon successful completion of the course and evaluations.
Work-Centric Learning Approach
• Step 1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work
• Step 2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step 3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step 4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step 5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step 6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step 7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step 8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step 9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step 10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step 11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step 12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!
• Step 2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step 3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step 4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step 5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step 6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step 7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step 8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step 9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step 10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step 11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step 12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!
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