School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsIllustrating Popular CultureWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102271.2
Discipline: GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIES
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
An ability to use the computer programs "In-Design, Photoshop, and Illustrator" in a Macintosh computer lab.
Equivalent Units
101063 - Illustration: Advertising and Editorial
Prerequisite
102263 Image Design
About this Unit
This unit explores the powerful qualities of illustration when used as a visual communication strategy in the design of popular culture: within an advertising campaign and as social commentary through editorial illustration. The potential of a range of illustrative styles, mediums and techniques, will be explored through experimentation with a variety of visual strategies that utilize lateral thinking, linked to the design of professional concepts, developmental processes and media considerations.
Courses| 1571.10 | Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) | CURRENT |
| 1571.9 | Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) | CONTINUING |
| 1737.2 | Bachelor of Design - Visual Communication (Dean's Scholars) | CURRENT |
| 1838.1 | Bachelor of Creative Industries | CONTINUING |
| 1838.2 | Bachelor of Creative Industries | CURRENT |
| 1839.1 | Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CONTINUING |
| 1839.2 | Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CURRENT |
| 1840.1 | Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CONTINUING |
| 1840.2 | Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CURRENT |
| 1841.1 | Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CONTINUING |
| 1841.2 | Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CURRENT |
| 1842.1 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CONTINUING |
| 1842.2 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CURRENT |
| 3729.4 | Bachelor of Design and Technology | CURRENT |
| 3730.4 | Bachelor of Industrial Design | CURRENT |
| 3731.4 | Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) | CURRENT |
| 6009.2 | Diploma in Communication/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CURRENT |
| 6011.1 | Diploma in Design/Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) | CONTINUING |
| 6011.2 | Diploma in Design/Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) | CURRENT |
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