Art Classes for the next 2.5 years...

I have a four year plan made out for myself and know that it is subject to change, however, I hope that it does not need to be changed and I have not gotten something completely messed up with it. I was not sure exactly what classes to include and not include so I have put in all of the ones that I am required to have for my major, including the electives I have chosen to fill in that are related to my major.

My art classes for the next 2.5 years (along with this fall) include:

Fall 2009:
Art 2335 - Design III
Art 2610 - Introduction to Commercial Art and Illustration
Art 3610 - Typography
Art 1800 - Ideas in The Visual Arts

Spring 2010:
Art 1835 - Survey of Nonwestern Art History
Art 2710 - Introduction to Print Making
This is the semester I intend to finish up my general education classes and also have my sophomore review.

Fall 2010:
Art 3630 - Design for Advertising
Art 2420 - Sculpture I
Art 3510 - Watercolor
Art 4610 - Motion Graphics
Grap 2030 - Desktop Publishing for Printing Applications

Spring 2011:
Art 3620 - Logo/Trademark Design
Art 3640 - Package Design
Art 1825 - Art History Survey II
Comm 2410 - Multimedia I

Fall 2011:
Art 3660 Publication Design
Art 4610 - Motion Design
Mgt 4315 - Entrepreneurship
Comm 3413 - Multimedia II
Comm 3640 - Mass Media Advertising

Spring 2012:
Art 4610 - Interactive Design
Art 4020 - Studio Seminar
Art 4860 Contemporary Art and Design
ICap 4221 - Artists in Contemporary Society (hope to substitute my Honors Project for this by doing one oriented toward Graphic Design)

Semiotics - My feelings on the matter

When Professor Babcock mentioned Semiotics I was very intrigued. I had never really sat down and considered things as being understood in an easier way based on the simpler look and design of them. Once it was explained, I began to realize that the simpler and more recognizable the image, the more easily it is interpreted.

I still have trouble remembering specific words that we learned in class, but over time I am sure that I will begin to remember them when working on designs for things. The main thing that I took away from the lecture was that the more complex images are the more static they become. When lines and textures are added in, the eye is trying to take it all in rather than focusing on the basic outline of something. Sure, in the "basic art world," and to those people who have a view from the outside of that world, the overall thought is, "the prettier and cooler the better." Actually, this is entirely not the case for Graphic Design and Illustration majors. If the communication process is confusing or jumbled then the main point that we as commercial artists are trying to make will not get across at all to the viewer. We have to make our designs, logos, ideas, etc. as easily understood as possible with the least amount of "frilly things" as possible.

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