Digital Media Program

This is an intensive major
focusing on Digital Art/
Asset Creation.
•Do you like video games?
How about special effects
for movies?
•Do you like to draw
creatures or characters?
1-800-729-0256
60 Shiloh Road
Greeneville,TN 37743
scrowe@tusculum.edu
423 636 7300 *5142
facebook: TCDIGM
Digital Media
Program
Experience the New Digital Media
Major at Tusculum College starting
Fall, 2014
•Do you have a
natural curiosity
about computers and
technology?
•Do you have the self
motivation and drive
to spend the time and
effort needed to reach
your goals as a creative
problem solver?
Tusculum
College
INTRO TO DIGITAL MEDIA: You will be
introduced to the tools, terminology and the
ever changing world of Digital Media as it applies
to various industries, including entertainment
and research
BASIC PHOTO-EDITING AND
ILLUSTRATION: Your first real DIGM course!
The 60-credit program includes a 36-credit core
that teaches a solid foundation of digital media
skills including 2D digital art such as illustration,
conceptual design, and 3D skills that can be used
in a wide variety of entertainment industries.
The Digital Media concentration is primarily
focused on the use of 3D software for artistic
and professional studies that relate to the video
game industry as well as feature film.
Students who elect to major in Digital Media
are required to take 16 credit hours in the Art
and Design Program. These courses are your
foundation for everything that follows in the
Digital Media Major.
BASIC DESIGN: Learn the fundamentals of
design and color theory
BASIC DRAWING: Learn to see the world
through the eye of an artist, not a bystander.
BASIC DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Learn the
ins and outs of the Digital DSLR camera. Once
you get into the 3D modeling and animation
aspect of the program, everything you do will be
through a virtual camera.
Hold on tight because it’s going to be a fast
and deeply involved course! In this course, you
will begin to apply your foundations from the
Art and Design core. Edit and repair archival
photographs, create entirely new imagery from
existing photographs, use your own camera for
truly original photo manipulations; turn yourself
into a cyborg sipping a strange alien drink on
the rings of Saturn...Only your imagination limits
you. The illustration aspect of this course will
introduce you to digital drawing and painting to
create one of a kind illustrations.
BASIC 3D MODELING AND TEXTURING: Are
you really ready for this? Ever been to boot-camp?
This is our “boot-camp.” You gotta love it and
you gotta want it! Welcome to the new and ever
changing world of 3D modeling and texturing. This
course will introduce you to a set of 3D modeling
tools that, once mastered, will allow you to create
anything you can imagine.
BASIC 3D SCULPTING:
Congratulations! You made it
through boot- camp and now
you’re ready for the HARD STUFF!
Time to learn anatomy and form
as it is seen in a three dimensional
space. The skills you learn in this
course are the same as those used
to create high-end costumes and
special effect makeup for film. Do
not forget about the toys (actionfigures), yep this is how they are
made! Just like clay, but none of the
mess!
ADVANCED PHOTO EDITING AND
ILLUSTRATION: Now it is your choice to focus
your skills in either Photo Editing or Illustration.
Pick your focus and hold on. You’ll be working
day and night developing skills as well as your
ability to see the world through the eyes of an
artist.
ADVANCED 3D MODELING AND
TEXTURING: By this point, you are no longer
a newbie. It’s time to focus. You will be creating
geometry through the use of traditional polygon
modeling tools, or sculpting in 3D. You will also
be trying your hardest to create realistic renders
using both photography and hand-painted
textures.
CHARACTER ANIMATION: Hit the ground
running with this extremely intense course
focused on Character Animation. You will be
working with your own models and rigs, as well
as professional models and rigs. The focus of this
course is to develop a strong understanding of
Character Animation using 3D content creation
software.
All artwork © Samuel Crowe 2014