This document contains summaries of digital art projects created by the author and evaluations of introductory digital design software lessons. The author created pieces in Photoshop using tools like burn, dodge, and smudge. Initial attempts in programs like AutoCAD and 3D Studio Max involved basic shapes. Later set design projects in the programs demonstrated more control and added textures. However, the author felt the software lessons moved too quickly with too many students sharing computers, limiting learning.

1. Digital Techniques Kylie Marie Stafford

2. Tudor costume design I created this piece by adding colour and then using the burn and dodge tools to create more depth. I also used the smudging tool to give the piece a blended painterly effect. Sketch – Mishka English Paint – Kylie Marie Stafford

3. Theatre Design logo This design was created in Photoshop by scanning in images and ink splodges from our sketchbooks. First we cut out the images using the magnetic and lasso tools and then built the image up by using different layers in Photoshop. Kylie Stafford & Kirsty Nicol

4. Photo manipulation

5. Auto cad Exercises using command

6. Auto cad Here I was trying to create a floppy disk I never managed to finish this piece.

7. 3D Studio Max This is my first attempt on 3D studio max. I have just played around with the various shapes.

8. “ Spots with noses” Here I have put noses on all the spots this image is a little more controlled than the previous attempt.

9. “ Room” First set design

10. “ Crazy room” My final set design, I have added texture to the walls and floor using my own samples

11. EVALUATION This has been a very brief introduction to some of the design software we could use to help with our course. I feel that I have not really gained as much as I should have from these lessons as there are just too many people in a class and most lessons we were having to share a computer. I think it’s a shame because I do feel that having the knowledge to use these programs correctly will be quite valuable to me as a designer. Also the fact that these lessons have come along during the design project have meant that a lot of people have struggled to find time to work on this out of lesson hours. I myself have been to many of the digital lessons but I don’t have the exercises we did in class as I have lost them. I just feel it would have been much easier for us all if the class had been split into two groups and we just did a one and a half hour class. I do feel that I have struggled a little because of the fast pace of the class, however I have managed to learn a little more in the last two classes as we were able to have our own computers.