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Study associate degree animation & visual design online with Torrens University Australia through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Art and Design Fundamentals

Digital User Experience Design

Design Thinking

User Interface Design

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

The Photo Essay: Storytelling with Image and Text

Painting to Pixels: Contemporary Visual Cultures

Introduction to Branded Fashion Technical Drawing

Fashion Illustration

Visual Language of Design

Introduction to Branded Fashion Technical Drawing provides a solid foundation for students to develop accurate and proportional hand drawing and computer drawing skills which will be used throughout their course and career.Students initially develop hand drawings to identify, depict and communicate the technical and construction elements required for garment construction.Using progressive feedback and building upon these hand drawing skills, students are introduced to Computer Aided Design (CAD) and communication methods specific for branded fashion.Students produce a series of digital folios that develop their understanding of garment construction through both hand and digital drawing techniques.

Fashion Illustration introduces students to the skill of visual representation and communication through the art of drawing. It acknowledges drawing as a fundamental skill of the designer, and its importance in communicating design ideas. Students will cultivate an understanding of balance, proportion and shape through observational drawing skills. Through visual rendering techniques of various surfaces, fabrics and structures, students gain insight into the manner in which different materials and fabrics drape, shape and change on the human body. This subject underpins the development of fundamental principles of fashion design as well as the capacity of the student to visually communicate their designs.

Showcase your vision and creativity. Learn to sketch fashion figures, faces, and fabrics. Bring your design ideas to life. Practise proportion, drape, and texture to communicate your designs clearly. Includes Photoshop techniques and a physical folio.

In this subject students will study the history and evolution of art and design acknowledging the major influences and commentators of the industry. The introduction of essential fundamental design principles and elements build to a comprehensive understanding, enabling students to start seeing and thinking like a designer. Students will be challenged to develop visual solutions to design problems and acquire the knowledge, skills and perspective necessary to identify and articulate techniques and concepts exhibited in design work. This is followed by an in-depth look at the design process from receiving the brief up to the client presentation and reflection on success of project.

Start seeing and thinking like a designer. You’ll explore how art, history, and creativity shape visual communication. Build your skills to turn ideas into powerful visual stories that connect with audiences.

Design Context introduces students to the interdisciplinary world of design and creativity, supporting them as they transition to higher education. Students develop creativity as a mindset and a new way of thinking, enabling them to proactively approach creative challenges. Through observation, investigation, insight and soulful storytelling, students build creative confidence to take risks and action their ideas to create meaningful experiences for people, communities, and their environments.

Grow as a creator and designer. You’ll explore storytelling, symbolism, and culture – all to build your confidence and inform imaginative, human-centred design solutions. Get inspired. Create meaningful visual experiences.

Design Context

This subject explores the intersection of technology and design across a range of industries in the modern workforce. A broadened understanding of potential career opportunities is provided by challenging existing stereotypes where students’ specialist skills are used. Students are encouraged to analyse interdisciplinary case studies and identify emergent digital trends. Students investigate the concept of function over form to produce viable outcomes as a specialist for the modern workforce. Students collaborate on an interdisciplinary response to a client brief utilising the skills learnt in this subject.

Discover new career opportunities where your specialist skills can thrive. Explore how creativity impacts diverse fields, from engineering to medicine to the environment. You’ll analyse trends and solve real-world briefs. Broaden your horizons.

Beyond the Creative Industries

This subject introduces students to the fundamentals of user experience design by introducing research methods to identify and explore user needs in contemporary digital applications. Students will first define the user experience problem and hypothesise on solutions before analysing and addressing audience and content requirements. Students will work through concept development, prototyping, validation and testing phases to create and refine user- centered design solutions for interactive media.

UX Fundamentals

This subject introduces students to fundamental concepts in user experience (UX) design, which include information gathering and user requirements analysis, prototype design and development, usability testing and validation. Students engage with essential front-end design and development concepts and develop software-enabled interfaces using visual elements and interactive components. In addition, students will examine the principles of human interaction and responsiveness with computer-driven systems and the user interface design for a variety of media in emerging Information and Communications Technology (ICT) applications.

User Experience Design

In this subject, students further explore advanced digital image techniques and a suite of editing software related to the photo imaging industry. They will also gain knowledge into colour theory and colour management workflows, and manage colour consistency from capture through to output in a digital production environment.

Post-production

This subject develops the students’ storytelling techniques in the context of editorial and social documentary photography. Students develop skills in the visual narrative as well as pitching techniques - understanding the editorial &#39;audience&#39; as a pre-cursor to producing a documentary narrative for a proposed publication. Students gain an understanding of the needs and expectations of editorial clients as well as effective working strategies for media photographers.

Media and Documentary

In this subject, students are introduced to the properties of light and its evaluation, measurement and control in photo capture. Students learn basic techniques of lighting, including how to identify and manipulate the colour, quantity, and quality and direction of light. Insights into the emotive nature of lighting will be gained, giving students the skills to creatively modify and apply light in a range of studio and location settings for both photography and video.

Light and Lighting

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