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Game Art Design
Arena’s Graphics & Web Design (GWD) is a 1-year program with 2 semesters - Graphics
design & Web design
The course helps students create a ‘Design Portfolio’ & a ‘Web Portfolio’ of their
work.
Why Graphics & Web Design?
The world around us is full of ‘rich’, multimedia content. Brands, advertising &
design elements surround us everywhere. Whether it is an ad on TV or in the newspaper,
a website on the Internet or the logo of a TV channel, all these are elements of
multimedia created by a graphics and/ or web designer.
Every company - large & small - needs design specialists who have a good feel for
the market. While graphic designers create logos, brand identity, presentations,
animation & other rich multimedia content, web designers use design principles to
create great, user-friendly websites.
Who is the course for?
Completed 10+2/ class 12.
Admissions are open for those with an interest in design, either as a career or
as an essential skill for their own personal & professional growth.
Arena’s Graphics & Web Design course is a stepping stone for advanced courses like
those in animation & multimedia.
What does GWD cover?
The course covers graphics, illustrations, composition & layout for print design,
web design, web graphics & animation.
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash & JavaScript
are among the software/ tools taught in this course.
Class schedule & course duration
Arena’s Graphics & Web Design is a 12-month course with the first 6 months devoted
to Graphics Design & the last 6 months to Web Design.
Classes are held 2 hours a day for 3 days a week.
Course curriculum
Arena’s Graphics & Web Design course offers 14 modules over 2 semesters.
Semester 1
Semester 2
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Semester I Certificate in Graphics Design |
Tools/ modules |
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Concepts of Graphics & Illustrations
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Adobe Photoshop CS 4
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Digital Design
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Adobe Illustrator CS 4
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Basic Art |
CorelDRAW X4
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Creating Illustrations |
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Print Design - Composition & Layout
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Design Portfolio |
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Semester 1 lays the foundation in image-editing & publishing graphics for various
industries including print & publishing.
Students have an exit option to leave with a ‘Certificate in Graphics Design’ on
completion of only the first semester of the course.
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Semester II Certificate in Web Design |
Tools/ modules |
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Concepts of Interface & Interactive Design |
HTML
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Designing Concepts for Websites
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Dreamweaver CS4
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Web Designing |
Flash CS4
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Web Weaver |
JavaScript |
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Web Graphics & Animation |
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Web Scripting & Interactivity |
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Developing Interactive Web Pages |
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Web Portfolio
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Semester 2 covers web design, web graphics & interactivity. Students learn to design
interactive websites & portals and multimedia presentations with graphics & rich
media. On completion of the second semester, students get the ‘Certificate in Web
Design’ from Arena.
On successful completion of the course, students get a ‘Certificate in Graphics
& Web Design’ from Arena.
Career opportunities
Design professionals produce designs, symbols, typography, illustrations & photography
for use in print & electronic publications and Internet publishing industries.
Graphics & web designers get jobs in:
Advertising agencies
Graphic design studios
Print & publishing houses (like newspapers, magazines, etc.)
# TV production houses
E-learning companies
Website development companies
Companies/ firms that need to create & maintain a website
Arena also offers a Professional Certificate in Web Designing (PCWD) for students
who wish to specialize only in web designing. PCWD is a 1-year program with 2 semesters
- web graphics & web designing. The course has 16 modules.
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