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ADD208 - Illustration Design

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):	1
Previously coded as:	ADV101
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Colin Trechter
Prerequisite:	Nil
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	ACV113, ACG276
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:	1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:	1 x 2-hour online seminar per week (recordings provided)
Typical study commitment:	Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

Drawing skills and the speed in which you get ideas on the page, are still essential skills regardless of the broad digital environment. Conceptualising and communicating ideas in sketch form, through to having the ability to demonstrate a complex idea quickly and easily, drawing is still a process that is valuable to a design thinker. In this unit, students will think fast and draw fast with work completed in class time. Students will be provided with each week’s prompt in advance to allow for brainstorming and conceptual development; but the challenge in this unit will be to conceptualise ideas and put them on paper during seminar time, maximising this most essential communication tool.

Learning outcomes

ULO	These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO1	Choose appropriate materials and use these to draw and illustrate solutions to a given brief	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO2	Demonstrate a variety of skills and techniques in drawing to communicate ideas	GLO2: Communication
ULO3	Critically evaluate information to conceptualize ideas	GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO4	Complete tasks in class with limited timeframe satisfying the requirements of the brief	GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Foundational Drawing Skills	30%	Week 4
Assessment 2: Think fast, draw fast	40%	Week 8
Assessment 3: Editorial illustration and refinement/rework of past drawing	30%	Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

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