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 Taught
one-on-one by digital artist Alison King
After school, on
weekends and summer days in North Phoenix, Scottsdale and
Paradise Valley
Tel: (602) 923-9719
E-mail: PixelPixie@aol.com
Courses held on your
home system or in her state-of-the-art studio
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Students
can...
- Create a digital
sketchbook
- Learn animation
and multimedia production
- Build a gallery
of original artwork on the World Wide Web
- Build a digital
portfolio for high school
or college applications
- Scan
and manipulate
traditional artwork
- Take digital
photographs
- Make multimedia projects for
school assignments and friends
- Learn how to use a
Wacom
drawing tablet, digital
camera, scanner or QuickCam.
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Introductory
Courses
start
with a sampler of digital art techniques. Many students take
two or three of these courses in a row as interests and
abilities develop.
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Duration:
4 weeks
(8
hours)
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Cost:
$400
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Dabbling with Digital
Paint:
Sample Photoshop, HyperStudio, Painter & Dabbler. Learn
how to paint with light instead of pigments, and discover
new ways to tackle color and composition.
Digital Animation
I:
Study Character Design, Timing and Body Movement using
HyperStudio and Photoshop.
Plan and Publish a Web
Site I:
Design original art and content for a web site to showcase
your artwork, hobbies, schoolwork, clubs, or just for
fun.
Digital Photography
I:
Use a digital camera with Photoshop to create collages and
paintings.
Desktop Publishing and
Scrapbooking:
Use PageMaker, QuarkXPress or ClarisWorks to create
memory-books and mini-magazines
The Fine Art of
Robotics:
Combine the creativity of functional sculpture with LEGO
MindStorms and the logic of robotics programming.
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Intermediate
Courses
sharpen
basic skills with in-depth exploration of one
discipline.
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Duration:
4 weeks
(8
hours)
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Cost:
$400
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Digital Animation
II:
Focus on Character Development, Advanced Movement &
Storytelling.
Scanning & Photo
Manipulation:
Master Adobe Photoshop by manipulating your own scanned art
and photos.
Digital
Sketchbooking:
Sampler Course in Multimedia using Photography, Animation,
and Painting.
Life Drawing &
Digital Paint:
Develop traditional ways of seeing and painting using
high-tech materials and techniques.
Website Design II:
Create web-specific animations, buttons, tables, and
typography. Learn more advanced multimedia
techniques.
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Advanced
Courses
are short and skill-specific. Customize a course to fit your
own needs.
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Duration:
variable -
6 to 12 weeks
(12 to
24 hours)
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Cost:
$100 per 2-hour lesson
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Multimedia Portfolio on
the Web:
Convert traditional artworks and digital artworks into a
worldwide gallery showcase of your talent.
Digital Portfolio Prep
for Art College Applications:
Knock the the socks off college admissions committees with a
high-tech portfolio that shows you're serious about
multimedia and the digital arts.
Digital Animation III -
Flash for the Web:
Learn Flash, the exciting new vector-based animation and
interactive multimedia software for the world wide
web.
Other skills and
software on request.
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 Can't
decide? View the Student
Gallery for
ideas or take a Sample Session!
90 minute sample session --
$70
Partners and
Parents:
I believe strongly in the
support parents and family members can give to make a
lasting impact on children's ability to use technology for
creative self-expression, which is why I offer significant
discounts through the "Partners & Parents" program. For
an additional fee of $25 per meeting, parents or family members
can work side-by-side with a child to learn new skills and
ways of creating digital art. Consider enriching the
creative relationship between you and your child with fun
and family-friendly activities you can both
enjoy.
Full and half-day group
rates:
1/2 Day (4 hour workshop) --
$250
Full Day (7 hour workshop, 1 hour lunch) --
$450
Software:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Shockwave Flash (web
animation)
- Claris Draw &
Paint
- Metacreations Dabbler &
Painter
- Metacreations Bryce (3D
modeling)
- Metacreations
Expression
- HyperStudio
(multimedia)
- Kid Pix Studio
- LEGO MindStorms
(robotics)
- Graphic Converter (web
conversion)
- QuickTime (movies)
- GIFBuilder (web
animation)
- Sound Effects (sound editing
& manipulation)
- HTML Authoring Tools
- Shareware &
Freeware
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 About
the Instructor:
Alison King grew
up in Scottsdale, Arizona and has been a digital
artist since
childhood. Her favorite art tool is her trusty scanner, and
her painting program of choice is Photoshop. She designs web
pages for the educational industry and teaches multimedia
arts to both kids and grownups, as well as college-level digital art at the Art Institute of Phoenix. Before returning to Phoenix Alison worked as a
digital arts consultant in New York City Public Schools with
hundreds of teachers and students of all ages and abilities.
Alison earned her undergraduate degrees in Illustration and
Art History at Parsons School of Design in New York City,
and more recently, earned a Masters Degree in Art Education
from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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