DIGITAL ARTS – PROFFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE COURSE

Digital Drawing • AI Art • 2D Illustration • 3D Modelling & Animation

Course Description

Digital Arts is a practical creative-technology programme that teaches students how to create digital artwork from concept to finished production. Students learn digital drawing and line art, 2D illustration, AI-assisted image creation, 3D modelling, texturing, lighting and animation. Through hands-on projects, students develop the skills to create characters, illustrations, environments, products, 3D models and animated content for creative, commercial and entertainment applications.

Core outcomes

By the end of the programme, students should be able to:

  • Create line art and digital sketches
  • Create and edit 2D digital illustrations
  • Use AI tools to generate and develop visual concepts
  • Transform sketches or AI concepts into refined artwork
  • Create characters, objects and environments in 3D
  • Apply materials, textures, lighting and cameras
  • Create basic 3D animations
  • Combine AI-generated assets with conventional digital-art workflows
  • Produce a portfolio of original digital artworks

MODULE 1 — Foundations of Digital Art

Topics:

  • Introduction to digital arts
  • Raster vs vector graphics
  • Pixels, resolution and aspect ratios
  • Colour theory
  • Composition
  • Shapes, forms and proportions
  • Light and shadow
  • Perspective
  • Visual storytelling
  • Introduction to digital drawing tools
  • Introduction to layers, brushes and masks

MODULE 2
2D Digital Illustration & Design

Topics:

  • Vector illustration
  • Digital painting
  • Shape-based illustration
  • Character illustration
  • Background/environment illustration
  • Layer management
  • Masks and selections
  • Typography in digital artwork
  • Compositing
  • Image manipulation
  • Creating posters and editorial artwork
  • Creating illustrations for social media

Preparing artwork for print and digital publishing

MODULE 3 — AI-Assisted Digital Art

  • Understanding generative AI for artists
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Image-to-image workflows
  • Reference images
  • Prompt engineering for artists
  • Character consistency
  • Style development
  • Composition control
  • Creating concepts from sketches
  • AI-assisted background creation
  • AI-assisted character design
  • AI-assisted concept art
  • Image enhancement and upscaling
  • Removing and replacing elements
  • Ethical and responsible use of AI
  • Copyright, originality and attribution

MODULE 4 — 3D Modelling & Visualization

Topics:

  • Introduction to 3D
  • 3D workspace and navigation
  • Vertices, edges and faces
  • Primitive modelling
  • Polygon modelling
  • Hard-surface modelling
  • Organic modelling
  • Character/object modelling
  • Sculpting fundamentals
  • UV mapping
  • Materials and textures
  • Lighting
  • Cameras
  • Rendering

MODULE 5 — 3D Animation & AI-Assisted Production

Topics:

  • Fundamentals of animation
  • Keyframes
  • Timeline and animation curves
  • Object animation
  • Camera animation
  • Character animation fundamentals
  • 3D scene composition
  • Lighting for animation
  • Rendering
  • Basic compositing
  • AI-assisted animation workflows
  • Generating concepts/assets for 3D projects
  • Creating short animated sequences
  • Exporting for social media/video

    Training Duration: 12 Weeks.