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Imagine expressing your ideas visually while collaborating with a comic book artist! Or picture yourself exploring creative techniques with a graphic designer. If you’re excited about turning your artistic skills into real-world careers, our VLACS Projects are the perfect fit for you!
This engaging learning pathway allows students to explore various career fields while mastering key concepts and skills. For each competency, you can choose to complete a pre-designed project that simulates real-life career tasks or create your own unique learning experience. Regardless of your choice, you’ll engage in thorough research and apply what you learn to authentic career scenarios.
With the pre-designed projects, you’ll tackle real-world tasks that align with each competency. If you decide to design your own experience, you’ll collaborate with your instructor and a mentor to design and complete meaningful career tasks that demonstrate your understanding. We have partnered with hundreds of mentors you can work with if you choose to design your own experience. Check out our Career Mentor Catalog here.
Take a look at the competency statements and pre-designed options below. We’re excited to support you on this exciting and open-ended learning adventure!
Note: This is a project-based course. If you’re looking for a traditional format, please return to the learning catalog and select the course.
Projects
Forensic Artist
You will take on the role of a forensic artist applying for a job opening at your local police department. You will create a self-portrait to include with your application.
Merchandise Displayer
You will take on the role of a merchandise displayer for a local zoo, tasked with creating a unique, artistic window display for the souvenir shop. In your window display, you will create a black and white drawing of a featured animal of your choice, using the pointillism technique.
Illustrator
You will take on the role of an illustrator for a company that publishes children’s educational books. You will create drawings of a three-stage life cycle of a plant or animal of your choice for a children’s book.
Photographer
You will take on the role of a photographer for a clothing line, tasked with creating sketches of the poses that the models will use to best display the clothes during an upcoming photoshoot.
Cartoonist
You will take on the role of a cartoonist for a comic book company, tasked with creating your own comic strip for a kids magazine.
Competencies
Self-Portrait
Students will demonstrate an understanding of self-portrait drawings by examining and explaining the proportions of the human head and creating their own self-portrait.
Pointillism
Students will demonstrate an understanding of pointillism by explaining the techniques for creating a variety of values in pointillism and using ink to create a pointillism drawing.
Color
Students will demonstrate an understanding of using color in their drawings by analyzing the different groups on the color wheel, mixing colors to create desired colors, and using colored pencils in a three-stage drawing.
Figure Drawing
Students will demonstrate an understanding of figure drawing by examining and explaining the proportions of the human body and using charcoal to create their own figure drawing.
Cartooning
Students will demonstrate an understanding of cartooning by explaining common characteristics of cartoons and applying them to their own cartoon creation.
