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Ok, i want to go to FIDM. Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising to take Digital Media or Graphic Design, i already talked to the adviser, she said i had so much passion for what i want to do, but i didn't tell her everything it's just Digital Media i never really did before but i want to go and learn it also Graphic Design i did in high school loved it. The problem is they say i need a "entrance project" i wouldn't know where to start to do that. My computer has no kind of software of that kind and plus people say it doesn't have to be the best art work ever, the school is more based on your passion, someone please help i really really want to do this and i'll do anything to do so.

I already want to a near by college to take some courses for Graphic Design but they said the classes or full.

Can you tell me what has to do with Digital Media Or Graphic Design on the list?

ARTS103 - Art Appreciation

ARTS105 - Film History Appreciation

ARTS110 - Fundamental Drawing

ARTS111 - Crafts

ARTS115 - Introduction to the Visual Arts

ARTS116 - Graphic Design - ALREADY FULL

ARTS128 - Introduction to Photographic Methods

ARTS135 - Arts with Computers - Online Class

ARTS165/CISM165 - Web Graphic and Animation - FULL

Those are the credit courses

These are the side ones below:

Digital Imaging & Video - Adobe Photoshop Elements - Layers and Advanced Tools.

Thats it. i will really really appreciate if someone helps me with the best detail and most helpful answer.

Please thanks!

I have 1 year to do this i want to go to FIDM next year!

Answer 1

ARTS103 - Art Appreciation

More to do with fashion for the elite and talking rubbish than anything actually practical

ARTS105 - Film History Appreciation

Same again

ARTS110 - Fundamental Drawing

A useful starting point . The best graphic designers and digital artists generally have good drawing skills.

ARTS111 - Crafts

Not really useful for graphics and digital media

ARTS115 - Introduction to the Visual Arts

This may help your understanding of Graphic design which is all about communication through Visual media. Its probably worth looking into.

ARTS116 - Graphic Design - ALREADY FULL

Ideal but unavailable.

ARTS128 - Introduction to Photographic Methods

This could help your understanding of using images to present graphic messages, but is probably more concerned with to many other elements such as processing images, lenses, film speeds and digital cameras.

ARTS135 - Arts with Computers - On line Class

This will be useful for digital media but is probably overly concerned with elitist fashion and talking garbage about Art.

ARTS165/CISM165 - Web Graphic and Animation - FULL

Perfect but unavailable.

Digital Imaging & Video - Adobe Photoshop Elements - Layers and Advanced Tools.

Very useful but wont really teach you anything about using graphics for communication.

I think you would be better looking at more educational institutes, even if it means you have to move away.

As for the project you are talking about. Good designers generally work on paper first.

Set your self a project /brief to communicate a message to a wide audience through visual media and graphic design.

For example: create a publicity campaign for a product or service. write down your campaign ideas, such as headlines ideas, image ideas and communication media ideas.

Are you going to design a Television advertisement? If so you would need a story board.

Are you thinking of a Web campaign?If so, then you will need a web site and web advertising ideas such as banner ads and search engine optimization

Or perhaps a poster campaign, or perhaps something more off the wall like a hot air balloon campaign.

Whatever ideas you have you can write them down, and accompany them with sketches and perhaps visuals produced with colored pencils or magic markers. Then gather them together in a nice folder, laid out in a neat and logical order. This could be your presentation. You certainly wont need to do this on a computer. And this will give the interviewer a much better idea of your raw creative talent and stop you from becoming bogged down with technique and the need to learn software applications.

Hope this helps.