WELCOME!
Welcome to Illustrator: Vector and Layout Design. This will serve as our home base where I have designed a number of experiences that will introduce you to the functions and applications of Adobe Illustrator and some InDesign, to help you develop your skills and aesthetic sensibilities as a digital artist and designer.
To begin, please read the Course Information section which will explain the principles of the course. Feel free to check out the Faculty Profile section at this time as well. Then move on to Moodle to view the Syllabus which will explain the course content, course objectives, exercise and project information, and semester schedule.
This course requires the enrolled student to have regular access to the software, Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. If a student needs to acquire this software, we recommend purchasing it directly from Adobe, where students receive an outstanding discount. Click here to visit the Adobe website.
It is important to remember that all email correspondence sent through Moodle goes to your university email account so please check it regularly, even though you may use a different account as your primary.
Please notice that there are exercises as well as assignments each week. The exercise of each week will pertain to the project you will be responsible for. Each week I will also include training videos, covering the necessary tools/techniques required for the project. I will do my best to link to external resources as well, as we all know there is a endless sea of information out there that can assist us in getting better at what we do…
Again, welcome and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email.
Thanks!
Greg Twigg
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Greg Twigg
PROFESSOR, MEDIA ARTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
Education:
M.F.A. The University of Montana
The instructor for this course is Professor Greg Twigg, who is head of the Digital Arts & Technologies BFA at the School of Visual & Media Arts. His most recent work has primarily focused on motion graphic support for films and digital design for regional outfits. His contributing work on the film, “Valley Uprising” won the design team an Emmy with the Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2017.
This past year he worked with Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament on a music video for “I Hear Ya”, a song from his new solo album. He has also served as concept and storyboard artist and animator for “A Line in the Sand,” a short animation with a wild lands conservation message, achieving Official Selection status at three major film festivals and won the “Creative Environmental Activism” award at the Adventure Film Festival in California.
Graphically speaking, Twigg is very active in the Missoula community, designing logos, branding campaigns, menu and shirt designs, and even a Montana license plate.
Greg received a B.A. in Fine Art as a UM undergraduate, and later completed an MFA in the newly developing Media Arts sector. This combination of traditional and more cutting-edge studies has served him well, as he finds numerous ways to weave the two realms into his work. After graduate school, Twigg worked full-time for a local advertising firm, where, for a year and a half, he sharpened his image and motion software skills. Then when the opportunity arose to teach at the university in 2003, he seized it.
Though he still keeps his hands in numerous, more solitary freelance opportunities, he obviously has a passion and a gift for teaching his skills to others. He seems to truly appreciate being involved in the variety of creative work that students bring to the table when working in digital media and design. Twigg’s credo… “just play and see what happens!”
Contact: UM Campus McGill 232