Information Package / Course Catalogue
Elective Art Atelier V.
Course Code: RÖ453
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 2
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

It is aimed to experiment the opportunities of graphic art to express and communicate, to develop creation skills by practicing and following the new developments in the graphic arts

Course Content

Elements and Principles of Art (Art Elements: Line, Color, Shape, Form, Texture, Value (Valor), interspaces (Espase), Principles of Art: Balance, Rhythm, Movement, Contrast, Unity, Emphasis, Case (Motif). Vehicle and the use of equipment, proper use of the technique, review examples of the artist.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Abdullah KIVRAK
Prof. Elçin ÜNAL
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to explain principles of graphic design elements.
2.To be able to recognize and apply graphic design’s tools.
3.To be able to create alternative solutions about visual communication problems using graphic desing’s tools.
4.To be able to gain rigorous and disciplined study habits.
5.To be able to explain and use techniques, tools and elements.
6.To be able to explain graphic design history, elements and principles.
7.To be able to recognize the stages of design process.
8.To be able to explain the basic principles of graphic design.
9.To be able to explain the concepts of points, lines, spots, texture-color issues.
10.To be able to build a relationships between Graphic design and other disciplines.
11.To be able to design with stylization, deformation, alienation and transformation in relation with other disciplines.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Becer, Emre. (1997) İletişim ve Grafik Sanatlar, Dost Kitabevi, Ank.
2.Bektaş, Dilek. (1992) Çağdaş Grafik Tasarımının Gelişimi, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İst.
3.Boseert, Jill. (1995) Graphic Design, Publishing, Ptd. Ctd. New York.
4.Grafikte Temel Tasarım, Prof. Hatice Aslan Odabaşı, Yorum Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 2002.
5.Öztuna, H.Yakup (2007) Görsel İletişimde Temel Tasarım,Tibyan Yayıncılık,İst.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
İntroduction to graphic narrative, What is graphic and graphic design? A Brief History of Graphic Design.
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Design principles. design and application oriented studies of organic and inorganic object (black - white). 7-tone.
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
4tones and 3tones values (black-white contrasts), tone exercises.
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
4 stage (point, line, stain, texture-color) implementation. (Rapido pencil, watercolor and gouache paint)
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Transformation, stylized, distorted, exaggeration, abstraction studies. Transformation of an object to another object. (7 stages, black - white)
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Transformation, stylized, distorted, exaggeration, abstraction studies. Transformation of an object to another object. (7 stages, black - white)
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Composition studies with basic geometric forms. All - track the relationship (linear, discolouration, dot) full - empty relation (Lavi, collage - newsprint) The contrasts of spaces.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Composition studies with basic geometric forms. All - track the relationship (linear, discolouration, dot) (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Practice
full - empty relation (Lavi, collage - newsprint) The contrasts of spaces.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Amblem
Week 11 - Theoretical
Amblem
Week 12 - Theoretical
CD cover design (black - white)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Pictogram; Based on the student's visual memory of objects in the concrete and the development of abstraction ability.
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Pictogram; Based on the student's visual memory of objects in the concrete and the development of abstraction ability.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140114
Lecture - Practice140114
Reading3013
Midterm Examination113215
Final Examination1325
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)51
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026