Graphic Design interview

http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/staffing/article/samples-of-appropriate-interview-questions/

This link is to a list of potential questions you could be asked on a graphic design interview. Very informative. check it out.

Video Final

Final for Digital Imaging class was our sale sheet, self portrait and the video I presented sampling all my work. Below is the sale sheet. I created the video in After Effects with still frame images and music last night. I wanted to give the still images a form of interactivity. I'll be adding the video to a page on my website.








Class as a whole: The presentations were excellent. Several slideshows, one video, and one student Anton Duong presented his packaging design from another class.

Self Portrait

So its finals this week and I'm crunching for math. This is the self portrait I came up with for digital imaging. It represents the flow of creativity coming out of my imagination. Its steady and always changing. My background in music has always been an inspiration along with my passions, horseback riding, illustrating and writing. The verse at the bottom is a line from one of my poems.

Finals week

PHOTOSHOP CLASS:  Finals this week involves a movie poster. The title "What's left when clouds have passed." Is a book written by me and typographically designed. The pages were printed in Typography class a year ago. The book is based on a true story. The poster is thoughtful and grainy like the memories. 

The credits at the bottom of the poster are embodied by the shape of the figure in a non traditional style. I was very happy with the design because the elements fit so well together with the theme. Credits idea for the bottom are Eddie Cervantes idea. 

DIGITAL IMAGING: The final for digital imaging is very extensive, dvd jacket, digital and printed copies, flyer, web page and self portrait. The self portrait I embarked upon was not quite what the teacher was going for as far as a visual representation of ourselves. So I will be redesigning it this week. Below is the self portrait I created last night before class. 

I also have a dvd cover I design and an After effects video that I'm working on for my final. Next blog will have the video. 

GWC Art Show

Yesterday was my first official showcasing of my graphic design work. Golden West College was hosting an open house for all design students to put up their work for viewing. I spent 4 and a half hours working on an illustration of a Mustang 71' for the show.

Adrianne Sotto, my mother was also a part of the show. Her two landscape paintings were displayed on the ground level along with some
other students from Ebert's Painting 1 class. An article biography of Marilyn Sotto who was present at GWC Student Show : http://livedesignonline.com/mag/show_business_marilyn_sotto/

One of my clients, music artist Natalie Womack was also present at the show. http://www.myspace.com/nataliewomackmusic

Today we will be exploring Santa Monica and attending the AIGA inside the industry event. Last year I attended one of their events and was sorely disappointed. They talked about CS4's new features and went over each program. The people were snobby and not social. I didn't meet anyone worth remembering. I left early and my friend stayed to see out the rest of the event. Vendors lined up and met designers. The only redeeming thing about the event was the bag that they gave us with goodies in it. A few note pads and accesories. Other than that it was a bunch of 5X8 cards promoting different companies. There was an exhibit of package design and books for students and different designers at the entrance to view. A few of them were worth noting. I wrote them on the small notepad they had given me, to review later. Today we will take pictures with my new canon 30D with 50MM lens. I'm excited to take some pictures of the local and utilize my california roots.

Getting the sense of the NEW Site

Just completed the barebones for my site: www.eminentdesign.org/

Next I will be working on my myspace page and updating more samples of my work. I have a lot of layout work I want to display. Picked up my brochure from Sean Glumace yesterday. I will be working on creating more illustrations and learning more indepth about Flash. Web design this semester has been a very enjoyable experience. From the creation of forms to the integration of flash. I have a more indepth knowledge of how the parts create a whole functioning organizm on the web.

In one month I will be getting married and starting a new job. The wedding will be at my mothers new home in Laguna Hills. I could not have asked for more help. People have come in from left and right to help. I'm getting a sense of design ideas for illustrations as well. The new style concept is light, 60s colors and fluid text. I hate the blocky commercial fonts that clutter and bore our eyes from day to day. It seems over time people are trained to ignore the fact that the world is becoming even more mainstream. Even more commercial. Lets face it, readable type is practical, but that doesn't mean it has to be boring.

At the Art Insititute I was told to find inspiration from http://www.K10k.net. After extensively exploring the site I have found its more a spoof off of design than actually design itself. It has a European auro when it pops up in your browser with dots and lines on fleshy tones. I also found that the site has a very useful link for designers to learn the grid system. http://www.thegridsystem.org/

When I started out I had no clue what design really was. I discovered its not art. Don't fool yourself. Its a skill that is developed over time through observation of past designs. Its also an art that grows as you create it. There are some with strong concept, others with none at all. And I am the type that has to allow the design to grow. Just starting with A CONCEPT and allowing the design to create itself. That is why I am an artist. The artwork creates itself. The design does not. Designers work with a concept and follow it. No client wants to walk into a job trying to find a design solution not having any idea of what to expect. This field took me by surprise. It has challenged me in ways I did not think I could have been artistically. I have struggled the whole way. People see a graphic on a page and think its easy. Its not and I see that now.