International Convention

Where in the world can you see 42,000 people assemble peacefully from all nations showing love to one another. Such organization can only be devinely inspired. Normally you witness beer cans strewn across the stadium along with trash and cigarette butts. Instead you might find a random bible or song book left behind.

Afterwards there was african dancing. A short clip is below.

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.