Friday Class

Don't forget to bring a card for Karl to sign. I'll mail it out on Friday! Keep clicking away on your job folders. I'm going to be checking for conceptual progress on Friday morning. So make sure you bring your job folders and sketchbooks.

Wednesday's Class

Hi Guys,

Here are things you need to have either finished and or started in your job folders.

1. Job folder - marked with your job specifications
2. Need to have Bid Spec sheet redesigned and filled out
3. Print Questionaire redesigned and filled out
4. Job request in writing / or rendition of original (aka e-mail / text) if verbal put it in writing
5. Get working on jobs / sketchbook according to your time line - remember that you have to have at least 2 signed off renditions of all your job elements / that's three pieces as well as 10 pages of work ups in your sketchbook.

Project 5 / Client Project

Here are some of the particulars discussed in class concerning the Client Project:

This project will demand that you take a job through the steps from contract (infancy) to comp print (fully functioning teenager with no acne:)

Your client piece can be for any real client. Must contain three elements (plus logo if branding identity work). You must go through the steps / these are things that will need to be turned in with the final assignment on May 8th / Friday. If you would like your client to sit on the discussion of the work please feel free to invite them possible...guest / mystery person involved as well.

Here's the List:
1. 10 pages in your sketchbook of development
2. job folder containing / art approval / roughs / print questionaire / bid spec sheet / contract
3. final piece mounted under glass
4. digital copy of the summary (written in third person...no "I" or "me" / 500 words)
5. packaged art work on a disc as if ready to be sent out to printer for upload

If you have any questions...or need clarification...you know that it works just like a real job...you ask:)

Random Line for your Exhibitions List on your Resume

A Million Little Pictures: Documentary
1,000 artists documenting 1,000 lives from around the world

Art House Gallery is looking for 1,000 people from around the world to receive 1000 disposable cameras. Art House will mail the camera to you to document your life in 24 exposures and then you simply send back the prints. Not only will Art House have an exhibition in Atlanta, GA - Art House will also travel to the city with the most participants. So, tell your friends, mom, sister, cousin, or whoever to sign up. The exhibition will be home to 24,000 photographs of 1,000 people's lives across the globe.

For more information on the project and to sign up, please go to www.amillionlittlepictures.com
Or contact Steven Peterman at questions@arthousecoop.com

Try this out might be fun and a good resume line...exhibition list and they give you the materials.

Monday's Critique

Okay...so I'm sending out the package right now. I got images from everyone...so this is what Karl is getting. Now...remember to dress up. Even though Karl isn't on this end. I still want you to look professional for the other clients that are coming in to listen. Also don't forget your 500 word summary. Please bear in mind....this new stipulation. Do NOT USE PRO-NOUNS. NO MENTION OF I, ME OR WE. Approach the design from the standpoint of a third party. Aka "The design reflects..." "The color red was chosen..." No, I really liked this color, etc. Don't forget to have it be 500 words in length / please put a word count at the top of the paper. It also needs to be e-mailed to me by 8 am. No paper copies this time, just digital for the summaries. Also...please frame up your posters and other easily seen flat material for Monday's critique. Also make sure that you bring copies of your packaged CD and other display materials if applicable.

Finally...we are meeting in the Resource room and NOT THE DMS LAB! So please come to the resource room at 8 am on Monday. We will begin critique with Karl at 8:30 am. See ya then and have a good weekend!

Friday Class

Make sure that you have your printed materials ready to be photographed and or your photographs ready to turn in on Friday for those of you that are going to be out of town. We'll be sending things off to Karl in the afternoon.

Want to Make a Few Bucks?

PHi Mu Alpha is needing a poster design done for their latest event. The poster would be due on May 1st. Please contact me or A.K. McClain for more info. Paying gig and a good clip for your portfolio.

ROUGHS DUE!!

Roughs will be due on Wednesday. Checking back over things these should have been printed out and ready by Monday. Please be sure to check this!! It acts as joint to your syllabus! Be sure to have things ready to go if you are leaving on Friday. I need to see these roughs before they go to print. It's important! See you Wednesday.

Monday

Hi guys,

Hopefully, your packaging went well. Ellen - if you have any additional questions before the weekend, let me know. I've got office hours Thursday.

Along the note of the CD package. Please have roughs in black and white printed out of all the stuff you have in progress. We need to look these over on Monday. Plan on Monday being part work day and part lecture. I would also like to see some progress in your sketchbooks. I'm not giving you a number of pages...please don't abuse this - put some work into the sketches. I'll be checking them over for a grade on Monday before our phone call with Karl. Please keep in mind that all the work needs to be ready to submit digitally by Friday at the end of class. Also if your musician would like to come in and set in on critique on Monday please welcome them to come and sit in.

Ms. Eckley

On the Job Hunt

Here is a good link of what to do's and not to do's on the job hunt. Take a look.

http://www.howdesign.com/article/jobhunt/

Wednesday - Torch Workday

This class will be used for a workday for the Torch. Ellen will be directing and overseeing the layout while we all work as her minions for the day. Ellen...make sure you've got all the material we need to lay out the pages for you. Hopefully, we should be able to get a large chunk if not the whole thing designed with all of us working together on the design.

Also be sure to bring along your continued work on your concept for your CD package. I would like to check on progress and hear things that you are thinking about for your package on Wed. as well since we won't be meeting until the following Monday. If you have any questions in between now and then...I have office hours on Tuesdays from 1 to 3 pm.

FRIDAY WORK DAY

Hi guys,

Don't forget Friday is a work day and also interview day for those of you going to DCA/PR. Don't forget to be professional. Go over those interview and resume tips that you got in class. Be sure that all your links work and that it can run. Also have another pair of fresh eyes to look over your resume for spelling mistakes and style inconsistencies. Good luck and I'll see you on Monday.