Friday, April 29, 2011
Monday, May 3rd
Remember last work day before the finals. Ask your client if they would like to come in on the 4th...have them pick a time slot and we will work around it. Let me know what they decide. Don't forget to be keeping up with your job folder. Two roughs must be signed off on / or email approved. You should have as much as possible done for Monday so you can get a once over before everything goes through. Also don't forget student show tonight with scholarships and money given out! Also Kelsey Nagy's show is Monday night!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Grad School
Something to read on grad schools....
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-blessing-and-the-curse-of-graduate-school
Grad schools to check out...
http://gd.risd.edu/
http://www.pdx.edu/art/graduate-studies
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/
http://www.otis.edu/admissions/graduate_admissions/how_to_apply.html
http://www.pratt.edu/
http://www.ncsu.edu/graphicdesign/MGD/
http://www.ccsmfa.com/
http://deptart.memphis.edu/details.php?nav_id=94
http://www.art.msu.edu/design_dep_site/mfa/mfa.html
http://www.mca.edu/academicsgraduate
Also be ready to have a second round of roughs ready for Friday. See you then! Don't forget to have five new designers added to your list by Friday.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-blessing-and-the-curse-of-graduate-school
Grad schools to check out...
http://gd.risd.edu/
http://www.pdx.edu/art/graduate-studies
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/
http://www.otis.edu/admissions/graduate_admissions/how_to_apply.html
http://www.pratt.edu/
http://www.ncsu.edu/graphicdesign/MGD/
http://www.ccsmfa.com/
http://deptart.memphis.edu/details.php?nav_id=94
http://www.art.msu.edu/design_dep_site/mfa/mfa.html
http://www.mca.edu/academicsgraduate
Also be ready to have a second round of roughs ready for Friday. See you then! Don't forget to have five new designers added to your list by Friday.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Networking
Read this on networking...
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/designing-networking
Meet five new designers and add them to your list for Friday. If you are meeting in person be sure to drop a business card for your business and update your website. If you are meeting online make sure that you have an updated website or online portfolio to send them to take a look at your work. Meanwhile, keep working on your package for your client and make sure you are on track for another round of finals for Friday.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/designing-networking
Meet five new designers and add them to your list for Friday. If you are meeting in person be sure to drop a business card for your business and update your website. If you are meeting online make sure that you have an updated website or online portfolio to send them to take a look at your work. Meanwhile, keep working on your package for your client and make sure you are on track for another round of finals for Friday.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Roughs due for Client on Monday
Hi guys,
Don't forget that your roughs are due to be printed out and included in your job folder for Monday after break. You need to have a signed contract, signed off proposal, acceptance form needs to be included (the signature doesn't need to be on it for Monday but it does need to be on it and shown to the client before moving on in the rough process. We will keep talking about copyright issues tomorrow. P.S. Forgot to factor in Good Friday so everything gets pushed back till Monday and not Wednesday:) Be sure to keep in constant dialogue with the client and move this job through as quickly as possible.
Don't forget that your roughs are due to be printed out and included in your job folder for Monday after break. You need to have a signed contract, signed off proposal, acceptance form needs to be included (the signature doesn't need to be on it for Monday but it does need to be on it and shown to the client before moving on in the rough process. We will keep talking about copyright issues tomorrow. P.S. Forgot to factor in Good Friday so everything gets pushed back till Monday and not Wednesday:) Be sure to keep in constant dialogue with the client and move this job through as quickly as possible.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Critique on Monday, April 11th
Critique on Monday! Be ready to present. No copies under glass this time. Make sure you treat this like a valuable document in presentation...think about reading to children a bedtime story. Walk them through the concept and turn the pages to illustrate the concept.
Job Folder - Must haves
1. Job approvals / signed off for both roughs (copy of both roughs included and adheared)
2. Contract / must be signed (don't forget to include the project information)
3. Design Proposal
4. Copy of the original client brief / the e'mail of what they wanted in the first place (these always start the job folder off by the way if you recieve them - or the notes of what the client wanted...usually this is what I put in if I have a phone meeting or client meeting over the project)
5. Bid Spec sheet filled out as if going to the printer for this project
Final Job - Must have 2 copies / one for you/me (this will go in the job folder with me to grade and you recieve it back) and one to go with the client. The client will decide on Monday night who won the job and we will have content to layout in class on Wednesday or Friday of that week.
1. Must have long poem / short poem and long story laid out in the booklet.
2. Must have a table of contents
3. Must have a editors note
4. Must have bios
5. Must contain artwork photos (do not have to be the ones that were given...just a starting point) and bylines with the title of the piece and name of the artist
6. Must be saddle sitched bound (aka stapled in the center with the interior poky posts folded down in the interior of the document and not on the edges where they will scrape anything that comes in their path.)
THINGS TO BE WATCHFUL OF
1. Widows and orphans
2. How does the grid of text move a reader through the document...not just boring modules. How does this add to the overall feel of the document.
3. Do the illustrations invade the text and make the illustrations become more important than the story or artwork? If so dial back so that illustrations become a container and not competition.
4. Allow one photo to be dominant if you have multiple shots on one page.
5. Make sure that you package your file InDesign when you go to print as well as pdf.
6. Watch for the creep. Don't position text to tightly to it or they will sink into it and be unreadable. It's important to make sure that your margins are good and wide around the center area.
7. Account for your table of contents that things match up to your actual booklet and that your editorial staff includes your name in it as well. This is for posterity purposes of this document in your portfolio.
See you all at the ACT conference!
Job Folder - Must haves
1. Job approvals / signed off for both roughs (copy of both roughs included and adheared)
2. Contract / must be signed (don't forget to include the project information)
3. Design Proposal
4. Copy of the original client brief / the e'mail of what they wanted in the first place (these always start the job folder off by the way if you recieve them - or the notes of what the client wanted...usually this is what I put in if I have a phone meeting or client meeting over the project)
5. Bid Spec sheet filled out as if going to the printer for this project
Final Job - Must have 2 copies / one for you/me (this will go in the job folder with me to grade and you recieve it back) and one to go with the client. The client will decide on Monday night who won the job and we will have content to layout in class on Wednesday or Friday of that week.
1. Must have long poem / short poem and long story laid out in the booklet.
2. Must have a table of contents
3. Must have a editors note
4. Must have bios
5. Must contain artwork photos (do not have to be the ones that were given...just a starting point) and bylines with the title of the piece and name of the artist
6. Must be saddle sitched bound (aka stapled in the center with the interior poky posts folded down in the interior of the document and not on the edges where they will scrape anything that comes in their path.)
THINGS TO BE WATCHFUL OF
1. Widows and orphans
2. How does the grid of text move a reader through the document...not just boring modules. How does this add to the overall feel of the document.
3. Do the illustrations invade the text and make the illustrations become more important than the story or artwork? If so dial back so that illustrations become a container and not competition.
4. Allow one photo to be dominant if you have multiple shots on one page.
5. Make sure that you package your file InDesign when you go to print as well as pdf.
6. Watch for the creep. Don't position text to tightly to it or they will sink into it and be unreadable. It's important to make sure that your margins are good and wide around the center area.
7. Account for your table of contents that things match up to your actual booklet and that your editorial staff includes your name in it as well. This is for posterity purposes of this document in your portfolio.
See you all at the ACT conference!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Last Rough Check
Hey guys,
On Wednesday please have your fine tuned rough draft printed out, put into your job folder with the job approval sheet. Don't forget this needs to be as fine tuned as possible so that you can have as much time as you need to get it corrected up and ready to print. Also job folder should have your design proposal / contract / first rough (job approval sheet) / second rough (job approval sheet) ready to go in it. See you Wednesday.
On Wednesday please have your fine tuned rough draft printed out, put into your job folder with the job approval sheet. Don't forget this needs to be as fine tuned as possible so that you can have as much time as you need to get it corrected up and ready to print. Also job folder should have your design proposal / contract / first rough (job approval sheet) / second rough (job approval sheet) ready to go in it. See you Wednesday.
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