GD III: GRADING info!!!!

I am working as fast as I can to get grading completed for this class. Just to remind you, some things on CourseDen, if you have checked there today, are COMPLETELY misleading concerning your final grade!  It would be far more accurate to check Monday morning on your grade. Some of the magazines just came in to me this afternoon, so I will be working hard all weekend to consider everything turned in this semester. 

Grades are due by noon Monday. I regret that I had to cancel our individual meetings Thursday but considering the circumstances with not all work being in, it seemed like the best thing to do at the time.

If you would like to meet individually concerning your grade next week I will be around and would be glad to meet. Please email me and we will set something up.

ATTENTION GD I STUDENTS!

Due to a number of unexpected complications related to other classes, it has become necessary for me to CANCEL all individual meetings tomorrow.

I am working to get all grades posted for this class by Friday morning. I will be on campus on Friday, so if you would like to make an appointment to discuss your grade, send me an email immediately. I will be unavailable after 1:00pm Friday and will not be back on campus until January.

jhannaford@comcast.net

Please DO NOT remove your "65 feet long and soft projects" from Room 318 until after 1:00pm on Friday, December 7.

ATTENTION GD III STUDENTS!!!!

Since I don't have everyone's magazines yet for grading, to hold individual meetings to discuss your grades tomorrow does not feel like a productive use of anyone's time. Therefore, I am CANCELLING all individual meetings tomorrow (Thursday.)

You may turn in your magazine by adding it to the stack on the first table near the door in Room 318.  You MUST do this before 2:00pm on Friday or it will count as a "0". 

If there is a reason you do not expect to have the magazine in hand by Friday, you must send me an email immediately.

Final grades will be posted by noon on Monday. I will not be on campus again until January.

DO NOT remove your "65 Feet Long and Soft" projects from Room 318 until after 2:00pm on Friday.

GD V: Final requirements

You must turn in for final grade:

• printed, mounted, assembled and professionally presented results from the three assignments we identified at mid-term as the projects you would pursue for the rest of the semester. Obviously, the specifics of what each of you will turn in will be different. If you have questions of how this applies to you specifically and what exactly you should be turning in, email me immediately and ask!  Include in the email what your three projects are. jhannaford@comcast.net

• For several of you, one of these projects will be the magazine design. All magazines must be printed and bound at P & P.

GD IV: Branding final requirements

Requirements:

• (2) copies of printed and bound brand identity book. I will keep one copy.

• Letterhead, business card and envelope for your brand printed front and back on commercially-available offset printing paper. Letterhead and envelope must be on text weight paper. Business card must be on card stock, the heavier the better. (A lightweight, thin business card is the equivalent of a limp, weak handshake.)  See previous blog postings concerning sources for this paper.

• At least one 3-dimensional object you have created for the brand containing the logo.

NOTE: I have loaned brand identity books from previous students to all of you. You MUST RETURN these books to me on Tuesday.

I have also loaned the textbook "Designing Brand Identity" to several of you. These must be returned as well.

GD Seniors: Final Show requirements

Seniors in the Senior Exit Show

Requirements:

• All flat work must be mounted on black foam core board with 3" borders on all sides. Craftsmanship of trimming and mounting will be closely examined and must be immaculate.

• All mounting must be done with mounting film such as Letraset Studio Tak or Double Tack sheets. Spray adhesive or pieces of double-stick tape are unacceptable. Bubbles or crooked mounting is unacceptable.

• All 3-D projects must be photographed using studio lighting in a professional photo studio setting with continuous backdrop. It is not required to mount and hang a photograph of a 3-D object for the Senior Exit Show if the actual object will be displayed on site. You must turn in a CD with photographs of all 3-D pieces, regardless of whether they are displayed in the show or not. A "3-D object" includes brand identity books, book covers and magazines.

• (5) resumes on letterhead and business cards, printed front and back on commercially available text or cover weight paper as appropriate (see previous blog posting concerning this.) 

•You only need to create one envelope. The craftsmanship of assembly will be closely examined and must be immaculate.

• Clearly labeled CD of all work.

GD IV, V and VI: meet at 2:00pm on Tuesday, December 4

We were supposed to meet with Shunn yesterday at 2:00pm, but he had an emergency at home and unfortunately could not keep his appointment with us.

This meeting has been rescheduled for 2:00pm on Tuesday, December 4 in Room 318. This is our regularly scheduled exam period.

Following this, the Capstone I students will have their work reviewed by the Committee, and Capstone II/GD VI graduating seniors will each have 20 minutes to present their work for the Senior Exit Show beginning at 4:00pm. All Capstone I and II students are required to attend all activities during the exam period of 2:00-4:30.

GD III: exam period on Tuesday, December 4

Beginning of exam period:

1.) Turn in completed, printed and bound magazine

2.) Turn in PDF file on a CD [clearly labeled with your name] of your design for the accordian-fold book "Evolution on an Everyday Object." Look for a new post in the next couple of days of the gradesheet for that project so you can use it as a checklist of what I will be looking for when grading.

3.) Final Exam on CourseDen in Lab 207.

Information to be included in the exam will come from:
Typographic Design textbook
Stop Stealing Sheep textbook
Graphic Design Survival Guide
All information and discussions in class

4.) Presentation of Project 1 solutions: 65 Feet Long and Soft

GD I for Final Exam on Tuesday, December 4

1.) Final Exam that will take place on CourseDen in the lab, so meet in the Lab 207.

I have just sent everyone in the class an email containing PDF files to help you review. (Blogger does not allow PDF files so I couldn't put it up there.)

Information you should study for the exam:
Typographic Design textbook
Stop Stealing Sheep textbook
Graphic Design Survival Guide
Information from all class lectures and discussions

2.) Prepare and mount your "Type History Poster" assignment. For this, we will go up to the classroom and I will give a brief demo on how to do this. See previous blog posting concerning mounting film for this. [come prepared to buy Double Tack from me--$5]

Bring:
exacto knife + fresh blades
kneaded eraser
white artist tape
pencil
black foam core board, oversized to trim down to 18" x 24"
your design printed out on 13" x 19" Epson ink jet paper

I will provide you with Double Tack (see above.)

You CANNOT print during the exam period. It is imperative that you arrive to the exam with all printing completed and prepared to complete mounting on board.

3.) Presentations of Project 1 from this semester: Create something 65 feet long and soft. For each presentation you must have a physical object that we can all see and touch. Your presentation should consist of a methodical explanation of your concept and the process that you have used to arrive at that solution. You will each have 5 minutes. Practice beforehand and be prepared!!!!

GD I: IMPORTANT info about mounting your project!

It has come to my attention that there is no Double Tack or mounting film available in Carrollton. Thanks to Chelsea and Justine for helping me know this. We came to the conclusion that the easiest thing for everybody would be for me to go buy mounting film here in Atlanta and you can buy it from me at the beginning of the exam period to use to mount your final project.

The cost for an 18" x 24" sheet is $4.39 + tax, so come prepared to buy the Double Tack from me.

This will allow you to concentrate on your design work instead of shopping.....   :)

IMPORTANT! GD III: setting up files for magazine printing...

I have just been made aware that P & P would like you to set up your files slightly differently than what I told you yesterday. 

What you should do:
• in a separate file, create back cover, spine, front cover on one single page. Make the spine .5" and put the title of the magazine on it (vertical, top to bottom), the month, year.
• in same file, create left page and right page of table of contents on one single page

The rest of the pages should be in a separate file where all pages are single pages ( NOT Facing Pages.)

Mounting film options

Hobby Lobby carries something called:

20" x 30" White Medium Tack Quick-Stick: $5.99 a sheet

Also look for (any art supply store)

Letraset Studio Tak

Double Tack

You may have to buy smaller sheets and piece them together for a 12" x 18" mount.

Magazine projects for GD III

If your work was critiqued yesterday during class and you are confident that you have made all changes to your satisfaction, it is highly recommended that you go ahead and turn in your files to Print and Pub immediately so you can be at the front of the queue for printing & binding.

All files must be created originally in InDesign at 9.5" x 12.5" [single page] to allow for bleeds and trimming. 
Files must be set up as facing pages with the cover design being Page 1. 
Page 2 and 3 should be your Table of Contents with spreads following.
Save for printing and set to print crop marks. 
Export as PDF file and save to a flash drive or CD for transport to P & P.

Again, if you do NOT do this before noon on Friday, November 30 you are not guaranteed that your project will be completed on time.

GD IV, V and VI

You are REQUIRED to attend an important meeting during our regular class time tomorrow, Thursday, November 29 at 2:00pm in Room 318.

Also bring any work you have last-minute questions about before final review next Tuesday, December 4.

Required Capstone I and II meeting is at 3:30pm tomorrow as well. See previous blog posting concerning this.

GD III for Thursday, November 29

OK, so based on class vote yesterday, we have revised our plan for the remainder of the semester. 

To review:

Thursday, November 29 beginning of class: complete class critique of magazines, continue revisions during the remainder of class.

Friday, November 30 before noon: ALL files for magazines due to Print and Pub for printing and binding. No exceptions. If your files are not there at this time, P & P cannot guarantee that your printed book will be completed in time. You are only one of a large number of jobs coming in P & P this coming week. Refer to Project Grade sheet for all requirements and for how I will be evaluating the work. 

Tuesday, December 4, 5:00-7:30 pm: final exam period.
• Due at 5:00: finalized digital files of your accordian book project. These must be turned in as a PDF file loaded onto the Teacher Machine in Lab Room 207. Refer to Project Grade sheet for all requirements and for how I will be evaluating the work. 

• printed and bound magazine project

• Presentation of semester-long Project 1: 65 feet long and soft.

Final Exam: This will cover all the same material as the Mid-Term from class discussions, textbook reading, and blog info.

Thursday, December 6:
Individual meetings. If you have not signed up yet, visit link to Doodle poll on previous blog post. DO NOT sign up for a time slot if someone has already taken it!!!!!!! I wish Doodle would let me set up the poll so this couldn't happen, but I would have to pay for premium service to do that. I obviously I cannot meet with more than one person at a time.

GD I for Thursday, November 29

Due at the beginning of class:
(2) fully realized designs for your Type History Poster. You should have one InDesign file for each of your two typefaces. One file should be the design for one typeface, the other file should be the design for the other typeface.

Have all files saved to a flash drive and copied to the desktop of the Teacher Machine in the front of the lab Room 217 BEFORE class begins at 11:00. This is so we can begin class critique promptly at the beginning of class. As a group we will discuss the work and make a decision about which of your designs are the strongest with recommendations for improvement.

Following the critique, I will do a demo on printing and mounting your poster so you can turn it in at the beginning of the exam period this coming Tuesday, December 4 at 11:00.

Also, bring your textbooks to class for a brief review for the final exam. The exam will cover the same information as your Mid-Term.

Note: in order to print and complete mounting of your poster before the exam time, please note that the Print Lab on the second floor will be heavily used this coming week as all classes using the lab will likely have final projects due. There is a lab assistant (Andi) who will be there to help you with technical problems. Check her schedule on the door of the lab to see when you can expect her assistance.

Exercise common sense and wise time management, knowing that the lab will be very hectic and the printers may not be at your immediate disposal at all times. Do not expect to run in there and print everything you need in 15 minutes.

Supplies you will need to complete mounting of this project:
• 13" x 19" Epson ink jet paper, several sheets until you get the best print you can
• black foam core board, minimum of 18" x 24" size. Note: your final print will be trimmed down to 12" x 18". You will then mount on black foam core board with 3" on all sides. If you buy a sheet that is already 18" x 24" it will have rough edges that are unacceptable which you will have to trim down. Buy a sheet of foam core that is LARGER than this so you can trim down yourself.
• dry mount/Letraset Permanent Studio Tac, Double Tack for mounting. It is unacceptable to use spray mount or pieces of double-stick tape. The mounting material MUST cover the entire surface of your print.

"RELAX" casting project

The students who volunteered to work on casting of the word "RELAX" during Art Incend will need to fulfill the following in order to receive their extra credit:

1.) Complete clean-up of sand molds and all other related materials in the VA building
2.) Finishing off all letters (grinding off channels, etc.)
3.) Installation of word in a location on campus that has conceptual relevance
4.) Photographing/videotaping and documenting process, installation and final result

Each member of the team will be asked to grade all other members of the team anonymously. The grade will be based on:
• Craft and process
• Professionalism and teamwork
• Installation
• Digital recording, provided to me on a CD

All of the above will be due on the GD III exam day of Tuesday, December 4 before 5:00pm. During the exam period, you will fill out a grade evaluation on your team members. These will be averaged to award extra credit points towards your GD III grade.

Capstone I and II final presentations during exam period

GD IV, V and VI:
Our class exam period on Tuesday, December 4 will be used as a Capstone I and II final meeting. The exam period officially begins at 2:00, but we will not start until 2:45 to allow Cassie to attend after her other class exam is completed.

BEFORE 2:45, all Capstone I (GD V) students are required to have all of their work for the entire semester spread out on tables in Room 318. Cassie, Mark and I will review the work and have conversations with each of you between 2:45 and 3:45. You work must be displayed so we can begin promptly at 2:45. 

• All 3-D branding work is required to be photographed as a product shot in a professional manner using a continuous backdrop and studio lighting. These photographs will be printed out and included in your branding book. If you have not already attended, Mark will be holding a repeat of his Photography workshop on Friday, Nov. 30 at 1:00pm in Room 318.

4:00: Capstone II students will each have 20 minutes for a formal presentation of their work for their Senior Exit Show. All work is to be completed, printed, trimmed and prepared exactly as it is meant to be seen at the show. Do not mount the work yet as there may be changes required.

• All 3-D work is required to be photographed as a product shot in a professional manner using a continuous backdrop and studio lighting. These photographs will be printed out and mounted for the show. Mark will be holding a repeat of his Photography workshop on Friday, Nov. 30 at 1:00pm.

• You are required to turn in:
5 copies of your resume printed front and back on commercially available offset printing paper, text weight. 
5 copies of your business card printed front and back on commercially available offset printing paper, cover weight.
5 copies of your business envelope #10 printed and assembled on commercially available offset printing paper, text weight. Craftsmanship of assembly will be carefully looked at.
Do not attempt to print on paper from Staples or Office Depot.

There will be three time slots: 4:00, 4:20, and 4:40.

The following are rules for formal critiques/presentations/evaluations:

• No excuses. Your work should be well-resolved, nicely printed, meticulously presented, and extensive. One should never make excuses of any kind during a presentation. It is unacceptable to cite technical/craft excuses. For example, it is unacceptable to say the following: The color in this print is off. I had printing issues. I forgot to bring extra resumés. I accidentally cropped this poster too much. Exercise time management skills. Make sure to print and prepare your work with time to spare to rectify technical/craft issues if necessary. It is also unacceptable to ask the audience to imagine designs. One cannot critique theoretical ramblings. For example, it is unacceptable to say the following: I was thinking of... I might redo... I haven’t resolved... I’m still researching.... If you think a design needs to be pushed a bit more or constructed in an alternate way, do it and present it. Put up or shut up. 

• Practice. Practice your presentation at least five times before the real deal. 
Set a timer, present to an audience of critical friends, make brief note cards if necessary, think about the progression of your work, order of presentation, etc. This is your chance to share your work with others, present it to the best of your ability. Nobody wants to listen to a stumbling/rambling presentation.

• Dress professionally. You want to present yourself as intelligent, creative, respectful, and employable. Flip-flops, t-shirts, jeans, etc. are all unacceptable. A full suit is going too far. Exercise discretion. 

• Be professional. Conduct yourself in a polite, professional manner. Make eye contact, stand up straight, and mind your manners. Graciously and sincerely accept criticism. Ask questions if necessary. If you disagree, do not argue, merely initiate respectful questions to clarify. Never huff, roll your eyes, argue, get defensive, etc. Make sure your cell phone is off, pay respectful attention to all other presentations, etc.

• Be prepared. Bring a few extra resumés and signatures. Pack a bag with emergency tools and materials (e.g., tape, erasers, x-acto knife, etc.) for any last-minute mishaps. Bring extra pens and pencils for note-taking. 

• Take notes. If you can, take notes. However, if possible, have a classmate or two take notes for you and then return the favor. 
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GD III: appointments for end of semester

Please sign up for a 15 minute time slot on Thursday, December 6 to discuss your grade and progress this semester. You will be asked to grade yourself for your performance in GD III this semester, so arrive with required form filled out. This will be given to you in class.

http://doodle.com/pky9729dh7rdewpg

GD I: appointments for end of semester

Please sign up for a 15 minute time slot on Thursday, December 6 to discuss your grade and progress this semester. You will be asked to grade yourself for your performance in GD I this semester, so arrive with required form filled out. This will be given to you in class.

http://doodle.com/b9yimei2bgiheqar

Exam schedule

GD I: Tuesday, December 4, 11:00am-1:30pm
GD IV, V and VI: Tuesday, December 4, 2:00-4:20pm
GD III: Tuesday, December 4, 5:00-7:30pm

Warning! dpi issues on ALL GD projects....

Any GD projects turned in at the end of the semester with bitmapped images will receive an automatic F. 

Period. No excuses. No explanations.

Printing images and looking at them on your computer screen are two entirely different things. Deal with it.

If you are using images that will not scale and print properly (i.e.: bitmap), you are not exhibiting basic competency as a designer and you're wasting time and materials. In general, ANY image you drag off the internet is low-res [72 dpi] or if the proper dpi (300 dpi required for good printing), not large in size enough to be able to scale to a usable image. Randomly increasing dpi on a poor image, or scaling a small image up significantly only increases the number of dots on an image that does not have enough information to print properly. It's a proportion thing. Like adding water to beer. Yes, you get more beer, but it sucks.

You must either locate good images by research, taking them yourself, or scanning them yourself. Failure to deal with this tells me and your potential future employer that you are either lazy, ignorant or both. Not only that, you are willing to waste your own time and money in unproductive ways.

The maximum resolution your computer screen can ever display is 72 dpi no matter what. You can make an image 1200 dpi and your screen can still only display 72dpi. Therefore poor images can look just fine on your computer screen. Printing devices are capable of imaging much finer, so bitmapping may only show up to your eye after you have printed. You don't have to print to know this however, because you already know that dpi lower than 300 will NOT PRINT properly.

Proof your work until its right.

There is a description of scaling, scanning and dpi issues in the Graphic Design Survival Guide. 

GD IV, V and VI

ALL classes (GD IV, V and VI) will meet for the regular class time at 2:00pm on both days the week of November 27. 

All final work due Tuesday, December 4. There will be individual meetings that week to discuss your grades.

GD III for Tuesday, November 27

Revised schedule for remainder of semester:

Due at the beginning of class on Tuesday the 27th:

Revised magazine cover + (3) 3-page spreads as PDF files that can be viewed for class critique. After critique, you will correct your files and send them immediately to University Print & Pub for printing.

Following that, I will do a demo on binding your accordian fold book.


Due Thursday, November 29:
• Beginning of class: Revised accordian fold book as PDF files that can be viewed for class critique at the beginning of class.

• Review for final exam.


Tuesday, December 4: Exam period
Due:
• Printed and bound magazine cover + 3 spreads
• Printed and bound accordian fold book
• 65 feet long and soft presentations
• Final exam

Thank you cards + thanks giving

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." - Albert Schweitzer

The thank-cards that all design students created are awesome. You have no idea how much these will mean to the recipients!  

I invite you all to think about everyone around you, especially in the Department of Art who work so hard to make your educational experience a productive one. Please write them a personal thank-you note before the end of the semester. It makes the hard days easier to take when people know they are appreciated and you recognize their efforts. This small gesture will make you memorable to the recipient for a long time to come.

GD I for Tuesday, November 27

1.) Read (re-read!) Chapters 4 and 5 in your Typographic Design textbook.

2.) After thorough RESEARCH, choose two typefaces to develop into ideas for a poster. Write 200-300 words of text describing the history, designer and circumstances for each typeface. This will become the text for your poster.

3.) On tracing paper with pencil, draw out a MINIMUM of 5 thumbnails of DIFFERENT design ideas for EACH typeface (20 thumbnail designs in all.) Consult your Graphic Design Survival Guide to refresh you memory on how to draw thumbnails. Remember, thumbnails are a way to think about the COMPOSITION and arrangement of positive/negative space. They are NOT a rendering of the type.

4.) #3 above due for a grade at the beginning of class on Tuesday. We will have a class critique of your initial ideas and discuss which ones have the most potential.

GD V for Thursday, November 15

I would like to meet with all members of the GD V class on Thursday beginning at 2:00pm in lieu of your individual meetings that day. We will discuss your magazine designs now that they have been printed out for the first time and how they can be improved before the end of the semester.

GD III for Thursday, November 15

Due at the beginning of class:
Completed thank-you cards (minimum of 5)
For those on the field trip a couple of weeks ago, you must have one to Doug Grimmett of Primal Screen, one to Petrika of Cartoon Network, one to Candace of Cartoon Network, one to Jon Dilling, and one to Clint Caruth (the last two are the people who arranged the visit for us.) The cards for any of these individuals will be gathered and sent together as a group, so there is no need to make an envelope.

Those not on the field trip should create cards to anyone who has helped them professionally in some way. These cards will require an envelope (I can supply them to you.)

NOTE: in your salutation, you should address a person with ONLY their first name (if they are familiar) or Mr. or Ms. (NEVER Mrs.) __________.  For example, do not use "Dear Doug Grimmett." Instead use "Dear Mr. Grimmett."

During class I will do a demo of how to cut and assemble an accordian-fold book. In the meantime, you should be continuing your research for both the magazine and book designs.

There has been a slight change in the schedule because P & P cannot print all of your magazine designs before Thursday. Now, you must plan on having your magazine digital files to P & P by Tuesday, November 27 (the first class day after we return from Thanksgiving Break.)

GD I for Thursday, November 15

Due at the beginning of class:
Completed thank-you cards (at least 5)

During class we will start our final assignment which will be type morphologies using Robert Bringhurst's classic text "The Elements of Typographic Style." These exercises will eventually become a simple folio-bound booklet which will be due on the exam date of Tuesday, December 4.

GD IV Branding: due dates

Due Thursday, November 15
Completed first draft of brand identity book printed out and assembled. Due this date regardless of the day of your individual appointment.

Due Thursday, November 27
Corrected Brand identity book printed and bound at Pub & Print

Friday, November 28:
Photography workshop at 1:00pm is REQUIRED as you must photograph your work to turn in for grade

Tuesday, December 2

Final versions of:
letterhead, business card, envelope printed on "real" paper, trimmed down, assembled
Finalized Brand Identity book, printed and bound at P & P
3-D objects/packaging created, printed, assembled and photographed

GD VI: due dates

All graduating seniors must turn in ALL work that is to be considered for this class and for senior show on Thursday, November 29 at 2:00pm. ALL work must be finalized on that date. This means printed, trimmed down, assembled exactly as you intend it to be viewed during your Senior Exit Show. All 3-D work such as packaging or book covers must be photographed as a product shot and that photograph printed for exhibition.

Expect to make identified necessary corrections and re-print work before hanging the Senior Exit Show.

Thursday, November 15
Designs for Senior Exit Show postcard and poster due for selection at 2:00pm.

Thursday, November 27
Printed postcards mailed, posters posted around campus

GD V: Tuesday November 13

Due: magazine cover + 3 three page spreads, printed and bound at P & P. You need to turn this in on Tuesday regardless of the day that your individual appointment falls on.

Please note this is a first proof. Expect to make adjustments in the design and have it re-printed by exam date of Tuesday, December 2.

GD III: Due dates

Tuesday, November 13:
Letterpress printed cards + broadsides

Thursday, November 15:
Magazine cover + 3 three-page spreads
printed out and bound at Print & Pub

Tuesday, November 27:
Accordian-fold "Evolution of an Everyday Object"
Printed, folded and bound

Thursday, November 29:
Work day on magazine and accordian-fold books, review for exam

Tuesday, December 4:
Assignment 1 (65 feet long and soft) presentations
Finals of Magazine and Accordian fold book assignments
Final exam

GD III class for Tuesday, Nov. 13: mistake on date!!!!

For class on Tuesday, November 13, bring your letterpress printed cards, broadsides and envelopes to class. In the previous posting for your class, I stated the wrong date for this of Thursday, November 15. I apologize for this mistake!

During class we will be talking about writing business thank-you notes and how to prepare your prints so they look professional.

Bring the usual stuff to class:
cutting mat
pencil + sharpener
kneaded eraser
white artists tape
metal ruler
exacto knife + sharp blades
writing pen with black ink
extra paper for writing

GD I for Tuesday, November 13

We will be working on your letterpress printed cards and talking about how to write a business thank-you note during class on Tuesday. Bring your printed cards to class. Do NOT fold them yet.

Bring to class:
cutting mat
exacto knife + new blades
pencil + sharpener
kneaded eraser
white artists tape
metal ruler
writing pen with black ink
paper to write on

GD III: rest of the semester....

Remaining three weeks of the semester:

1.) Letterpress printed cards: minimum of 10, sized to fit into a #6 envelope [4.25" x 6.5"] Bring printed letterpress cards to class on Thursday, November 15. DO NOT fold them yet!!!! I will show you how to score and fold them properly during class next week and get them ready to send out. Do NOT use words [i.e: no "happy birthday" etc....]. Abstract designs only. After you have finished printing, you MUST return all type to the proper drawers, all furniture put away in the proper compartments of the furniture cabinets, and all ink and brayers cleaned up. If I get any reports from Debrah or Stephanie that the print shop is suffering from our use, we will all go over as a class and clean it, not during class time.

2.) magazine cover + three, 3-page spreads: 
I have graded your first re-design and will return them to you on Tuesday with copious notes written on them. You have designed one 3-page spread already, now you are to add two more 3-page spreads to it. These must be based on solid research and useable images you have located that are 300 dpi. Begin your research for the next two articles right away. As you know by now, this can take a large amount of time, so don't wait. Any projects turned in with any images that are bitmapped and not proper dpi will receive an automatic F, no questions, no excuses. Any and all spelling errors will also count significantly against your grade.

3.) Accordian fold book: Evolution of an Everyday Object:
These will be graded with notes and returned to you next Tuesday as well. You will complete the book, printed and bound before the end of the semester. Many of you wandered far away from the original intent of "Evolution of an Everyday Object." Remind yourself this is the purpose of the book and think through your re-designs accordingly. Printed, bound and due November 29. Any projects turned in with any images that are bitmapped and not proper dpi will receive an automatic F, no questions, no excuses. Any and all spelling errors will also count significantly against your grade.

4.) First assignment of the semester: design something 65 feet long and soft. To be presented on exam day December 4.

5.) Final Exam. On Tuesday, December 4. We will review in class between now and then.

Thursday: visiting graphic designers/letterpress printers--all day

Thursday, November 8

10:00am-2:00ish pm: Letterpress workshop with Jeff Pulaski,Wichita State University and Mervi Pakaste, Kansas State University. ALL are invited. Required for the GD I class that meets during that time anyway. I will be taking role.

3:30: Artists talk, Visual Arts Building

Gallery Reception following, Visual Arts Building

Ongoing: Letterpress: Imperfect X 3 in Bobick Gallery.

GD Seniors: Paper sources

Neenah Paper offers a downloadable "Paper Cabinet" to help you navigate finding good papers for your designs.

http://www.neenahpaper.com/Resources/Cabinet

You can choose paper (hard to do online since you don't get to touch it) and have your designs printed on it as proofs that are sent to you.

GD IV, V and VI: individual meetings

Due to Art Incend activities, there will be no regular meetings next week. Since a number of you missed your regular meeting this week, I strongly recommend you try to find me in the Visual Arts Building next week and get feedback on your work. I will be in the VA Building on Tuesday but will be in my other classes from 11:00-1:45 and 5:30-8:15.  On Thursday, we have the letterpress workshop from 9:00am to 2:00pm, the artists talk, and reception for the letterpress show so I will be unavailable to meet on Thursday. On Friday, I will take our guests to the airport and drive to Carrollton. I expect to arrive around noon and will be there all afternoon and evening for the Iron Pour.

It is to your advantage to get as much feedback on your work as possible so you don't waste time. It is YOUR responsibility to seek me out next week at a time when I can be available to talk.

After next week, there are only two full weeks of classes left in the semester. Considering how far all of you have to go on your projects, this should be a big concern! 

GD IV, V and VI: REQUIRED attendance to Letterpress workshop

On Thursday of next week, November 8, we will be having guest letterpress artists in town to give a workshop in the Print Shop at the Visual Arts Building from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Following the workshop, there will be an artists talk at 3:30 and a reception for the show in the Bobick Gallery from 5:30-7:30. 

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND ONE OF THESE ACTIVITIES. I will be busy hosting our guests, so will not have time to discuss work or have individual appointments that day. I will have a sign-in sheet for your attendance, so be sure you sign it.

See next post....

GD I and III for Art Incend week

Contrary to the email you may have received from the Art Office, Graphic Design classes I and III WILL BE HELD at the normal days and times next week, but will be held in the Visual Arts Building instead of our regular classrooms in the Humanities Building. Attendance role WILL be taken for both classes both Tuesday and Thursday.

GD IV, V and VI: all business card/letterhead designs...

Paper color, texture and weight is a critical component of design thinking for all letterhead, business cards, business size envelopes and resumes, whether they be for you personally or for a brand for another company. How the paper/item FEELS in your hand, front and back is part of your design.

Research and explore what commercial papers that you can get sheets of. This takes time and effort. Plan to select things from the paper sample books in the graphic design room, visit Mac Papers sample room, go to Sam Flax, Expedex or Mini-Mac. Once you have selected papers, order them online from the sample room at Mac Papers or go there yourself and pick it up. (They are in Lithia Springs.)

Order or buy a number of different sheets and experiment printing your design in color (front and back) on the ink jet printers in the lab.

Letterhead: 65-80# text weight
Business card: minimum of 80-100# cover weight paper
Envelopes: you do not need to buy a whole carton. Buy extra text weight sheets and make the envelope yourself after it is printed. Get a #10 business envelope, carefully disassemble it and use as a template to make your own envelope from your selected paper.

REQUIRED of all of you:
personal business card, letterhead, envelope and resume printed out on real paper, front & back

Those in the Branding class:
business card, letterhead and envelope for your brand printed out on real paper, front & back

Due:
November 13

GD V: magazine project

For the magazine project you are expected to create one cover and three fully realized articles and a table of contents. Each article must be 3 double-sided spreads. 

This means 21 pages total:
• 3 spreads, 2 pages each=6 pages x 3=18 pages
• table of contents=2 pages
• cover =1 page

At this point in the semester, each week you must show me ALL 3 articles.

Plan on having these printed out and bound at P & P. Printed and bound magazines due November 13 for grade. The first version is a proof, so expect to make further changes and have it printed out again before the end of the semester.

GD Seniors

For your individual meetings let me remind you:

1.) For each class you are taking, you are expected to show evidence of a minimum of 3 hours (what would have been in class time) and 6 hours outside of class. Since we are not holding official class times, this means your work each week must clearly show at least 9 hours of work.

2.) You must have printouts and show physical progress for ALL the things on your to-do list from the previous week. I am checking the work you bring to the meeting against the items listed from the previous week. If you do NOT have ALL things listed, it will be reflected in your grade.

3.) I do not discuss hypotheticals or excuses. You either have your idea printed out to discuss or we will not deal with it until you do.

4.) Do not wait for me to approve an "idea". Do it, print it out, and we can discuss it. Waiting for me to "approve" an idea before you proceed is NOT an excuse for not doing anything. It is YOUR responsibility to move forward.

5.) All printouts and dummies must be to actual size of intended final piece, trimmed down and assembled.

6.) If there is not enough concrete evidence of your progress from the previous week, I reserve the right to cancel our conversation until the following week.

7.) Again, anything that is to be a series of three must be presented as a whole idea. I will not discuss parts of it.

8.) If you must miss a meeting, you must send me an email and make every effort to reschedule. Any missed meetings will be awarded a "0" for that week regardless of excuse.

All of these things are issues of professional behavior that I, Cassie and any employer expects of you. This means you show up to meetings on time, prepared, courteous and eager to make progress. 

GD III for Thursday, Nov. 1

Bring/turn in all the magazine printouts that you had up during critique yesterday. You will be given a process grade on them.

I expect to have process grades ready for you Thursday for the first stage of the accordian book project.

We will meet in the Print Shop in the Visual Arts Building tomorrow at 5:30. Bring 2-3 large (22" x 30" of so) sheets of good quality printmaking paper such as Rives BFK, Arches or Stonehenge. Any color. I understand Debrah Santini sells printmaking papers, so you might try to buy some from her beforehand (i.e.: don't expect for her to be there tomorrow when we are. Think ahead!)

GD I for Thursday, Nov. 1

Hold on to your books that we bound yesterday. They will not be turned in for a grade. I wanted to introduce you to how it works so you can bind a project we have coming up...

We will meet in the Print Shop at the Visual Arts Building at 11:00 on Thursday. I will be doing a demo on letterpress printing and you will be setting some type and printing as well.

Bring 2-3 large sheets (22" x 30" or so) of good quality paper such as Rives BFK, Arches, Stonehenge or any kind of printmaking paper. Soft, cotton rag papers work best for letterpress because they show the impressions on the paper. I understand Debrah sells some papers, so you might try to buy some from her. They should also have something at the bookstore.

Attention! those casting letters during Art Incend

There are several teams of graphic design students working on creating letterforms that will be cast in metal during the Iron Pour the last Friday of Art Incend week (next week!!!!). The idea is that these cast letters will ultimately become installations around campus afterwards.

It is critical that team members be in good communication with one another about the overall strategy for letters for each word so they will be consistent in size and approach.

Kevin Shunn will be available on Wednesday afternoon beginning at 3:30pm in the Visual Arts Building for a couple of hours to help you prepare your letter for making a mold. The mold will then be used for the Iron Pour on Friday, November 9. Do not assume your letter will work as is! You must make your letter and pass it by Kevin or someone who knows the process well before proceeding to the mold room! 

The mold room will be open starting this coming Thursday, November 2 and will be going until the following Thursday, November 8. It will close that day in preparation for the Iron Pour the following day.

GD I: Bring in ALL sketches, etc. for your "hillbilly word" project!

I would like to grade your "Letter Identifiers" [aka: Hillbilly word project] as soon as possible. Please bring in ALL of your drawings, sketches and anything you did pertaining to your process for this project to class on Tuesday. Put everything in a manila envelope with your name on it. I should be able to get these graded back to you by Thursday of this week.

GD III Mid-Term graded

The mid-term for GD III has been graded. You can access your grade through CourseDen.

GD I: Mid-term exam is graded

I have graded all mid-term exams for GD I. You can now access your grade through CourseDen.

Better late than never: join our Facebook Page!

Please join the Facebook page for Graphic Design at UWG. There are pix of recent field trips loaded. Please add to, like and invite all your friends!

http://www.facebook.com/GraphicDesignUWG?fref=ts

GD I class CANCELLED for Thursday...

GD I class is CANCELLED for Thursday. Please check the blog again after Friday for what you need to have for next Tuesday's class, October 30. I am in the process of grading your exams, so those grades should be available for you to view on CourseDen this weekend.

Have a good weekend, and arrive to class Tuesday rested & ready to go!

GD III for Thursday, October 25

Thursday will be a work day so continue working on re-design of your magazine cover + 3 spreads of an article about an artist. Yes, you may change your subject, but if you make this decision, you must also invest the time in solid research. 

Don't forget the websites available to you with usable images that Gwen of the Visual Resources library told you about earlier in the semester. The info is in an early posting on this blog for your reference. Do not waste your time or mine on images dragged off of the internet unless they have the proper size and dpi to help you towards your final goal of a printed piece. Going to the library and finding books with images you can scan is another great resource and worth the time as you have control over the scan. Finding usable images is YOUR responsibility and a big part of problem-solving this assignment.

On Thursday, I hope you will all take the opportunity to get extra credit to improve your grade by attending the event at Museum of Design Atlanta. Check earlier blog posting. I'm not positive I will be able to make it, but I'm going to try. Regardless, you must provide me with hard copy proof that you were there to get the extra credit. This means a ticket, a printed out photo of you there (there must be identifying things in the photo) or another artifact that proves it.

Due at the beginning of class on Tuesday: 
• Minimum of three versions of a cover idea, printed out at full size and trimmed down
• An entire article designed: three spreads/six pages, printed out at full size and trimmed down

There will be a class critique. We will not consider any work that is not properly printed out, trimmed down, and hung promptly at the beginning of class. Meet in Room 225 (critique room on second floor.)

GD I for Thursday, October 25

Things you should always have for class:

11" x 14" tracing paper
pencil/sharpener
kneaded eraser
white artist tape
cutting mat
exacto knife
metal ruler
triangle

We will be starting on your next project and talking about binding the hillbilly book.

Creative Boot Camp: Free!

We already have one of our students from the GD III class sign up for this great experience. It looks like it will be awesome!  I will give extra credit to anyone who attends (must show me proof.) Great portfolio builder + unusual opportunity for a peek into the world of advertising....

Here is the text of an email I just got about it:

Hi Joey,

I hope you’re doing well.

Just as a reminder, the One Club Creative Boot Camp Atlanta is almost 1 week away! We would love to have students from The University of West Georgia participate this year. If any of your students are interested in attending this FREE four-day creative workshop, please have them sign up HERE.

All majors are welcome to attend.

Dates:

Thursday, November 1^st – Sunday, November 4^th

Location:

Morehouse College

The Leadership Center

830 Westview Drive, SW

Atlanta, Gerogia 30314

Led by creative directors and designers from across the US, this FREE four-day workshop will introduce students from the Atlanta area to the art of creating advertising for a real client from initial concepting through the final pitch. Throughout this process, participants will compete for an internship at the sponsoring agency, Publicis New York.

Below are some of the key benefits for students that choose to participate in this FREE workshop.

The One Club Creative Boot Camp:

•    Provides students with the opportunity to experience what it's like to work at an agency as a copywriter and art director by creating an advertising campaign based on a creative brief provided by a sponsoring agency.

•    Creates opportunities for networking with top local advertising professionals, who participate throughout the 4-day process as mentors and guides. 

•    There is no minimum GPA requirement to participate in this program. All students really need is creative ideas.

•    Participants walk away with a solid advertising campaign to add to their portfolios.

•   Provides free breakfast and lunch to all participants during the course of the workshop.

•    Serves as a 4-day "crash course" internship by providing hands-on experience.

•    Gives students the chance to compete for a guaranteed internship position at the sponsoring agency.

Hope to see some of your students there!

Last Day for Advising is Wednesday!!!!

All graphic design students are being advised by Cassie Hester this semester. The LAST DAY to get an advising appointment with her is this coming Wednesday, October 24. Sign up for an appointment on Tuesday or Wednesday on the sheet on her door, Room 311 Humanities Building.

Those who DO NOT do this cannot guarantee advisement before registration begins Monday, October 29.

Installation project/Casting letters during Art Incend

Graphic Design area project for Art Incend the first week in November:

Graphic Design students are working on designing and making molds to cast letters for the words "Ignite" and "Spark" (or is it "Strike"?...). Two teams are designing one word each by creating letters to be cohesive in scale and concept. They are then creating 3-D letters using found materials that will be used to create molds that will then be used to cast the letters in metal during the Art Incend iron pour Nov. 9. After Art Incend, sites will be selected around campus to create an installation using the cast letters. This could be great work for your portfolio! + fun ....

Any graphic design student is more than welcome to participate!

So, two questions:

1.) Two students have dropped out of the original two teams, so Cassie and I are looking for two volunteers to take over the design and production of two of the letters (not sure which ones or for which word just now.) This involves a time commitment to work within the team and see the project through to completion (being responsible for getting the molds made in time and overseeing the casting, etc.) You could even put on the "leathers" and do metal casting yourself.

2.) If you are interested in forming a team to create new words, we need to get busy really soon. Five students signed up on a sign-up sheet last week during the GD I class, but I seem to have misplaced it. Can't remember everyone who signed up. We talked about creating the word "Imagine" which would require 7 students to each create one letter each. Are the students that signed up still interested?

The cost for participating will be approximately $35 in order to replace the materials & metals you will use.

Please send me an email if you are interested in either project listed above. It will be awesome to create something that will become a one-foot high letter in metal that will become an installation. If it turns out well, we are planning to photograph and document the project and send it in to some design competitions. Having this on your resume would be a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

I will give anyone extra credit who participates.

We will need to have a meeting sometime next week to get this underway....

jhannaford@comcast.net

Another extra credit opportunity...

I will give extra credit to anyone who attends this event. You must provide proof that you have attended. It is highly recommended that you do your homework on print technology terms in order to get the most out of the workshop. Ask me and I can direct you to some good sources.

Fresh Prints: Fundamentals of Print in the New Media

Friday, October 26, 2012 / Atlanta

REGISTER NOW

Sappi Fine Paper, SCAD and AIGA Atlanta are partnering to provide students with an introductory workshop by Daniel Dejan, North American ETC Print and Creative Manager for Sappi Fine paper, about the fundamentals of color management and print as a crucial component of the new media mix.

 

This workshop is student-focused, however it is FREE and open to the public. You MUST register online to attend.
The workshop is Friday, October 26th from 9 am to 1 pm at SCAD in Event Space 4C. Free parking is available in the SCAD parking deck.

 

Learn more about the topics that will be covered in the workshop and about speaker Daniel Dejan below.

 

The Standard No. 2 — Intro. to Color Management

 

An introductory workshop demonstrating how to understand color from monitor to press and beyond. The seminar is broken into three parts. The first section demonstrates how to go beyond four-color process with touch-plates, ink substitution and stochastic using a comparative demonstration of the same image. The second section addresses Color Management. Expert tips are recommended for getting better color and managing the digital workflow. Lastly, the third section goes beyond four-color and shows a variety of techniques including UV, special match inks and Extreme Silver (also known as MetalFX and Liquid Foil) to expand and augment the standard print gamut.

 

Print in the New Media Mix (Life with Print)

 

Integrated Marketing, Multi-Channel Distribution, Social Media/Networking are a few of the many descriptors currently used to describe the new business models being implemented by advertisers, marketers and media strategists. Our consumer society is abound with new devices, many hand held, as primary sources for communications and intra-connectivity which leads traditional, legacy medias such as television, radio and Print to ask the larger questions. Where do we fit in? Is Print truly a waning media? Is it being replaced by "disruptive technology"?

 

A discussion on how the print industry can evolve its share by proving its effectiveness as part of the communications mix: how does Print complement Social Networking and the Internet; how will eReaders and Tablets impact Publishing and readership; how using QR codes and Augmented Reality codes can add a multi-media and multi-dimensional aspect to enhance the Print experience.

 

Using elements from Sappi's Life with Print US and European campaigns, this discussion demonstrates the truly unique way print adds value to capturing memories, imagination and attention to build brands, sell goods and deliver corporate messages. Focus is on generating visibility for the concept of print as a superior communications mix within the creative community and among advertising and marketing decision makers and influencers.

 

About Daniel Dejan

 

Daniel Dejan is an award-winning graphic designer, art/creative director, production manager and print buyer. He is widely respected in as both an educator and a talented presenter with a wealth of content to share with the communications, graphic arts and print industry.

 

As North American ETC Print & Creative Manager for Sappi Fine Paper, Dejan provides value-added marketing, sales and technical consultation as well as in-house and end-user training and education for the print, paper and creative communities. Dejan is Certified G7 Expert with a proficiency in Color and Color Management.

 

Working as a member of Sappi's ETC Group: Education, Consulting and Training, Dejan travels all over the map sharing his expertise in keynote addresses, seminars and workshops for AIGA as well as other various printing and communications organizations.

 

SCAD Atlanta | 1600 Peachtree Street NE | Atlanta, GA

 

***** Want to tweet with us before and during the event? Use the hashtag #AIGAfreshprint 

 

For questions, please contact Addie Courington.