Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Meeting Update:
First GAG Meeting for Spring Semester:
This Wednesday, Feb 13th at 2 pm
DDM Class Studio/Lab
This should be a GREAT year for GAG! There are a lot of events coming up in our area and a lot for us to do. We also now have over $2000 in our account to do them.
Who MUST ATTEND...
Anyone expecting to get a degree in DDM are required to attend this and all meetings and participate in activities... the only exception is if you have a class or work at the time of the meeting or activity. (Work = a paid employee and scheduled to work at that time.) You can NOT miss classes for GAG meetings or activities (except field trips). If you miss a meeting or event you are required to communicate with the officers, committees, or other members to find what happened at the meetings and how you can participate in any activities if they are planed.
WHO IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND...
If you are in Intro to Graphic Design (DDM 101) or Intro to Mac (DDM 110), or if you are just taking DDM classes as electives like Photography or video, your are welcome, and encouraged to attend and be a member of GAG but it is not required.
What is GAG?
GAG stands for Graphic Arts Group. Currently we are loosely affiliated with AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Design, (click here for student member ship page, membership not required at this time). This is one of the issues that we will be discussing at future meetings. Basically, our group is about helping us learn more about the field of graphic arts (graphic design, photography, illustration, animation, video, etc.), help us as students to participate in and travel to events related to our field, and get to know each other and begin to developed a professional network for our selves to help us once we have graduated.
We need Officers: (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.). Ideally officers students who are in or have taken at least Page Layout I.
Added incentive for being an officer...
Positive - You will receive extra credit at the end of the semester in any of my classes.
Positive - I can promise you that this is a GREAT opportunity to add strengthen your resume, and will help you get a job after you graduate.
Negitive - We will loose all that money that you have all worked so hard to get if we don't have officers by the end of the meeting.
Note: If you are interested in being an officer but can not attended the meeting contact; Michelle (michelle.eriacho@gmail.com), or Rylen (jackrabbit1492@gmail.com
).
First GAG Meeting for Spring Semester:
This Wednesday, Feb 13th at 2 pm
DDM Class Studio/Lab
This should be a GREAT year for GAG! There are a lot of events coming up in our area and a lot for us to do. We also now have over $2000 in our account to do them.
Who MUST ATTEND...
Anyone expecting to get a degree in DDM are required to attend this and all meetings and participate in activities... the only exception is if you have a class or work at the time of the meeting or activity. (Work = a paid employee and scheduled to work at that time.) You can NOT miss classes for GAG meetings or activities (except field trips). If you miss a meeting or event you are required to communicate with the officers, committees, or other members to find what happened at the meetings and how you can participate in any activities if they are planed.
WHO IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND...
If you are in Intro to Graphic Design (DDM 101) or Intro to Mac (DDM 110), or if you are just taking DDM classes as electives like Photography or video, your are welcome, and encouraged to attend and be a member of GAG but it is not required.
What is GAG?
GAG stands for Graphic Arts Group. Currently we are loosely affiliated with AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Design, (click here for student member ship page, membership not required at this time). This is one of the issues that we will be discussing at future meetings. Basically, our group is about helping us learn more about the field of graphic arts (graphic design, photography, illustration, animation, video, etc.), help us as students to participate in and travel to events related to our field, and get to know each other and begin to developed a professional network for our selves to help us once we have graduated.
We need Officers: (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.). Ideally officers students who are in or have taken at least Page Layout I.
Added incentive for being an officer...
Positive - You will receive extra credit at the end of the semester in any of my classes.
Positive - I can promise you that this is a GREAT opportunity to add strengthen your resume, and will help you get a job after you graduate.
Negitive - We will loose all that money that you have all worked so hard to get if we don't have officers by the end of the meeting.
Note: If you are interested in being an officer but can not attended the meeting contact; Michelle (michelle.eriacho@gmail.com), or Rylen (jackrabbit1492@gmail.com
).
Friday, February 8, 2013
Missing Jump Drive
Yesterday, something unfortunate happened. Someone lost a jump drive, there are flyers posted around the Studio about it. Everyone check through your bags and see if you didn't pick it up by mistake and return it to the person who lost it or to Robin, Art, or me as soon as possible. The person had a LOT of work on it.
Theft
While we do not know if what happened yesterday was an accident or theft, this is a good time to talk about theft before it becomes a problem. Theft is rare in the DDM but it does happen. We are a close group of friends and we trust each other. After a while for some of us it starts feeling like another room of our house, we forget that its a public place, so we forget about protecting our self. It happens to everyone. I do it my self, a few semesters ago I even left a hard drive in there and someone took it. Thankfully, I had everything backed up.
Stealing anything is not a good thing, but stealing a storage device is probably the meanest thing that someone can do in the DDM. When someone does this they are not just taking a $15 (or more) item, they are potentially taking hours, days, weeks, or even entire semester of work, work that could even help get them a job.
This semester is a hard one for all of us. As of now we have no student workers, no part-time, and Rob is not there as much as he use to be either. So we need to be a little more careful and depend on each other a little more than usual.
First Protect your self:
Protect Each Other:
If you have other ideas how we can make the DDM Studios more safe please comment on this post.
Yesterday, something unfortunate happened. Someone lost a jump drive, there are flyers posted around the Studio about it. Everyone check through your bags and see if you didn't pick it up by mistake and return it to the person who lost it or to Robin, Art, or me as soon as possible. The person had a LOT of work on it.
Theft
While we do not know if what happened yesterday was an accident or theft, this is a good time to talk about theft before it becomes a problem. Theft is rare in the DDM but it does happen. We are a close group of friends and we trust each other. After a while for some of us it starts feeling like another room of our house, we forget that its a public place, so we forget about protecting our self. It happens to everyone. I do it my self, a few semesters ago I even left a hard drive in there and someone took it. Thankfully, I had everything backed up.
Stealing anything is not a good thing, but stealing a storage device is probably the meanest thing that someone can do in the DDM. When someone does this they are not just taking a $15 (or more) item, they are potentially taking hours, days, weeks, or even entire semester of work, work that could even help get them a job.
This semester is a hard one for all of us. As of now we have no student workers, no part-time, and Rob is not there as much as he use to be either. So we need to be a little more careful and depend on each other a little more than usual.
First Protect your self:
- Back Up ALL of your work in a few places.
- STOP working from storage devices: (Storage device means STORAGE, NOT WORKING DEVICE. Save your work to the computer, put your STORAGE device away in your bag. Save it to your STORAGE device when your done).
- Don't leave things in the studio.
Protect Each Other:
- If you see someone get up and leave things offer to or at least try to keep an eye on there stuff until they get back.
- Watch for unfamiliar faces. The DDM Studios are for DDM Students ONLY. If you see someone you don't know ask if they are DDM students. If they are not, "NICELY" explain to them that they need to find a computer lab. If they refuse, tell one of the instructors, or go to the office and tell Linda or Frank (if they are not available who ever is working).
- Don't be offended or get upset if someone asks you if your a DDM student. This should make you feel better, because it tells you that someone is watching out for you and your stuff.
If you have other ideas how we can make the DDM Studios more safe please comment on this post.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
GAG RESCHEDULED
NOTICE:
GAG Meeting will be postponed till next week. Same time, same place, same rules.
See ya then!
GAG Meeting will be postponed till next week. Same time, same place, same rules.
See ya then!
Post and crit work
I'm stuck in tragic. Not sure I will make it before the end of class. If I am not there u can keep working but post your work where u are then and take some time to crit each others work. I will be there near 1:30.
Out of Sympathy
Yes. We are having class. Yes. I will be there. Yes. I expect the projects to be completed. Yes. today. No. No one is failing or being dropped (YET). No. I am not angry. Yes. I am disappointed. No. I don't want to hear anymore questions like this.
I am going to drive back to Gallup slowly. Judging by some of the emails I have received, and some of the work that has been posted very few of you are ready for a crit, let alone prepared had your work over to the designers. I don't know exactly when I will get there but you will have a little more time to work on and have something presentable for a Crit.
Additional: I am REALLY tired of all little rumors you all seem to love so much. In this case specifically about assignments (actually, all of them, but we will discuss that another time). About our joint project...
EVERYONE HAS TO DO THERE ASSIGNMENT. IF YOU ARE IN BOTH ILLUSTRATION AND PAGE LAYOUT YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH THE ILLUSTRATION AND THE TYPE.
I don't know how many times I said to both classes... 'If your in both classes you have to do both projects' and 'If your in both classes you will not be doing the type on your own illustration.' and 'No, you will not do the type on your illustration.' and 'You should not use your illustration to design the type because the type would go on a different poster'.
If you are a victim of this rumor, you have a LOT of work to do. I warned you all ageist these things enough. If you have a question, if something doesn't sound quite right ASK who?
No, your not alone... No emails.... No excuses... Just get to work.
I am going to drive back to Gallup slowly. Judging by some of the emails I have received, and some of the work that has been posted very few of you are ready for a crit, let alone prepared had your work over to the designers. I don't know exactly when I will get there but you will have a little more time to work on and have something presentable for a Crit.
Additional: I am REALLY tired of all little rumors you all seem to love so much. In this case specifically about assignments (actually, all of them, but we will discuss that another time). About our joint project...
EVERYONE HAS TO DO THERE ASSIGNMENT. IF YOU ARE IN BOTH ILLUSTRATION AND PAGE LAYOUT YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH THE ILLUSTRATION AND THE TYPE.
I don't know how many times I said to both classes... 'If your in both classes you have to do both projects' and 'If your in both classes you will not be doing the type on your own illustration.' and 'No, you will not do the type on your illustration.' and 'You should not use your illustration to design the type because the type would go on a different poster'.
If you are a victim of this rumor, you have a LOT of work to do. I warned you all ageist these things enough. If you have a question, if something doesn't sound quite right ASK who?
No, your not alone... No emails.... No excuses... Just get to work.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Grades: Food for Thought
First of all GOOD JOB to most of you getting your blog address to me.
I am still a little concerned that there are not more illustrations posted. We have until 11:30 tomorrow to get our work up so there is plenty of time. However, this would be good a good time to have a little mental snack.
This particular assignment has 5 grades, each having 100pt each.
Our normal assignments have 4 to 5 grades.
On an assignment that earns 4 grades: If you earn one 0, in order to receive a passing grade on this assignment you will need to average 95% on the other 3.
If you do the minimum and post something, even if its not your best work you will at least get a 50% (and the ability to resubmit your work for a better grade). With a 50% you can average less than 80% on the rest and still pass with a C-. It is even possible to get a B+ as a final grade.
I am still a little concerned that there are not more illustrations posted. We have until 11:30 tomorrow to get our work up so there is plenty of time. However, this would be good a good time to have a little mental snack.
This particular assignment has 5 grades, each having 100pt each.
- 100pt for Posting your work (mid-process crit)
- 100pt Participation (critiquing other posts)
- 100pt for Design/Composition
- 100pt for Demonstrated Technical Skills
- 100pt for Production and Presentation
Our normal assignments have 4 to 5 grades.
On an assignment that earns 4 grades: If you earn one 0, in order to receive a passing grade on this assignment you will need to average 95% on the other 3.
If you do the minimum and post something, even if its not your best work you will at least get a 50% (and the ability to resubmit your work for a better grade). With a 50% you can average less than 80% on the rest and still pass with a C-. It is even possible to get a B+ as a final grade.
Reminder
The Illustrations are to be posted BEFORE class TOMORROW.
If you haven't read the blog below it would be a good idea to do it now.
If you haven't read the blog below it would be a good idea to do it now.
Blogs
REVISION:
If I don't have your blog address, sent as instructed bellow, before class tomorrow you will very likely be dropped from the class.
If I don't have your blog address, sent as instructed bellow, before class tomorrow you will very likely be dropped from the class.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Practicum/Independent
ITS NOT TO LATE! But almost.
ALL DDM STUDENTS MUST HAVE 3 CREDITS OF PRACTICUM!
I know more of you need to be in this class than are signed up. The class is offered ONLY in the fall and spring semester AND ONLY for 1 credit. NO EXCEPTIONS!
DO NOT come to me next year saying you need more than one credit. The answer is and emphatic NO!
ALL DDM STUDENTS MUST HAVE 3 CREDITS OF PRACTICUM!
I know more of you need to be in this class than are signed up. The class is offered ONLY in the fall and spring semester AND ONLY for 1 credit. NO EXCEPTIONS!
DO NOT come to me next year saying you need more than one credit. The answer is and emphatic NO!
First GAG Meeting for Spring Semester:
This Wednesday, Feb 6th at 2 pm
DDM Class Studio/Lab
This should be a GREAT year for GAG! There are a lot of events coming up in our area and a lot for us to do. We also now have over $2000 in our account to do them.
Who MUST ATTEND...
Anyone expecting to get a degree in DDM are required to attend this and all meetings and participate in activities... the only exception is if you have a class or work at the time of the meeting or activity. (Work = a paid employee and scheduled to work at that time.) You can NOT miss classes for GAG meetings or activities (except field trips). If you miss a meeting or event you are required to communicate with the officers, committees, or other members to find what happened at the meetings and how you can participate in any activities if they are planed.
WHO IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND...
If you are in Intro to Graphic Design (DDM 101) or Intro to Mac (DDM 110), or if you are just taking DDM classes as electives like Photography or video, your are welcome, and encouraged to attend and be a member of GAG but it is not required.
What is GAG?
GAG stands for Graphic Arts Group. Currently we are loosely affiliated with AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Design, (click here for student member ship page, membership not required at this time). This is one of the issues that we will be discussing at future meetings. Basically, our group is about helping us learn more about the field of graphic arts (graphic design, photography, illustration, animation, video, etc.), help us as students to participate in and travel to events related to our field, and get to know each other and begin to developed a professional network for our selves to help us once we have graduated.
We need Officers: (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.). Ideally officers students who are in or have taken at least Page Layout I.
Added incentive for being an officer...
Positive - You will receive extra credit at the end of the semester in any of my classes.
Positive - I can promise you that this is a GREAT opportunity to add strengthen your resume, and will help you get a job after you graduate.
Negitive - We will loose all that money that you have all worked so hard to get if we don't have officers by the end of the meeting.
Note: If you are interested in being an officer but can not attended the meeting contact; Michelle (michelle.eriacho@gmail.com), or Rylen (jackrabbit1492@gmail.com).
This Wednesday, Feb 6th at 2 pm
DDM Class Studio/Lab
This should be a GREAT year for GAG! There are a lot of events coming up in our area and a lot for us to do. We also now have over $2000 in our account to do them.
Who MUST ATTEND...
Anyone expecting to get a degree in DDM are required to attend this and all meetings and participate in activities... the only exception is if you have a class or work at the time of the meeting or activity. (Work = a paid employee and scheduled to work at that time.) You can NOT miss classes for GAG meetings or activities (except field trips). If you miss a meeting or event you are required to communicate with the officers, committees, or other members to find what happened at the meetings and how you can participate in any activities if they are planed.
WHO IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND...
If you are in Intro to Graphic Design (DDM 101) or Intro to Mac (DDM 110), or if you are just taking DDM classes as electives like Photography or video, your are welcome, and encouraged to attend and be a member of GAG but it is not required.
What is GAG?
GAG stands for Graphic Arts Group. Currently we are loosely affiliated with AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Design, (click here for student member ship page, membership not required at this time). This is one of the issues that we will be discussing at future meetings. Basically, our group is about helping us learn more about the field of graphic arts (graphic design, photography, illustration, animation, video, etc.), help us as students to participate in and travel to events related to our field, and get to know each other and begin to developed a professional network for our selves to help us once we have graduated.
We need Officers: (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.). Ideally officers students who are in or have taken at least Page Layout I.
Added incentive for being an officer...
Positive - You will receive extra credit at the end of the semester in any of my classes.
Positive - I can promise you that this is a GREAT opportunity to add strengthen your resume, and will help you get a job after you graduate.
Negitive - We will loose all that money that you have all worked so hard to get if we don't have officers by the end of the meeting.
Note: If you are interested in being an officer but can not attended the meeting contact; Michelle (michelle.eriacho@gmail.com), or Rylen (jackrabbit1492@gmail.com
).
Illustration Blogs?!?
If your name is not in the 'Student Blog' page (link to the left), you need to get it to me ASAP! If I don't have it before the end of next class it will start effecting grades.
When you send it send it Make sure that 'Illustration II Blog' is the SUBJECT and 'YOUR NAME' is in the body.
FAQs about this assignment.
1. Log into your Gmail account.
2 Click “more’ (upper left (Gmail Calendar Document…. more)).
3. DO NOT select ‘Blogs’ in the pull down. Click ‘even more’.
4. In the second column under ‘Communicate, show & share’ click ‘Blogger’
5. On the Blogger Page Click the big orang ‘Create A Blog’ button.
6. Follow the instructions from here.
When you send it send it Make sure that 'Illustration II Blog' is the SUBJECT and 'YOUR NAME' is in the body.
FAQs about this assignment.
- Yes. If I do not receive it BEFORE our next class meeting (Tuesday, Feb 5th 11:30) it will effect your grade.
- Yes. If you do not send it as instructed it will effect your grade.
- Yes. If you sent it to me and its not in the list, you need to send it again or it will effect your grade.
- Yes. If you don't see your name and link on the student link page (FOR ANY REASON) you need to send it to me as instructed above or it will effect your grade.
- Yes. If I sit down at my computer Tuesday after class and I can not put your name and link on the page for ANY REASON, it will effect your grade.
- No. There will be no time in class to make your blog.
- No... It will not effect your grade in a good way it in a good way.
1. Log into your Gmail account.
2 Click “more’ (upper left (Gmail Calendar Document…. more)).
3. DO NOT select ‘Blogs’ in the pull down. Click ‘even more’.
4. In the second column under ‘Communicate, show & share’ click ‘Blogger’
5. On the Blogger Page Click the big orang ‘Create A Blog’ button.
6. Follow the instructions from here.
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