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A Quick Sketch

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I had the opportunity to sketch some of my students while they took the midterm in my color theory class. This was a quick sketch, drawn in about 8 minutes.

Being Remarkable

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My friend, Mary, was recently in a community theatre production of The Mikado. She was asked to write a bio for the printed program. This being her first role ever, she had little to say about herself that related. So in the 250-word blurb, she “humorized” on the concept of a bio, sidestepping the usual [...]

Is This Inexperienced “Designer” Being Exploited?

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This afternoon I was listening to a radio talk show in which the host was interviewing business majors from a local college. One of the students expressed an interest in pursuing graphic design upon graduating next spring. She liked the idea of designing web sites, although it was fairly obvious in listening to her speak [...]

First Response for VNY Student Journal Design

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Initial reaction to my design for the 2007 edition of the New Journal of Student Research Abstracts: “Spectacular!.” This came from Dr. Steven B. Oppenheimer, CSUN biology professor, who originally conceived of the Journal in the mid-1990s. The Journal is published by Van Nuys Airport (City of Los Angeles Department of Airports) and is sponsored [...]

10 Tips for Design Students (Especially Mine)

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Having mentored so many students over the past 20 years (wow, has it been that long?), I’ve learned that their success as students and ultimately as designers depends as much on them as it does on me. Here are some tips gleaned from both observation and experience for making the grade: The teacher is there [...]

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