GCOM Student Design Awards Update, Judges Announced

• Enter up to 3 designs
• Updated! Work can be from Spring 2007, Fall 2007 and/or Spring 2008
• New! Mount your work that night: The GC Club will be selling material to mount your entries on and will also be offering their services for a donation
• Submissions will be accepted Tuesday, April 29, from 4.30 to 7.30 in T100
• Questions? Contact Dre at diazvaughn@gmail.com or 916.213.0450 or Don at buttond@scc.losrios.edu or 916.396.1134
• Download an entry form here or get one from the MacCad Lab

Three judges are confirmed for the GCOM Student Design Awards: Kelly Cooper, Design Director of Sol Design Group (www.soldesigngroup.com), Drew Newbold of Dante Creative Group (www.dantecg.com) and Jeff Toll, creative director of BKWLD (www.bkwld.com). These award-winning creatives will be joined by one faculty member from the Sac State's Department of Design and the creative director from an interactive agency. Here's your chance to be recognized!

Passport 2 Design @ American River College

As if we didn't have enough going on in May here at GCOM@SCC, the Art New Media department at ARC is also hosting their own event.

It's also co-sponsored with ADAC and will feature several speakers, education and career advising, portfolio reviews and other resource info.

It happens Friday, May 2 on the ARC campus from 9am - 4:30pm

For all the event info, go to: www.adac.org/p2d/

Tabloid Headline

If your 'design greatness' cannot be contained by mere letter sized output, free yourself from the tyranny of tiny paper. Meet the new HP LaserJet 5200 tabloid (a.k.a. 11x17) printer. Your designs can now be 100% BIGGER!* 

Our new tabloid laser printer is ready for student use. Capable of black and white, level 3 Postscript output, the HP LaserJet 5200 is accessible from Macintosh 37 and can be printed to for $1 per page.

*bigger does not always mean better

California State Fair Fine Art Competition!

The Golden State's oldest and most prestigious fine arts show happens every year at the California State Fair, and includes a category for digital art (Division 415 - New Media Works). The deadline for entries is May 30th, and costs $20 per entry. Static or animated works created in Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Lightwave, Maya, can be included.

Click here for more information. Scroll down to "Fine Arts" and you will find entry information including how to enter online, and you can also download PDFs of the entry form, and the Fine Arts Competition handbook, and a lot more information!

GCOM Student Wins Design Award

SCC GCOM student Vitaliy Zavorotny won first place in the "Self Promotion" category in the 2008 Media Arts Award Competition sponsored by the California Community College Multimedia and Entertainment Initiative.

Vitaliy won for his 2008 calendar he designed in Tom Cappelletti's Advanced Illustrator class last year (cover shown above).

This is a highly regarded state wide student competition and the win will look great on Vitaliy's resume. We know there is plenty of other award-level work being created here, so don't forget to enter this contest (and others) next year!

For more info on the CCCMEI awards and the results, go to:

http://cccmei.net/mediaarts/

GC Students Visit CCA in SF

This past Wednesday, April 16, five GCOM students and I (instructor Don Button) took a trip to the City by the Bay for a tour of the California College of the Arts campus. The trip was sponsored by the GC Club.

We visited with GCOM instructor Robyn Waxman who is there working on her Masters Degree for two years. We were also joined by former SCC GCOM students Janet and Jason. They answered questions and shared their experiences transitioning from community college to big-time art school. One of the Design Department's chairs also met with us and answered questions. 

Then Robyn gave us the full tour of the main building, where the many programs (graphic design, fine arts, photography, industrial design, fashion design, illustration, architecture and several others) all share space and intermingle. 

It's an amazingly creative and exciting atmosphere. GC Club president Adrienne Miller-Moore took some photos and we've posted a slide show for you to se at  http://wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~tech/gc/cca/

Deadline coming up on Friday, April 18

Your chance to design the cover of one of the SCC Outreach Center's Summer/Fall schedules is almost over!

Don't miss this great opportunity to get your design printed and published.

Using Photoshop and/or Illustrator, create a cover concept or illustration and submit it for consideration by APRIL 18. If chosen, you will receive a design credit and mini-bio in the schedule, and have a professional-level, published portfolio piece.

Click here to DOWNLOAD THE INFO FLYER.

To see some past student cover designs, go to: scc.losrios.edu/gc/outreach

GCOM Design Contest expands entry options

You can now enter up to THREE designs in the 2008 GCOM Student Design Awards

Now you have the opportunity to be judged on three different designs in the GCOM Student Design Awards. That's right, you can enter the calendar from your 341 class, the web project you did in 361 and your project from the GC Studio + Club class (or whatever three projects you've created during this semester and last). Projects have to be created as an class or instructor assignment in either the Fall 2007 or Spring 2008 semester. The categories are: print design of the year and interactive/animated design of the year.

Click here to download the UPDATED FLYER & ENTRY FORM

Contact Andrea Diaz-Vaughn at 916.213.0450 or diazvaughn@gmail.com or Don Button at 916.396.1134 or buttond@scc.losrios.edu.

Did you design this year's best?

See a printing press in action!

Join ADAC for a special tour of American Lithographers.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
2629 5th Street, Sacramento
Event Cost: Free

As a designer, a strong relationship with your printer is essential to delivering a successful project. Understanding just what a printer can do for you is equally important. Join ADAC for a unique comprehensive tour of American Lithographers, one of the premier printers in Sacramento. See their presses in action and learn some of the tricks of the trade. Beyond the pressesfrom prepress to paper and inkschange is constant, so its imperative to stay ahead of the curve and learn about the latest products and applications.
Refreshments will be provided.

RSVP by April 16 to tours@adac.org. A confirmation email will be sent a day before. Any questions, please contact Beverly Dark at American Lithographers, 916 233.3921.

For more info about ADAC, go to their Web site: www.adac.org

2008 GCOM Student Design Awards...

Presented by GCOM & the GC Club 

The 2008 Graphic Communication Student Design Awards will recognize the best student work of the 2007-2008 school year and are open to students enrolled in one or more graphic communication classes.

The competition has two categories: print design of the year and interactive design of the year. Entries will be judged on concept, design, execution, overall creativity and originality. 

The panel of judges will consist of designers, art directors and creative directors in the local industry. 

Submissions will be accepted on Tuesday, April 29, and the results will be announced at this year's GC Student Show: GraphicCon, Tuesday, May 6, at SCC's Student Center.

Entries will be accepted on Tuesday, April 29, between 4.30 and 8.00 pm in T100.

Questions? Contact Andrea Diaz-Vaughn at 916.213.0450 or diazvaughn@gmail.com or Don Button at 916.396.1134 or buttond@scc.losrios.edu.