Enter the Media Arts Competiton

The Multimedia & Entertainment Initiative is pleased to announce the 2009 Media Arts Award Competition, now in its 10th year. Last year more than $35,000 in software and special prizes were awarded to 50 community college and high school students.

This is a very important state-wide competition, and GCOM always tries to enter some or our students work. Last year, our own Vitaliy Zavorotny won for Graphic Design Promotional Materials. In fact, the competiton poster you see here was designed by him as well!

The winners are showcased at an award ceremony and featured on a DVD. A prize in the contest would look excellent on your resume. 

If you are interested, you can get all the info at www.cccmei.net/mediaarts/

In order to enter, you must also contact a GCOM instructor to submit the forms for you. So, we're waiting for you to come to us!

Info Graphics Master to Speak...

Don't miss a great opportunity to see this special GCOM guest speaker presentation:

Nathaniel Levine

Sacramento Bee

visual journalist, graphic artists and digital illustrator

Friday, December 5

1pm in T-100

Nathaniel is an award-winning visual journalist who uses Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and 3D applications to create 2D and 3D art, maps, charts, and interactive animations for both the printed newspaper and the Sac Bee web site.

This presentation will be very informative for all students interested in graphics, 3D, publication and journalism. There will also be plenty of time for question and answers.

See some of Nathiel's work here:

Interactive version of the map above
Interactive nail gun graphic

Folsom Auto Mall Logo Design Contest: Win $750!

The Folsom Auto Mall is hosting a logo design contest for design students. The designer of the winning logo will win $750. The logo must be created in as a vector-based file (Illustrator) and the deadline is December 1. For more details, visit folsomautomall.com. For feedback on your design prior to sending it in, feel free to contact your GCOM instructors. (PS design a logo that better looking than this flier!)

Outreach Cover Winners!

Congratulations to the GCOM students whose work was chose to grace the covers our our three Spring 09 Outreach Center Schedules.

Downtown Outreach Center: Karen Adams

Davis Outreach Center: Debi Flory

West Sacramento Outreach Center: John Conley

Good job designers!

Friday 11/21 Field Trip to Eagle Press

All GCOM Students are welcome!

What: A Field Trip to Eagle Press
(hosted by Eagle Press Sales Rep, Dave Feldpausch)

Eagle Press is a medium-size sheetfed, web, and digital commercial printer, and part of the nationwide Consolidated Graphics network of companies.

When: Friday, Nov. 21 • 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Where: Eagle Press • 8111 37th Avenue • Sacramento, California 95824
(we will meet at printer - plenty of parking - see map / directions below)

Why: Real World Knowledge of Commercial Printing Operations!

Please RSVP to Tom Cappelletti at cstudio@gmail.com

Driving Directions:
From HWY 50:
Take Power Inn Road South past
Fruitridge
Left on 37th, Eagle is on the left.
From HWY 99 South of Sacramento
Take Fruitridge East
Right on Power Inn Road
Left on 37th, Eagle is on the left.


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Head Modeling Contest

Animation Magazine is sponsoring a 3D head modeling competition!  The Face-2-Face Contest features nearly $10,000 worth of prizes to help you in your creative craft.  Each main category - Film and Game - will offer a First, Second and Third prize sponsored by Dell and Image Metrics.  In addition, all entrants will enjoy great exposure to the entertainment industry in general, and more specifically, to some of the best creative's in the business, our judges.  

Act fast.  The context ends December 5, 2008.

Here's the link for more info: Animation Magazine Face-2-Face Contest

The Magical CNN Hologram

Those of us who watched the election coverage on CNN were dazzled by their awesome visual effects and animations.  From real-time interactive 3D maps to a computer animated charts, CNN brought their "A-Game" for their election night coverage.  Here's a link to how they accomplished the awesome Hologram Effect for their correspondents:  Link