Call for Entries!!

SHOW US YOUR BEST ‘NON-CLASS’ WORK
Did you do a great freelance or personal design project this past year? This is your chance to show it off and get the recognition you deserve. Print, Web, Motion, Interactive, Digital Imaging or Illustration, Animation, or 3D model — they're all acceptable, but there's only one catagery - "non-class" work.

ALL ENTRIES DUE MONDAY 5-9-11*

All entries must be created between Jan. 2010 - May 2011.

Print entries must be printed and trimmed, or in finished form (brochure, CD cover, etc.)
Flat print items under 11 x17 should be mounted on black poster board or foam core.
Digital illustration, imaging, or 3D model should be printed, trimmed and mounted.
Motion, Intereactive or Animation should be devilered as digital file on CD or flash drive.
Web entries: e-mail URL to buttond@scc.losrios.edu
All entry materials must be turned in to the Brainstorm Box in the Design Lab office.
All entries must include your full name, e-mail, clients name and month/year produced. 
Failure to not follow the above instructions may disqualify your submission.
*SUBMISSION DOES NOT GUARANTEE EXHIBITION IN SHOW

Help a local high school win $50k for art programs!

Design students at Sacramento New Tech HS made it to the semifinals for a VANS Custom Shoe Design Contest!

Please take a moment to vote in this popularity contest and help them get into the finals. If they win, they will receive $50k for our art program, and the shoes may be put into production. 

http://www.vans.com/customculture/  
(Sac New Tech HS / bottom, left on screen)


Out of 400 schools, they made the cut.
They are 1 of 10 schools from California.
They are the only Northern California school.
They are a computer design class, not traditional media.
They are talented and deserve recognition. 
And please forward this to anyone in your network that might be sympathetic to our cause.

Get your Infographic on

If you don't love Infographics, you should. And here's your chance to take a stab at one—design one portraying CEO compensation, do it well, win some cash and get recognized. For more info visit the GOOD Magazine Blog.

GC Club officers, date for Animator's Ball + Student Show anounced

Save the date for this year's end of the year Student Show and Animator's Ball on Tuesday, May 19. It will be the GCOM event of the year and we'll be awarding the best student designs of the 08-09 school year. More details to will be posted on this blog.

Also, congratulations to this semester's new GC Club officers, elected by their GC Club peers.
President: Priscilla Garcia
Vice-president: Chris Hickey
Secretary: Mallory Knight
Treasurer: Nikki Chao

For more info about the show/ball and/or the GC Club, please email gcClubSCC@gmail.com or talk to Don, Pat, Tom or Dre.

The Office t-shirt design contest

The Office is holding a t-shirt design contest. For those of you who love the show, here’s the perfect opp to fuse your creativity with something you like. Deadline submission is this Thursday. Here’s a link to the contest.