Former GCOM 490 Student Update: Priscilla Garcia

Happy summer everyone!

Here's a quick update from one of GCOM's former star students. You may recognize her from her GCOM 330 tutoring days or when she was the GCOM Club's president. But Priscilla Garcia shares what she's doing now and how taking GCOM 490: The Graphic Communication Learning Studio helped her land a killer job at the Sacramento News & Review.

GCOM 490 will be offered this fall Mondays and Wednesdays from 1–3pm. Sign up today!

Name: Priscilla Garcia
Semesters enrolled in GCOM 490: Fall 2008 throught Fall 2009
Current professional status/occupation: Designer at the News & Review
Best thing about being a graphic designer: If you're going to spend 40 hours a week working, you might as well be doing what you love, and I love graphic design.
Lessons from GCOM 490: You don't get real-world experience in the other GCOM classes but GCOM 490 allowed me to experience the full process of working with a client, and also other designers and photographers. It's one thing to communicate graphically, but a professional designer must be able to communicate with their client, their photographer, and their collaborators. Plus, you can't turn in projects late like any other assignment. Working with clients helped me learn how to manage my time and set realistic deadlines.

I didn't feel confident with my portfolio. But taking GCOM 490 gave me to the opportunity to work on full-scale real-world projects and studio photography.

GCOM 490 taught me the importance of networking, it's not just what you know, its who you know! In my 3 semesters in 490 I met so many local professionals from different industries and through this class I was able to get an internship at SN&R. Before the summer was over, I was hired as an employee, not just because I was capable of the job, but because I was a motivated GCOM 490 student with professional references from my teachers.

Other GCOM classes/instructors that really propelled you: Missy's Graphic design production class helped me understand basic principals of design and the creative process

Super cool infographic

Check out this great (and very, very tall) INFOGRAPHIC showing the heights and depths of the planet Earth.

Avatar Days explores online avatars in the real world

Avatar Days from Piranha Bar on Vimeo.

Check out this great short using 3D and motion capture.

BRAINSTORM Today!

Swing by the Student Center TODAY to see the winners of the Student Design Awards and to witness the infamous Iron-Chef like competition, the Face-Offs. The goodness starts at 2pm. See the schedule below!

May 17, 2010

2pm - 7pm

SCC Student Center

Schedule

(may be subject to change)

2pm Welcome

3:00pm Student Graphic Design Face-off

• John Conley
• Brian Graham
• May Kim
• Slavic Palenyy

3:45pm Faculty Design Face-off

• Don Button
• Pat Crandley
• Jenn de la Fuente
• Chris Seddon
• Aaron Winters

4:30pm Student 3D Design Face-off

5:15pm Student Motion Design Face-off

6:00pm Student Design Awards/Reception

• See who and if anyone claims the top award in each category!
  

ADAC Event: What's Next?

ADAC (the Art Directors and Artists Club) presents What's Next?, a panel featuring four Sac State graduates speaking about the different paths they've taken in the design world since graduating five years ago.

Hans Bennewitz, Christopher Lee, Rob Martin and Jeffrey Tanhueco will spend the evening recounting very different paths taken post graduation. Design degree in hand they have found homes for their particular design talents in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Come hear their stories of trial and tribulation and ask questions as this panel of young award winning and published designers share their relatively new found wisdom.

Event info:
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
6-9 p.m.
AIA Central Valley Building
1400 S Street, Sacramento

Event open to ADAC members and non-members.
Free admission for members, $5 for non-members, $3 for student non-members.

More info:
http://adac.org

Refreshments will be served.

It's a great event, particularly if you're a student about to finish school, but it should also be entertaining and informative.

GCOM 490 gives students access to the local design industry

Photo - GCOM 490 from White Bay Pictures on Vimeo.
Take a peak at one of our joint classes with the PHOTO 490 class.

The Creative Agency at Sacramento City College (GCOM 490) offers you the opportunity the use the skills you've learned in previous classes in real world context. Collaborate with equally talented photography students. Work for local clients.

This is the only class where students get their work critiqued and receive meaningful feedback from industry professionals such as former Art Director at The Sacramento Bee, Garth Nearents and current Art Director at Glass McClure, Darcy Self.

Refine not only your design eye, but also improve your interpersonal communication and project management skills as well-- all valuable assets in your design career.

Come be part of The Creative Agency. In addition to the fall and spring semesters, GCOM 490 will now be offered this summer from June 7 through August 7, Mondays and Thursdays from 3-5pm.

For more info information, please email Andrea Diaz-Vaughn at diazvaughn@gmail.com.

Academy of Art at SCC

The Academy of Art (San Francisco) will be on campus this Monday, May 10 from 10am – 1:00pm in the quad.

Students will be able to get information on transferring to the Academy of Art University, get general questions answered about programs and transfer requirements, fill out applications, and also register for fall 2010 classes.

For more info, visit the AA website.