Eastern’s webspace is very limited not allowing me to put that much work out there to the public, therefore I will be uploading several videos (some new and some old) over the next week or so, so check back when you can. 

UPDATE: due to vimeo policy I cannot upload videos my students create. Their rules state that the creator must update the video or someone who “participated closely” in the creation of the video. While I interpret that to include teaching, which is very similar to art directing, apparently they see differently. I will explore other options to house the videos we make here. 

The voice is a little creepy, but the video is quite good. Reminds me of machobox, but with more 3D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o1U4o1bc2k

This thursday will be the Third Annual Eastern Michigan Film Festival. I didn’t know it existed until this year. I was asked to put together a DVD of student work (since I didn’t find out until after the deadline). The 26 minute DVD titled ,Salvos from the Art Department, includes work from last winter to current work by students in the Art Department.Here is a complete list of students whose work will be shown:Shawn Lee, Nick Woods, Kari McLeod, Jon Fenlon, Ashely Sako, Ashley Santrock, Alan Languirand, Jai Liu, Ryan Haury, Hui Yang, Derek Reitzel, Chad Carlson, Andrew Reaume, Nick Weidner, Matt Bernick, Amisha Frye, Amanda Nees, Rachel Auriemma, Ashley Strauss, Aaron Selix, and title and end credits feature animations by Ashley Strauss and Calvin Locklear.3rd Annual EMU Student Video/Film FestivalApril 3rd12:00 – 8:00PMStudent Center Auditorium(admission free)

hey nobody, this site links to cool websites. its a good resource that we check a lot when working on sites. check it!

The Model Your Campus in 3-D contest is back this year. If you have any interest in learning more about 3-D modeling, photography, georgraphy ect… you should check it out.

If you are interested, email me, becaus I would like to get a team together. We tried last year, but it was all seniors and we didn’t have enough time (it was due during graduation). This year it isn’t due until June 1st, but it’s now an international competition.

We should involve some of the CG people from Sill hall and really put forth a good effort.

-Alan

http://contest.sketchup.com/

this isnt really a design site but i feel that there is a strong correlation between comic book art and graphic design. regardless, this site is an illustrator directory that allows you to post and view samples of their work. some big names include joe madureira, adam hughes, jim lee, walt simonson, and art adams (who really pioneered the manga style of drawing in american culture back in the 80’s). check it out.

I just love these guys… they constantly come up with amazing ideas and work…and they have 4 blogs, which give some insight on how they create.


In particular: http://www.motherboard.nu/videos/flash-forward-videos this entry shows how they often start with cardboard to generate ideas. It just goes to show you how simple an idea can be, and how it can be translated by people who know how to develop it with technology.


They also have this great internship program that seems to be ongoing, 4 times a year, if you click on CAREERS and then Internships… that is…after you click on the image above to go to their site…

Got this email from a former student who is doing well. Reply to him if interested or you have questions, because that’s all the info I got.

____________________

Andy, Ryan and Leslie,

There seems to be a wave of interesting art and design documentary films coming out of the woodworks, from Helvetica to Beautiful Losers. One of the most recent one’s I came across is archiCulture, a film about studio life in architecture school. I find this one particularly interesting, partly because I experienced it myself: sleepless nights (some times 2-3 day all-nighters), throwing a dust bag (a bag full of eraser dust to prevent your drafting tools smearing your drawing) at your studio mates face, x-acto injuries, and essentially living in shanty villages/cubes hobbled together from cardboard, foamcore, plywood, and 2×4s. While I have only seen the trailer it looks quite interesting.

Studio culture is an interesting thing, one which I have only seen glimpses of here at Eastern, partly because graphic design can be done at home on one’s laptop, and partly because there is no space here that someone can claim as their own. There are moments when I see several students up here working late (using the silkscreen equipment or just working together on group projects), but most often the studio is empty. Studio culture is a vital thing to success of most programs it gives students a place that they can come work and share their dorky passion for type, or motion, or posters, etc. So I put this question to all who read this, how can EMU build its studio culture (not even just graphic design, but for the entire Art department)?

There is a nice interview with the directors of archiCulture on Archinect.

hey, motion kids

stuff like this looks doable. i think the hardest part is writing a kickass song.