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Business for artists and designers #3 – Craft a perfect resume
Craft the perfect resume No one cares, really. No one cares what you want what your objective is. People what to know how you can help, so take the objective part of your resume out. No one cares. So how … Continue reading
Business for artists and designers #2
Once you know where you want to go, clients you want to have, money you want to make… Does your portfolio reflect that level of work ? If your portfolio does not reflect the level of work you want to have, … Continue reading
Business for artists and designers
As artists and designers we love what we do but just like everyone else we also have to pay bills. How can we turn what we create into dollars? There’s no sense unless there’s dollar sense. I’m going to start … Continue reading
Underwater Fashion Photography
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Not your mother’s resume
We’ve been looking at creative ways of showcasing your resume, and we’ve come across some very interesting resume infographics! These might be the way to stand out if you are going to be working with data or visuals. You can … Continue reading
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Tagged graphic design, graphic design career, resume design
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Steve Talks About Sketchbook
Steve Trapero, owner of Pinnacle Design Center, will talk about how to use a simple sketchbook for your graphic design career.
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The art of designing typeface has changed with the arrival of digital technology. A bustling network of designers is shaping the way we think and feel about fonts
// From DW Think Times New Roman, Ariel, or Century Gothic. Beyond our basic understanding of the alphabets we use for word processing programs – or the ones we read in books, magazines or on street signage – there is … Continue reading
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Typography Class Student Samples
// One of the typography projects in my beginning typography class is to design a poster for a typeface. This is Mayu T. ‘s work. She choose Eurostile as her typeface. It’s … Continue reading
Illustrator Class Examples
I often get asked what can you do with Adobe Illustrator. Below are two student work from our Illustrator class. The project is to draw something by hand, scan the drawing, trace the image in Illustrator and color them. This … Continue reading
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Can I make a living as a graphic designer, web designer, or as a commercial artist?
Recently, we’ve come across a good number of people (including some of our past students) who quit their art or design careers, and have compromised for some boring, yet steady jobs such as accounting or real estate. What’s sad to … Continue reading
Transportation Design News for Art Center College of Design Students
For students’ who’s interest or already in Transportation Design for Art Center College of Design, you might want to know or read about this: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ferdinand-porsche-20120406,0,7750596.story
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classroom vs online
We offer different kinds of art and design classes at Pinnacle Design Center. We’ve been recently thinking about offering most of our classes online. In fact, we’ve already set up, and are offering our photoshop and illustrator classes online. What … Continue reading
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