MICA Intro to GD

Apr 03

Class Policy Reminders

Please be aware of the following:

All projects are due as detailed on your project sheets and in class.
Process work is part of the final calculation of your grades for each project.
If you are unsure about anything, always ASK! Kelcey and I are here to help you!
Please contact me if you have any problems regarding a specific deadline you think you might have trouble hitting. Unless you contact me BEFORE the project is due, I expect a project from you submitted as outlined, no questions asked.
I will only allow a resubmission if the project was properly submitted at the time it was due.
I will never lower your grade from a resubmission. You can only improve your grade.

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Time Machine Ads Due This Thursday, April 5th!

You will need the following to turn in your Time Machine Ad Project:

Mount and flush cut your new ad on bristol board
Mount and flush cut original ad on bristol (at its original size)
Bring in digital PDFs of your original ad and your new ad for the class archive.

Please remember to put a cover sheet and trim it down to size on your ads.

Mar 28

MICA Internship Fair this Friday!

There will be some organizations and businesses on campus this Friday at the Brown Center 1-4pm. If you’re looking for an internship (some are paid!) or job it could be useful in the Baltimore area. Here’s the website: http://micacareerfair.wordpress.com/

and specific companies looking for designers:
http://micacareerfair.wordpress.com/category/for-graphic-design/

On the company profiles it is indicated if they are have full-time, part-time or intern positions. A few of the companies seem like they could offer some good experience…

Mar 27

Homework due for Thur, Mar 29

We will meet in two sections, 4pm and 7pm. Please bring the following and note your group times below.

Printouts of your two variations of your print ads

black and white, at full-size**. trimmed down.
PDF to project on screen if your printouts are black and white.
you may bring color printouts if you prefer

**Size is determined by the magazine you will be designing for. e.g. REAL SIMPLE is wider than businessweek so measure your magazine to determine your final page size.

To print out an ad that is larger than the letter-size 8.5 x 11, you can print a tiled version from the black and white laser printer and then trim and tape it together. Reference the post on “tiling” below.

Group one: 4pm
Tyler
Alex
Daisy
Garrett
Sara C
Katie Reynolds
Yuka
Jessica
Heather

Group two: 7pm
Sarah Park
Katherine O.
Kyle
Alayna
Zak
Ryan
Hannah
Raina
Jennifer

Tiling a Poster for Crits

To Tile from Adobe InDesign 5.5

Choose File > Print.

In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, select Tile.

Choose one of the following options in the Tile menu:Auto Automatically calculates the number of tiles required, including the overlap. Auto Justified Increases the amount of overlap (if necessary) so that the right sides of the rightmost tiles are aligned at the right edge of the document’s page, and the bottom sides of the bottommost tiles are aligned at the bottom edge of the document’s page.

I recommend printing with AUTO, and then hit print. Once it is done printing, trim and tape according to the marks on the margins of the page.

Mar 19

Retro Ad Gallery

The Daily Beast is running a contest to promote the newest season of Mad Men with a gallery of retro ads. I thought it might be nice for you guys to see them given our current project http://www.thedailybeast.com/sponsored/vote-for-your-favorite-retro-ad.html

Globe Poster @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

More information about Globe and MICA collab here . See more Globe work Check out the amazing work curated by our very own Kelcey Towell! Hope to see you all there.

Mar 08

Time Machine Homework: Due Mar 22nd

example of time machine (brian agamie)

Your homework due as a PDF presentation on Mar 22nd:

Get or Scan a hi-res of your vintage advertisement
choose your magazine style you will redesign your old ad into
research your magazine and present your magazine’s audience
brainstorm and sketch 3, 8.5x5.5” sketches on how to repurpose your ad

Extra Credit!

http://fyi.mica.edu/event/mfa_first_year_show_ii

For 10pts extra credit (that’s a whole letter grade!)

1. Visit the GD MFA First Year Show (II) in the gallery opposite the McDonalds on North Ave before it closes on March 11th!

2. Write a one page response to a one or a series of GD MFA projects you found particularly interesting. Alternatively, you may write a reaction to the show in its entirety.

3. This is not busy work, I truly want you to go, visit and reflect on the work. Your one page response needs to be thoughtfully processed and composed.

Did any of the projects bring up questions in your mind? What where those questions? Did you discover new processes or techniques? Did a visual stick in your mind…why?

This gallery is across from the McDonald’s on North Ave and sits next to the Baltimore Print Studios. The show ends on the 11th, so hurry!!