Design at OBU

Very Cool Site on Kerning

2012-02-14T14:11:00.000-08:00

Practice your kerning. This was sent to me by way of Mary Corley.

internship

2012-02-14T14:08:00.001-08:00

Design Students, I received this email today about an internship opportunity:

Pipeworks Software is a game design and development company located in Eugene, Oregon. They contacted me looking for programming interns. In the process of sending them students for those positions, they mentioned that they have both art and music internships as well. The music interns will work with other musicians in the company to help compose the scores that will serve as background music in some of their games. The art interns will be asked to create characters, landscapes, concept art, etc. to be used in some of their games. The artwork will be both in sketch form and 3-D modeling.

If you have any students who might be interested, please have them send their contact information and a resume to Marc Rodriguez at mrodriguez@pipeworks.com.

Thanks!

Nichole Turnage

MGMT Music Video

2011-12-06T17:20:00.000-08:00

Ok, I just must be a sucker for the designers over at Oneedo. They animated MGMT's new music video and it is pretty cool! Plus, it is a good distraction from studying for finals.

Enjoy!

11 Trillion Things to Learn

2011-11-29T19:40:00.000-08:00

As a student we have a lot to learn. Apparently, we have 11 trillion things to learn. As design students, here are a few. Enjoy!

Animated Music Video

2011-11-16T21:10:00.000-08:00

Check out this rad video! Pay attention to all of the fade-ins and fade-outs. Also, the characters are pretty cool.

Ways to Stay Creative

2011-11-10T21:05:00.001-08:00

Check out this sweet video for ways to stimulate creativity!

29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo.

Steve Jobs Wins Again

2011-11-10T07:31:00.000-08:00

Steve Jobs killed CDs by moving people to digital downloads via his iTunes store. Now it appears he's winning battles even from the grave.

Adobe is done trying

Art Auction

2011-11-09T21:10:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody,

Just to make you aware, our fall art auction is rapidly approaching.

If you would like to help out please sign-up (the sheet is on Julie's office door).

Also, we are looking for some fresh blood and ideas for the Art Club. So if you would like to get involved please talk to me, Aaron Morvan, or Julie.

contact me through:

Twitter or

Facebook

Update on Classes

2011-10-05T10:00:00.001-07:00

Everything went well. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

As for courses, I'll be back in class on Thursday and Friday.

THURSDAY CLASSES
Ad Design - Present your Mast Bros. project

Typography - Present your 27th letter project

Raster Graphics - We will have the quiz over Chs. 7, 8, and 9, as scheduled

FRIDAY CLASSES
Intro to Graphic Design - We will start our Iterations project

Design Basics - We will continue work on Scale is a Verb

Harper is here.

2011-10-04T11:50:00.000-07:00

College Night at OKC Museum of Art

2011-09-14T20:48:00.000-07:00

Art students,

If you did not already know, September is College Month at the OKC Museum of Art. During the entire mont of September college students receive free admission if you show your student ID.

However, there is College Night, September 22. OBU's Art Department will be going as a group. If you would like to ride a van, please sign-up in the art building.

I would really like to have a good group go. Not only will it be a fun evening, but it will be a good time for you to network with fellow artists and exchange ideas and contact info.

For more information please visit the event page at OKC Art Museum.

—Aaron

A "Collective Remembrance"

2011-09-06T21:39:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow in chapel, cards will be passed out as you exit--just like the one pictured above. This is an opportunity for us to remember 9-11 in a very creative way. I hope that you will take the time to participate in this project. I want designers and artists to lead in this effort.

We will be collecting these cards and placing them on a wall, in a big collage, this coming Friday in the GC. I'll need your help to watch the booth, and help attach cards to the wall. Stay tuned for a sign-up sheet, or reply here for a slot. I'd like to have it open from 9-4pm on Friday.

There are still jobs

2011-09-06T21:32:00.000-07:00

I received some exciting news this weekend that one of our recent graduates, Mikki Bell, received a full-time job as a graphic designer in California. It was nice to hear that--even in a highly competitive job market--good jobs are still out there.

Site is down

2011-08-30T16:16:00.000-07:00

You may have noticed that the designatobu.com site is down... well, sort of. This is a regional ISP (internet service provider) issue, not an issue with the actual server or the site itself. So, if you have a phone that has 3G, you should be able to still access the content.

Perspective Grid Vid

2011-08-30T11:44:00.000-07:00

watch the video

There are several follow-up videos after this one.

There's also info in Lesson 9 of the Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book.

intrigued by this

2011-08-29T14:38:00.000-07:00

Muse -- a new way of authoring websites from Adobe.

watch the video

Logo Evolution

2011-08-29T14:15:00.001-07:00

Logo Evolution Video

My absence

2011-08-26T14:14:00.000-07:00

Some of you may have noticed my absence on Friday. My father had a triple-bypass surgery today. Your prayers would be welcomed. He's doing fine now.

Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple

2011-08-25T06:49:00.001-07:00

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/steve-jobs-resigns-apple-ceo-14376535

"Everything is a Remix"

2011-08-22T20:07:00.000-07:00

http://vimeo.com/kirbyferguson

Check out pt. 1, 2, and 3.

Julie's Show

2011-08-17T13:02:00.000-07:00

Be sure to check out Julie Marks Blacktone's show in the Geiger Center at OBU. Julie spent a few weeks this summer in Santa Fe, NM taking in her surroundings and painting some beautiful landscapes.

for the digital/analogue enthusiast

2011-08-16T12:39:00.001-07:00

This is a fun [and free] app for making your iPhone digital pics look old, crusty, and beautiful. Check it out: Instagram

2 Weeks Out

2011-08-11T21:15:00.000-07:00

Well, we are just two weeks away from the start of school. I'm looking forward to seeing each of you again. A few things have happened over the summer that may be of interest to you.

1. I went to Branson, MO with my grandparents.
2. We have brand-spankin' new iMacs in the Mac lab—21.5" of glorious screen space for your spectacular designs.
3. We have a new bookstore (sort of). It's not like a new building or anything, but it's under new management. They will be carrying many of the supplies you used to have to drive to OKC for, so check them out.
4. We, in an effort to keep you on your toes, have changed the names of many of the graphic design classes. We thought it was becoming to easy to graduate, so we decided to complicate it. But seriously, I think you'll find the new course titles more descriptive of actual course content.

See you soon,

-corey