The OVC

HEY. this post is just to remind you about what you should love:
1. CORGI’S
2. THE OVC
3. SETH WHITTON FOR TEACHING US ILLUSTRATOR TRICKS THIS THURSDAY.

why should you love these things?
1. they are free
2. sometimes they are soft.
3. they are very helpful in the VIS COMM department.

SO TO EQUATE;
be in room 368A at 5:00 PM tomorrow, FEB 11 for a free Adobe Illustrator tutorial / tips / Q&A session. For free and for love.

THE ILLUSTRATOR TUTORIAL HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 2 (ITS SNOWING IN TEXAS Y’ALL!)

BUT, you should stick around on TUESDAY FEB 16 at 5:00 PM for an Adobe Photoshop advanced tips/ tricks session!!!

Also: there is an updated spring 2010 calendar for your reference. can you find it? the link probably says “spring 2010 calendar”, just saying.

DSVC101 is a micro-organization led by DSVC members specifically geared toward students. They are leading a tour of Matchbox Studio this Thursday- November 12.
GO HERE TO RSVP AND FOR MORE DETAILS

This Wednesday, October 28 at 5:30 we have a cyber-visiting designer/ illustrator named FRANK CHIMERO. He lives and works in Missouri and has been kind enough to set up an iChat visit with us. If you are planning to attend, try to be at the VISUAL RESOURCE COMMONS a little before 5:30 to minimize distractions. Also, there will be a Q&A session afterwards so have some questions ready! Hopefully this goes well because it could open a lot of doors for us in the future. iChat and the internet make virtually every designer accessible to us, especially when they are so willing to participate, as I’m sure most of them are. If there are any designers you personally look up to and would like to hear from let us know! We want you to get as much out of this organization and out of this school as possible, so let us help you!
Also check out these cool pieces PARKER BYRD prepared for this event! The TV will be in the Good Stuff and Better Things show in Gallery West.

SOME of us were up at Gallery West for 12 hours setting up the show for this week! We are super excited about it, it looks awesome. It is totally the best show that has been up this year. That is my unbiased opinion. Zach brought his camera and snapped a few shots of us setting things up.. Most of the pictures are actually after everything was set up. So make yourself look busy and visit our FLICKR GROUP to check them out.
Also come to Gallery West on Friday Oct 30 between 7:00 and 9:00 PM for the closing reception. There will be food, music, people, art. Also, at least one person will be wearing a Halloween costume.. You should probably think about adding to that number.

I don’t know about you guys, but there have been multiple occasions in the past while designing an envelope, postcard, etc when I have searched and searched for USPS guidelines and rules– where things can be printed, how much space to leave for barcodes, etc.
Well.. On this, the Ninth of October, Two Thousand Nine years into the Common Era,

I HAVE FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL

Please enjoy the extremely technical jargon and convoluted content of this wonderful resource (With not enough pictures). You’re welcome.

Announcing:: The OVC Student Show

Download the submission form

Entries will be accepted in person on Mondays and Wednesdays in room FA 358 from 5:00-5:30.
Refer to the submission form for details.
Comment or Email us with questions: info.theovc@gmail.com

>>>>>>> http://www.booooooom.com/ <<<<<<<

I felt the need to share this website, some of you might already know about it.. but seriously. I absolutely hate looking at things on the internet because I keep clicking and clicking without seeing a single thing that catches my eye.. but this website.. I seem to be into every single artist. the work they feature spans pretty much every corner of art- except for corporate and super design-y stuff which is alright if you ask me.. I think ‘fine art’ is usually more inspiring on a deeper level than looking at a bunch of identities and letterheads. I hope you discover something that makes your day better.

… and i just found this amazing flickr group:

>>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/groups/35468132865@N01/ <<<<<<<

arguably one of the best resources for illustrations and inspiration i have seen lately.

So.. my life got a little better today.

Apparently Evian has been featuring bottles by fashion designers since 2007- First Christian Lacroix, then Jean-Paul Gaultier, and this year Paul Smith. I realize this might not mean that much to non-fashion enthusiasts, but hopefully you will at least be able to enjoy the website and the bottle design. It takes a little long to load, but it has really nice motion and it is nice to see the little world they created; I think it speaks to the design alright. Mainly I just love the idea of fashion and couture designers making water bottles.. Europeans always get it right.

HEY. we are meeting at Bowling and Billiards in the UC today at 5 to hang out, bowl, eat cake, beat the crap out of a pinata.. you should come by. We will also announce the winner of the logo contest!

See you there.

HEY.

there is a forum over there –>>>

YOU SHOULD USE IT. there are topics for each class where you can post things you are working on and get feedback, and also ask questions and discuss things.

if you need help posting links or images, look at this page: http://forum.theovc.org/help.php

You should know by now that the more feedback you get the better.. and this can be a great resource for you!