New Semester, New Faces, and New Things a Comin’

Alex the black guy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:45:58 +0000

Hey folks, welcome to the fall 2008 premiere of the OVC! We will hold our first official meeting soon, so check back on the site for dates and times. Also check around for flyers throught the art building for more info as well. That will be a regular thing. I was glad to see so many faces show up for the unofficial meeting/call for leadership last week. A few things mention to from that meeting:

We need new officers; So if you want to run for president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer, make it known at the next meeting or before. It’s not a difficult job, but it does take commitment, so no foolin’ around.

we also need blog writers, (like me!) to write up about the latest in design, cool websites, helpful tools, tips, etc.

We had a lot of great ideas floating around, and with our new advisor, we’ll be able to make them happen. Speakers, competitions, critiques, developing new connections with design community, and more of a web presence.

Committees. We need ‘em. Social/party, speaker, poster/flyer design, web, these are some of the committees we need volunteers for.

PAAAARTY! We had some awesome social events last year. These kind of things are not only fun, but also a way to meet some like minded individuals and get to know each other. We’re all friends here folks

We will be doing interviews with designers and creative directors; we’ll get to pick their brains see what they look for in up and coming designers such as ourselves.

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. We’ll be trying to get more food at some of the meetings. I’m not promising anything, but we understand us college students’ insatiable appetite for snacking.

Remember folks, this is just a jumping off point. This semester is the start of making ourselves known throughout DFW. We can’t let UNT show us up! Represent! Till next time,
Alex the black guy.

theOVC Summer Hiatus

Seth — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:26:39 +0000

theOVC will return again for a bustling semester in Fall 2008. Check back then for more updates!

Focus Photography Competition

Seth — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:26:56 +0000

Focus Photography is wanting OVC members to participate in creating a sweet-mother logo for them to use to identity their organization. Final entries are due on Tuesday, April 8th at theOVC meeting for review. All entries will be presented to the Focus Photography group the next day, Wednesday the 9th, and a winner shall be chosen and awarded the $100 cash prize.

Here’s a list of what you need to include with you entry:
(If any of these items are missing, the entry will not be included in the presentation on Wednesday)

Print out of each entry on landscape 8.5”x11” paper
Mock-up stationary set with use of logo
All source files on disk including all .ai files with OUTLINED type

If you have any questions please contact sethwhitton@gmail.com or inquire to Roby.

Good Luck!

Helvetica: The Movie

Seth — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:47:06 +0000

Come to the screening of Helvetica this Friday night at 7pm in the Art History room of the Fine Arts Bldg!We will being the screening at promptly at 7:15pm. After the film, we will go hang out, get some food/drinks!

SAA Logo Competition Complete

Seth — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:16:57 +0000

Thanks to all who participated in the logo contest yesterday at the meeting! The representatives of the SAA will discuss the logos and get back to us when they’ve decided who will win the prize! Keep your eyes peeled for the next competition and be sure to make it out to the events we have scheduled!

Join our Mailing List!

Seth — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:33:44 +0000

If you want to stay up to date with all our crazy stuff that goes on throughout the year, join our mailing list. You’ll get reminders of contest deadlines, OVC party announcements, events being held, and a lot more.

So click here to sign up now!

Logo Competition for the SAA

Seth — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:53:27 +0000

For the first contest of the semester, the Student Art Association of our own department has come to us wanting a fresh and brand new identity to replace their… well non-existent one.

Entries are due Wednesday, February 27 at 5:00pm in Rm. 358 of the Fine Arts Bldg.

We will hold a brief presentation of each design to the client and then commence into our own critique of current work that we have going on in our respective classes this semester. Refer to this post on the forum for the rules and regs, as well as a brief the SAA has filled out in order to help us design something that they want and will be proud to use.

If you can’t make it to the meeting on Wednesday and you want to enter, get in contact with me at sethwhitton@gmail.com and we will work something out where your entry will be thrown into the mix!

DSVC this week, OVC the next

Seth — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:54:07 +0000

Don’t forget about DSVC this Wednesday at 6:00. Check out dsvc.org for more details. We will meet up in 358/Roby’s class at 5:00 to head out by 5:15pm at the latest. Also plug into your calendars the next OVC meeting on February 13 at 5:00pm. We will announce a new contest and provide all that come with briefs and specific insight into the project at hand!

Welcome Back Party

Seth — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:15:45 +0000

This past weekend Talin hosted the OVC Welcome Back Par-tay at her house and gave us an opportunity to relax and hang out. To kick it off right, we all (almost) dressed up in costumes and had a great time just relaxing and playing games. From beer pong to cards, everyone seemed to have a good time. Keep your eyes peeled for the next costume soiree and the potential to dress up as your “favorite” professor! Oh, and don’t ever try to get Jung to rhyme.

Many thanks once again to Talin, Brooke, & Trey for generously opening up their house. Check out here for more pictures!

forum.theOVC.org version 2.0

Seth — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:07:32 +0000

After the _db crash of ‘07 and spammers galore, the forum now has been equipped with some new features to push pr0n bringers to the curb and shut out stupidity. We’ve also added a new section for classes this semester that can be used to ask questions, throw up documents that your classmates might have missed, and talk with your group members. Enjoy!