WEEK 1

Monday started off with a bang in my first class of the term. Term 5 that is and half way done with my career at ACCD. More on that in another post. Anyways my first class of the term is Advanced Graphics Studio or AGS as I will refer to it as from here on out. The teacher for the section I enrolled in, as there are at least 4 teachers in different sections, is Clive Piercy. Clive is British and a hard core ball buster, which going to make for lots of laughs this term. As you get into the upper term classes you get a lot of freedom to do what you want. I hope that my ideas for my project will come far as I am hopefully am going to try to push myself to do things I might not. We will see. Oh and Jesse, Frank, Eric are in the class which is cool too. Class ended early and Monday was in the books which ended with a nice nap.

Tuesday started out bright and early like Monday and with my second class being Font Design. Can you guess what I will be doing in this class? That's right designing a font. Hopefully it will be a decent one. Leah Hoffmitz is the teacher from this class. A lot of the teachers at school have very successful careers and her's is no different. Her claim to fame, the Fedex logo. This class ended early too. 2 for 2!

Tuesday night Jesse, Chris and I were in for a treat. Tonight Massive Attack was playing at the Wiltern. The show was pretty good and it was nice to go out to a concert. After the show we got a nice Korean meal that was a big spread.













Wednesday's classes are Information Design and Business 101. Info luckily is my first afternoon class which will be nice after two morning classes to get through the hump. This class was super short as the teacher was in Europe giving a lecture at a conference. So after roll was taken and the syllabus was given out it was time to go. I headed home since my next class wasn't for about 4 hours. After a nice nap it was time to head back to school for Bus 101. Business 101 is going to be a fun class as it looks like each week will be a motivational speech with business information peppered in.

Thursday will be my off day and I ended up waking up really late and just did laundry and some other chores.

Friday was another late start since my Editorial Design class didn't start till 2. That class went by pretty quick. Should be another good class. It helps that Frank, Eric, and Paul are in the class as well. After class Frank, Jesse, Eric and I headed over to Lucky Baldwins to cap off the week with some food and drinks.


Where is Jesse?



Saturday I woke up and started cleaning my room. Esmelda texted me and ended up getting me to leave the house. We went down to Redondo Beach to catch this band that she likes called Casa de Calacas. This cumbia latin rock type band. They were pretty good and we had a good time. I ended up getting home around 10:30 and left almost right away. I went to Miguel's to pick him up. We went and got some grub before heading over to Alex's loft for his birthday party. The party was cool and nice to hang with some art center heads that have already graduated.


Beautiful Southern California day!


Near the pier.




Getting some grub on Olvera Street.


Miguel and the squirrel shopping cart.

Sunday was work day since I didn't do much work all weekend. I got a good start on my AGS project and called it a day around 2 am.

Oh and for those that care here is the list of my classes and the course descriptions

Advanced Graphic Studio 1
The overall intent and direction of each of the sections of this trio of courses is determined by the instructors who teach them. They, individually, bring different professional interests, experiences, and areas of expertise to each section. However, students can be assured that, as a group, all of these instructors are able to inform, direct, and mentor in a wide range of subject areas. While some instructors may take the traditional role of ?teacher?, others may prefer to act as design director, giving students a professional design office experience.

Font Design
Students in this class will explore classical and experimental letterform design to produce a complete alphabet.

Information Design
This class is concerned with the processes and procedures of understanding and ordering complex data into useful and persuasive information tools.

Business 101
Building a successful career requires not just talent, but an understanding of what it takes to be in business. Business 101 is an introduction to the business side of creative practice. The 14 week course is divided into two parts: general business information, including starting up, intellectual property and money; followed by a second part covering topics specifically geared towards the illustration, photography, or design business, including marketing and self-promotion, pricing and estimating, contracts, and client relationships.

Editorial Graphics
This course is about integrating text and images in sequential applications, such as journals and magazines. Students learn to synthesize typography, color, and imagery to develop a project that addresses a defined audience.