Comic book artist

            A comic book artist is, for the most part, a freelance job where work is inconsistent. They must confer with clients, writers, art directors and others that are interested in your work. Study in different techniques to appeal to all endeavors. Have current portfolios and past jobs to help attain new jobs.

            With this being such a specific area of skills; a secondary-education is required. However, work experience and professional jobs should be encouraged before your years of study are completed.

            Preferred skills and software include that of a wide range of expertise including the fields of graphic design and fine art practices specific and mastered over the years. Years of experience vary from artist to artist of which they can pertain prestige fast or slow and steady.

            The salaries range from 100 to 300 dollars a page, where professionals with prestige can demand even more; about 3 times that. Some established comic book artists are contract base and have long-term projects. However, most are freelance.

Check out my sources for more information:

http://education-portal.com/articles/Become_a_Comic_Book_Artist_Education_and_Career_Roadmap.html
http://www.polykarbonbbs.com/showthread.php?t=23765
http://www.mymajors.com/careers-and-jobs/Comic-Book-Artist

Copyright Infringment A&M Records VS Napster

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            Napster; a website created for users to download music for free and file to file sharing to other customers who used it. A&M Records brought the case to court accusing Napster of copyright infringement on the count of them stealing music and making it available worldwide free of charge to everybody. A&M Records won the case in 2002 and Napster was fine 26 million dollars paid back to many recording companies and songwriters.

Check out my source for more information:

http://www.brighthub.com/office/entrepreneurs/articles/74022.aspx
Images from:
https://wikispaces.psu.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=75448147

3D Animator

            A 3D animator utilizes programs such as Maya or Blender to manipulate images to make them move. With color, depth, texture and sound, where the only difference being that a 3D animator doesn’t have to draw everything out as an animator does. 3D animators manipulate the characters to transact and interact. However they do not create the characters of which they are manipulating.

            Education requirements include a post-secondary education; a degree or certificate of some sort. Depending on the company and how prestigious it is; the more education is required for that company.

            Preferred skills and software include being an artist of a specific area. Skills are varying depending on figure to background rigging and rendering. Most animators are freelance artists and don’t have steady work. The skills and years of experience varies dramatically from one single animator to another.

            The salary of a multimedia artist and/or animator is 56,330. However, they’re predicting a 12% increase as there is more demand for more animators in the near future.    

Check out my sources for more information:

http://www.collegesurfing.com/content/salaries-duties-3d-animator/
http://education-portal.com/3d_animation_career.html

Variable Data Programmer

            A variable data programmer organizes the direct mail based on time-critical management skills. Also takes care of interactive databases for marketing purposes. Manages very large mailing addresses for print, deals with corrections and translations, and goes through testing of designs of the mail pieces as well as other testing that is crucial for implementation of the direct mail pieces.

            Minimum education requirements are that of Associates in business and computer science. Preferred skills are 3-5 years in computer programming; C#, 5-10 years of general business practices, and 3-5 years in knowledge of black/white and color analog digital printing equipment.

            Salaries of variable data programmers range from 32,000 to 83,000 dollars based on location and the company of which they’re associated with.

Check out these sources for more information:

http://www.bullhornreach.com/job/206814_variable-data-programmer-deerfield-beach-fl?utm_source=simplyhired.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=job&utm_campaign=feeds1
http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Variable-Data-Programmer-l-Seymour,-IN.html

Final Project

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Folding Dummy
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Final

            My purpose for this project is to entice my family, friends and others to come to my graduation. My call to action is to create a design that will show off a little bit of what I’ve done these past few years in college.

            My target audience is my family and friends whom are invited to come to my graduation. The size of the invitation is 8 inches long by 2 inches wide with .25 trim and .125 bleed. It includes a duotone, a reverse, and several four color raster images. All images are taken by me.



Duotone In Photoshop Elements

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Since having to continuously convert from CS5 to Photoshop Elements 9, I have to learn many ways of working with programs. Elements 9 duotone or split tone is very different from CS5. There are different ways. Elements uses a gradient to create a duotone.

Check out my source:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBUz_ZyAf30 for more information.



Logo Redesign: Pepsi

                Pepsi continues to change its logo design based on American’s cultural trends during its one hundred year reign over consumers. In 1945, Pepsi created ads and changed its logo to capture the spirit of a victorious America.  When America became weight conscious; Pepsi compromised once again with its logo. It soon expanded across the world in over 120 countries.  When Pepsi was first introduced to the world, the design used a simple font and the color red. As the logo changed, it became a simple circle with the colors of our nation’s flag; red, white, and blue. They also changed the font to read easier for the consumer.  

                My opinion and the opinions of many other consumers about the logo design is that Pepsi continues to sell and continues to compromise for consumers and listens to consumers and changes to fit the consumer’s mindset and continues to entice generations to come.

Check out my source for more information: http://www.pepsi.com/PepsiLegacy_Book.pdf

Image I got from: http://www.pepsi.com/PepsiLegacy_Book.pdf

3D Text

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In CS5.1; there's a 3D mode where you can manipulate text and make it come out at you. First you choose the font of your liking. Then go to the 3D drop down menu and choose Repousse and you can choose the style and mess with depth and other things.

Check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf0JjP4vo1A