Category: Graphic Design

Jul 28

Italy gives interior design major fresh perspective on her work – VCU News

By Amelia Heymann
University Public Affairs

Ivania Del Cid, an interior design major in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, studied in Italy for a month this summer, visiting culturally significant art sites and taking a new look at her artistic process.

She is one of three VCU students who were awarded a 2022 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which was established to help American students study abroad. VCU’s Global Education Office facilitated the study abroad program and serves as campus advisors for Gilman Scholarship applicants.

Del Cid said she’s always had a desire to travel and experience other cultures, and decided to apply for a Gilman scholarship when one of her professors mentioned they were leading a study abroad trip.

While that trip ended up being canceled, Del Cid was able to join the graphic design department on a faculty-led program.

“I feel like [a graphic design-focused trip] would still be helpful with my degree and then I could still take the opportunity of the scholarship that I had been given,” Del Cid said.

She participated in the month-long program “A Practice of Looking and Slowing Down in Design” in Florence. Del Cid said the Santa Reparata International School of Art provided the group with class space. Rather than structured classes in the classroom, group gatherings amounted to “a collaborative slowing down,” she said.

On the group’s regular excursions, students had the freedom to take their time observing the spaces they were visiting.

“So anytime we went on a trip, it would be for as long as we wanted. We could stay at the place for as long as we wanted and just take it all in,” Del Cid said.

After the day trip, students would draw, sketch, or just jot down their thoughts from the day. The group of 20 students used this material to create a newspaper, with each person making a spread based on something they found compelling on the trip.

Since it was a graphic design course, students chose the text and created the layout for their individual newspaper spreads using InDesign and Photoshop. At the end of the program, the class presented its newspaper at the Santa Reparata International School of Art’s student showcase.

The overall experience gave Del Cid a chance to learn while experiencing a new culture and country.

“Just being in a new place and seeing how people, how their lives are different from ours, and meeting new people, that was just my favorite part because it felt like something exciting and new,” she said.

Seeing the art she had learned about in class in person was mind-blowing for her as an artist. As an example, she pointed to Brunelleschi’s Dome, the iconic architectural feature of the Florence Cathedral.

“To see it in person, it made me realize these things that I’m learning, it’s not just through a screen, it’s actually a real thing,” Del Cid said.

The experience made Del Cid step out of her comfort zone and

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Jul 25

John Fetterman and Dr. Oz trade memes in Twitter fight

Over the last few weeks, the Fetterman and Oz campaigns have been locked in an online tit for tat as the midterm election cycle continues to heat up in Pennsylvania. The Oz campaign has repeatedly slammed “radical liberal” John Fetterman over Twitter for his 2016 Bernie Sanders endorsement and “crazier than you think” policy platform. But rather than distancing Fetterman from the criticism, his campaign has embraced the attacks as content inspiration.

The standoff burst into full view on Wednesday when Dr. Mehmet Oz posted a photoshopped image of Sanders and Fetterman styled as a 1980s department store glamor shot, taken from the film Step Brothers. The Fetterman campaign replied with an image reading, “graphic design is my passion,” mocking the meme’s crummy editing job.

Joe Calvello, the Fetterman campaign’s director of communications, said the approach is largely inspired by their opponent’s social presence. “A lot of the time, [Oz] is just asking for it,” he told The Verge on Wednesday. “I don’t know why he does bad posts.”

Invoking the infamous graphic design meme was just the Fetterman campaign’s latest troll targeting Dr. Oz. Last week, the campaign enlisted “Jersey Shore” star Nicole Polizzi, better known as “Snooki,” to scold Oz over his alleged New Jersey residency. “I heard that you moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania to look for a new job,” Snooki said in the video. “Personally, I don’t know why anybody would wanna leave New Jersey, ’cause it’s like the best place ever, and we’re all hot messes.”

There are nearly four more months until Pennsylvania voters decide who to send Washington. But for now, “We let the people decide the ratio,” Calvello said.

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Jul 24

LLG Designs, Green becoming popular graphic designer amongst local athletes

Photos courtesy of Leslie Green

When a local athlete posts a graphic on social media at any level, middle school, high school or college, more likely than not it was made by Owensboro native Leslie Green—owner of LLG Designs who has become a go-to choice for athletes making college decisions.

Green grew up in Owensboro playing basketball, before eventually returning home after college and having her daughter Zoe. Much like her mother, Zoe went on to play as well which only strengthened the love of sports Leslie has.

“Sports are a big part of my life,” Green said. “I grew up playing basketball, then I got to teach/watch my daughter Zoe do the same. I am a fan of almost all sports. I still love to play ball and occasionally hit the golf course for fun.”

While Green is an insurance broker during the day and has been with Assured Partners since 2005, her love of art and graphic design carried over from her studies at the University of Southern Indiana.

“It started with graphic design classes at USI, but I have always had a love for art,” Green said. “Recently a friend of mine reminded me that in elementary school, my friends would pay me to draw their names in bubble letters. I guess I have always had a passion for creating.”

With her being so passionate about both career options, she began doing little things here and there as a freelance designer when the opportunity arose.

“I love my career as a broker, and I love designing and creating as well,” Green said. “I am enjoying being dedicated to both careers. When I have my broker hat on, I am focused on just that. And on my free time, I work on my designing skills by participating in workshops,

taking classes, partnering with other designers in the field, and reading….a lot.”

She initially started honing her skills by looking at photos of her daughter before gradually venturing out. It was then that Green realized she had the chance to turn her hobby into a business if she wanted to—thus LLG Designs was created.

“I would look at sports images and I would think of ways I could use them to create something special,” Green said. “I started off just practicing with images of my daughter and kept practicing by slowly opening the window to people I knew, and then it just took off from there. I realized about a year into it, with the markets I was tapping into that I could make a business of it.”

Quickly Green went from getting messages on Facebook and Twitter from parents and athletes, to having zoom calls with college coaches, prep schools and more. Her marketing plan? Simply letting her work do the talking.

“I use my social media and word of mouth to help grow my business,” Green said. “I figure that if I put in the work on my craft that athletes and parents will notice. I know

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Jul 22

Bayou Graphics Launches Graphic Design Service for Wall Surfaces

Bayou Graphics Corp.,

Bayou Graphics Corp

HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, July 20, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Bayou Graphics, a well-known graphic design company, has recently launched a graphic design service for commercial and residential wall surfaces. The graphics are customizable, designed by experts in collaboration with customers, and can be anything from life-like images, animations, and art, to plain words and numbers. Due to their high visibility, they are great for attracting the attention of passersby and promoting brand and business.

The service provides multiple designs, print, and installation options for a range of different surfaces. For interior wall decoration, Bayou offers custom-printed interior wall graphics that produce graphics of custom design and size. These graphics can be made to fit the size of entire walls and are perfect for changing or altering the interior of a room. They can be used in gyms, shops, and other business spaces to highlight powerful graphics for brand or product marketing. Custom decals offer smaller and simpler variations of interior wall graphics. This option is more suitable for designing simpler graphics and smaller prints.

Custom printed floor graphics are designed to be applied on floors. They are made to be tough and durable, and don’t easily come off. Tile graphics are specifically made to be applied on tile walls. Custom printed wall graphics can be applied to a variety of surfaces including brick, block, concrete, wood, and siding. Their versatility gives them the advantage of being displayable on external walls with incredible visibility. They can be used as banners for effective advertising campaigns.

Design for window graphics comes in a multitude of options. From custom graphics for lettering, decals, perforated vinyl storefront signs, and clear window decals, to etched glass decals and letters, these can be used for decorating store windows in a variety of ways.

During the launch, the company’s owner said, “Graphics is a powerful tool for promoting brand identity. Captivating graphics with complementary color themes give life and character to a business that customers remember and associate the business with. When we combine this with our expertise in graphic design, we present our customers with whole new opportunities to market and promote their brand identity.”

About Bayou Graphics: Bayou Graphics is a Houston interior graphics company that designs and prints graphics for use in signages, interior walls, store frontages, windows, vehicles, and other surfaces for businesses as well as private customers. Their graphics have been used by prominent companies such as Bud Light, General Electric, Dunkin’ Donuts, Coca-Cola, Amazon, AT&T, Chevrolet, and others.

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