Alumni Archives - Page 4 of 5 - Platt College San Diego

Illustration of the Week: Miyazaki Madness by Alumni Juan Fernando Garcia

Alumni Juan Garcia Illustrates A Beautiful Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki Films This week’s featured illustration is a beautiful art piece created by Platt College alumni, Juan Fernando Garcia. This particular art piece titled Miyazaki Madness is a digital vector illustration designed for an art show taking place this weekend at TPG2 here in San Diego. The exhibition is called Ghibli: A Hayao Miyazaki Fan Art Show and will feature artwork… Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Jennifer Ruhman On The Power Of SEO

Platt College Alumni Jennifer Ruhman Discusses Blogging, Her Feature In The New York Times & SEO Platt College Alumni, Jennifer Ruhman, graduated from our web design program back in 2006 with her Bachelor’s degree in Media Arts. Since graduating from the program she has been keeping up-to-date with all the latest trends and techniques throughout the web industry, always hungry to learn more. She has seen much success working in… Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Amber Bouley Latest Sketch Artist to Join Disney’s Wonderground

Platt College Alumni Amber Bouley Join’s Disney’s Wonderground Congratulations to Platt College San Diego 3D Animation alumni, Amber Bouley! Amber graduated from Platt back in 2010 and has been working part-time at Disneyland since then as a way to get her foot in the door. A couple years later and Amber will soon be starting her new job working as a Wonderground Sketch Artist at Disney! These jobs are not… Read More

Platt College Alumni Lend Their Talents To The Flex For Foster Kids Fundraiser

Flex For Foster Kids Fundraiser Showcases Video & Photography Talent From Platt College Alumni In December of last year we shared the news with our followers that several of our Platt College Alumni were helping an amazing foundation called Linderkids. They are a local San Diego Crossfit Gym that has a goal to help foster kids through fitness. Our alumni first became involved with the foundation by volunteering their time… Read More

Platt Alumni Stacey Uy Supports a Great Cause With Her Art Skills

Platt College Alumni and designer for Classy.org, Stacey Uy, has a birthday coming up on December 22nd and instead of asking for gifts she is asking people to help a good cause instead. In an effort to help military veterans Stacey chose to have all of her fundraising proceeds go towards Team Rubicon. For those of you who may not know what Team Rubicon does Stacey explained it quite while… Read More

Platt Alumni Dave Downes & Justin Edelman Provide Support to the Linderkids Foundation

LinderKidsDonationkickoff from footprintfilm on Vimeo. Local San Diego Crossfit aims to help foster kids through fitness At a quarter to nine in the evening there is no lack of motivation from the Linderkids team. Ashley Linder and Josh Klein are on a mission to set and surpass a world record for the most pull ups in a twenty-four hour period. Ashley must complete 2500 pull ups and Josh must complete… Read More

Alumni Spotlight: VFX Artist Joel Morillo on His Latest Project, Cosplay Dreams 3D

Platt College VFX Alumni Joel Morillo on His Latest Project, Cosplay Dreams 3D If you’re a fan of Cosplay and Comic Books then do we have a treat for you! Platt College Visual Effects Alumni, Joel Morillo, has recently completed production on a fun and inspiring film about the world of cosplay called Cosplay Dreams 3D. Joel did a great job using his VFX skills to bring many of the… Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Jesus De Santiago Jr. Designs for a Cause

Platt Alumni Jesus De Santiago Jr. Thinks Pink! Platt College San Diego Media Arts Alumni Jesus De Santiago Jr. has recently been using his design skills to support Breast Cancer awareness. We had the opportunity to talk with him about his latest project for the Matrix El Cajon Girls Soccer Club. Interviewer: You have been a coach at the club for quite some time now, and recently designed brand new… Read More

Interview with Platt Alumni Eugene Paluso

Avatar, Skyline, Battle: Los Angeles 2011, Jonah Hex, 2012 & X-Men Origins: Wolverine Thanks for taking the time to speak with us today Eugene, so let’s start off with how’s everything since working on Avatar? Did you guys get a lot of praise and some contracts for future projects out of that? Once Avatar was over, there was a small break of about a month before we ramped back up… Read More

Platt Graduate Nominated for Podcast Award

Local podcaster and Platt College alum, Adam Hay, has been nominated for a Podcast Award as one of five finalists in the education category. The podcast, Rookie Designer, is a weekly show consisting of instruction and discussion aimed particularly at students of design, or those who have recently entered the workforce. In each episode a new topic of interest is covered in depth and explained in full, from securing your… Read More