There’s this thing called the Dunning-Kruger Effect. The basic rundown of this phenomenon is this: less skilled, less proficient people tend to over estimated their abilities and rate themselves higher than they are. While more skilled and more proficient people tend to under estimate their abilities and rate themselves lower. The reason for this is that less skilled people don’t know enough to know what they don’t know. While more… Read More
4 Web Design Trends We’ll Continue To See in 2015
With each passing year web trends continue to change – in the current of 2015, we’ve noticed certain web design trends that seem to be here for the year. Introducing, 4 web design trends you will likely see in 2015. 1. Big, Big, Big As computer technology develops, so does the bandwidth and imagery capabilities, enabling designers to do more with large images such as hero graphics. In general, usage… Read More
Practice Your Art
A couple months ago we had an Unreal Engine workshop with Waylon Brinck from Naughty Dog Games (Uncharted, The Last of Us). During the course of his lecture he made the point that the people who just do the bare minimum in the industry don’t really go anywhere. And I was thinking that that advice applies to school as well. Those who do just the bare minimum to graduate, even… Read More
Logo Design Contest for the College Area Food Experience
Logo Design Contest Hosted by the College Area Business District: We are excited to be partnering up with the College Area Business District for their College Area Food Experience (CAFE) event happening this May. Some of you may be familiar with the College Area Taste that happens every year here in our neighborhood and this year they decided to re-brand the event. That’s where YOU come in! If you are… Read More
Languages and Skills That Aspiring Front-end Web Developers Should Learn
Platt College Web Design Teacher Fred Winton Talks About Languages and Skills Aspiring Front-end Web Developers Should Learn When it comes to web languages it is important to keep in mind that foundation and fundamentals are paramount for a successful front-end web developer. Front-end web developers should be proficient with HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP. HTML (hypertext markup language) is a standardized markup language for semantically describing the content within web… Read More
Behind the Scenes of San Diego Comic Con 2014
San Diego Comic Con International 2014 Behind The Scenes Photos! Here in San Diego there is no other event quite like Comic Con International. It’s a special time of year when people from all over the world flock to our sunshine filled city to attend the biggest of all the Comic Con events in the world! For 5 days the city is practically at a stand still while Superheroes, Zombies… Read More
Adventures at Anime Expo 2014
Creativity Abounds at AX 2014 Last weekend Anime fans from all over the world flocked to Anime Expo 2014 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This exciting event is hosted by SPJA otherwise known as the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation which is a non-profit organization dedicated to popularizing the unique and deep culture that surrounds Japanese animation. Since Platt College is a digital media design college, events… Read More
Musketon Kicks Off His World Domination Tour at Platt College!
Musketon Visits Platt College Last month Platt College had the wonderful opportunity to host an exclusive workshop featuring world famous illustrator and Adobe’s New Creative, Musketon! Traveling all the way from Belgium to speak to our students, Musketon has traveled further than any other guest speaker to visit our school. Our very own Social Media Coordinator, Natasha Englehardt, who has been following his work for quite some time reached out… Read More
Tips from our Industry Panel Event
Platt Presents the Industry Panel 2013 A few weeks ago Platt College hosted an informative and exciting Industry Panel Event exclusively for our digital media design students. Industry leaders from Sony, Union Tribune TV, Creative Mob and more sat down with our students to answer their most pressing questions about how to break into the design world. They covered many important topics and the first discussion centered around what makes… Read More
Tron Legacy: The Artists Behind the Science
If you missed out on our Tron Legacy: The Artist Behind The Science Event, here is a quick rundown… Recently, Platt College had the privilege to traverse the grid with Digital Domain, the folks behind Disney’s VFX powerhouse movie, Tron Legacy. Their visit enthralled the campus, packing the presentation to its limits while leaving just enough breathing room for the students to catch their breath from spectacles of the event…. Read More