Well, another year has come to an end and while many are happy to say goodbye to the year 2016, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the amazing designs created by our students and alumni throughout the year. We’re counting down the Top 20 Student & Alumni Creations of 2016 based off of likes via our Instagram profile. If you’re not following us on Instagram already,… Read More
The instructors at Platt love to enrich the students’ learning experiences by taking them out to museums, graphic design conferences and live music performances. Emily Slapin had the opportunity to take two of her Anatomy classes to the Museum of Natural History in Balboa Park to draw from skulls and skeletons and to compare first-hand how skeletal and muscular systems are similar to and different from that of other mammals…. Read More
One of the latest additions to our graphic design curriculum here at Platt College is our Portfolio Development class. This is a course students take after they’ve completed all of their design classes in the Associate’s program. Teacher Ed Boretz works closely with all of the students to help them take their best work and showcase it in a fun and exciting way through print and an online presence with… Read More
May The Fourth Be With You! Here at Platt College many of us are huge Star Wars fans. So in honor of today being May 4th, AKA Star Wars Day, we put together this awesome collection of Star Wars themed art and design work from our students and alumni. We hope you enjoy their creations and May the Fourth Be With You! The Kessel Run Poster by Platt College Alumni… Read More
This beautiful book cover for, Calamity of Heaven written by Thaddaus Martin, was designed by Platt College graphic design student Ariel Reyes. This is a project she completed in her Term 2 Intro to Vector Graphics class, where students learn the ins and outs of using the program Adobe Illustrator. Ariel was thrilled to be able to combine her love of reading with her love of design for… Read More
When it comes to Star Wars, I think it’s safe to say that many of our students and staff are huge fans of the franchise. Not only have we had entire art shows dedicated to it, but our students continue to create amazing projects in tribute to the Star Wars universe. Platt College student Alex Campbell is definitely one of those students that has showcased her love of the films… Read More
Platt College student, Trisha Diaz, has been sharing a ton of beautiful photo manipulations lately through her Instagram account called Creativity Captured. We love to encourage our students and alumni to share their work with us on Instagram using our hashtag #plattcollegesandiego. Trisha does a great job of making sure we can stay up-to-date with all of her latest creations and is how we discovered the work featured in this… Read More
Combining retro style video game art with javascript, Platt College web design student, Sean Lenahan was able to bring this fun game to life. In our Term 5 Scripting For The Web class, students learn many different uses for javascript, including how to make a unique interactive game experience. He used a combination of Adobe Photoshop to create the backgrounds and the sprites. As well as a program called Piskel… Read More
Students in our Term 2 Illustrator class are given a project of creating a portrait of either themselves or someone that they admire. It’s always fun to see who the students decide to bring to life with their newfound vector illustration skills. Platt College graphic design student, Ada Herrera, created this beautiful portrait of world famous artist Frida Kahlo for her project. Using a variety of different techniques using the… Read More
Platt College graphic design student Alex Campbell breathes new life into a Disney classic with this reimagined design. The Lion King is arguably one of Disney’s best films from the “Renaissance” era and we think Alex did a great job paying tribute to it with this DVD cover project. Students in our Term 3 Digital Imaging class learn to take a combination of their layout, compositing and typography skills to… Read More
